Tuesday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:17-29 Mt 5:43-48 You must therefore be perfect just as your heavenly Father is perfect. The calling on each of us who claim/desire to be a disciple of Christ is evident in those words. We are called to be perfect in our love of God, and therefore... Continue Reading →
15 June, Monday — Walk another mile…
Monday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 21:1-16 Mt 5:38-42 ….offer no resistance. Offering resistance. That can be an easy thing to do. I resist the knowledge to eat healthy when something sweet and gooey is before my eyes. I resist rising early when I stay up too late. I resist helping another when... Continue Reading →
14 June, Sunday — Why Doesn’t God fix this…Now?
Corpus Christi Det 8:2-3, 14B-16A1 Cor 10:16-17Jn 6:51-58 ….who guided you through the vast and terrible desert When I was in my early twenties, I did feel like I was in the vast and terrible desert. I made poor financial decisions, i.e. I charged more than my salary could afford. I remember being angry at... Continue Reading →
14 April, Tuesday – We’ve been caught off-guard
Acts 2:36-41Jn 20:11-18 …change your hearts and lives So many words to describe this moment in time. This global moment. Unknown. Scary. Peculiar. Confusing. Fearful. Strange. Daunting. Difficult. Trusting. And those words often describe us when we are faced with the decision of knowing who Jesus is, or KNOWING JESUS. I have always known the... Continue Reading →
13 April, Monday – Running on empty
Acts 2:14, 22-33Mt 28:8-15 …went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples. When I think of running I envision children. Children run. Constantly. With reckless abandon and joy. Laughing, shouting, even tripping over themselves. Children run to friends, run to fun, run to their parents.... Continue Reading →
12 April, Sunday – But you never asked
Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43Col 3:1-4John 20:1-9 …the stone had been rolled away. It’s Easter Sunday! He is Risen!! As soon as the stone is rolled away, the resurrection of Christ is made known to man! Easter has begun – yet no one alive at that moment knows this pivotal fact; that at this precise... Continue Reading →
