I invite you to participate in the Lenten series on the Last Words of Jesus that I will give on: Mar 2. 9, 19, 22, 30 and Apr 4 This week we will reflect...
Second Sunday of Lent Gospel AJesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. · Why these three? Over the course of time they became Jesus’...
"Yet just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the...
"Lent is a time of going very deeply into ourselves...What is it that stands between us and God? Between us and our brothers and sisters? Between us and life, the life of the...
"The Lord measures our perfection neither by the multitude nor the magnitude of our deeds, but by the manner in which we perform them." St. John of the CrossIt is love which makes...
"Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself." (St. Francis de Sales)Our model for patience is the Lord himself. He has every right to be angry at us for, in...
Homily: First Sunday of Lent AStory: A man bought paint to refurbish the outside of his house. But he ignored the instructions on the can and thinned it liberally with water. After he...
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By spiritaflame 10:28 AMI invite you to participate in the Lenten series on the Last Words of Jesus that I will give on: Feb 23, Mar 2. 9, 19, 22, 30 and Apr 4 6:30pm Central...
"The Lenten season begins. It is a time to be with you, Lord, in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow you on your way to Jerusalem,...
First Sunday of Lent Gospel AAt that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. · God tests us to draw us closer to him. The...
"Trust in God, and he will help you; make your ways straight and hope in him. You that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy, do not stray lest you fall. You that fear the Lord, trust...
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By spiritaflame 3:29 PMI invite you to participate in the Lenten series on the Last Words of Jesus that I will give on: Feb 23, Mar 2. 9, 19, 22, 30 and Apr 4 6:50pm Join...
"God beholds you individually, whoever you are. God calls you by name! God sees you and understands you. God made you and God knows what is in you, all your personal feelings and...
To us food, drink, clothing, shelter and health are very importunate to us. But in the eyes of God these are really small things. We are told by Jesus not to worry about...
Jesus asks the disciples an important question after a period of time of formation under him. "Who do you say that I am?" Peter's initial response was correct on the surface but incomplete...
Jesus healed the physically blind, but more especially he desires to heal the spiritually bind. In each case, the desire or openness for healing must be present. Many of the Pharisees and Scribes,...
Do I trust God or do I trust in what he provides for me? It is the same question of whether my focus is on the gifts of God or on the God...
"Whenever, contrary to the world’s vindictiveness, we love our enemy, we exhibit something of the perfect love of God, whose will is to bring all human beings together as children of one Father....
"Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy." (St. Teresa of Calcutta)What an attitude to have! Each new day is a new...
"The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, no matter how much he may surround himself with people. But the man who learns, in solitude and recollection, to...
Homily: Sixth Sunday Year A Reading 1: This first reading sets the tone for the other two readings. God gives us free will to choose between life and death, good and evil,...
"To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle and persistent efforts into a garden of solitude....
Reflection of the Scriptures Sixth Sunday of the Year Gospel A True righteousness
By spiritaflame 12:17 PMSixth Sunday of the Year Gospel AJesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to...
There is a difference between loneliness and aloneness. We avoid the feeing of loneliness because of the pain of emptiness that may come. We try to fill our lives with activities of all...
"You are the salt of the earth...You are the light of the world." What an awesome responsibility, given to us by Jesus! As disciple/witnesses, we are called by God to make a difference...
The Word of God is consistent and true. Repeatedly and in different words God tells us: "I will never forsake you or abandon you.? Do we believe in his word? Do we trust...
As we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple, what can we learn? First of all, in spite of the privilege that Mary and Joseph have been given,...
Homily Fifth Sunday Yea A Reading 1: What is this light which shall break forth like the dawn and the wound be quickly healed? The chosen people have just returned from exile....
"Endure your trials as 'discipline'. God treats you as his sons. For what "son" is there whom his father does not discipline? At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy...
