Tag: Jesus
How to become Free
No matter how much we like the word “freedom” the reality can be a little frightening. “Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.” To become free we have to allow all binding attachments to be loosed. Freedom is nakedness, according to the ancient maxim, “Naked to follow the naked Christ.” For much… Read More ›
The Service of Fatherhood
8. St. Joseph was called by God to serve the person and mission of Jesus directly through the exercise of his fatherhood. It is precisely in this way that, as the Church’s Liturgy teaches, he “cooperated in the fullness of time in the great mystery of salvation” and is truly a “minister of salvation.”(21) His… Read More ›
We honor the spirit in other people when we listen to them
God’s messages surround us. The 24 hours before us are special, never to be repeated. The people we share the day with carry our lessons within their words and actions. Let’s be vigilant in our attempts to listen. We have so much to learn, and that’s why we’re here. Our lives have purpose, even though… Read More ›
Partaking in the Sorrow of Christ
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus told his disciples to wait while he went a little further to pray, for he said to them “my soul is sorrowful unto death”. I have often read over that statement without looking back, or even trying to even if for a moment to understand what that meant, or… Read More ›
We abhor What They Were
And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, “Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But… Read More ›
Jesus Takes the Inheritance from Israel and Gives it to Gentiles
He proposed another parable.”A certain man, a householder, planted his vineyard.”‘ This is like what the psalmist said, You brought a vine out of Egypt, you drove out the nations and planted it.’ He protected it with a hedge, the law, and prepared a pit in it for the winepresses, the altar, and built a… Read More ›
Jerusalem in Turmoil at Jesus’ Birth and Death
The children were shouting and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” This displeased the chief priests and the scribes, and they said to him, “Do you not hear what these are saying?” That means, “If these praises do not please you, make them keep silent.” At his birth and at his death, children were… Read More ›
Abiding in Jesus
To abide in Jesus is to be attached to him in such a way that life would seem impossible without him. . . . To be detached from Jesus is to live a shadow life that has no real meaning and that benefits no one in a permanent way. . . .For Abiding in Jesus… Read More ›
Transformation
Until we have loved and until we have suffered, we all try to figure out life and death with our little monkey minds. But afterwards a Larger Source often opens up within us and we “think” and feel quite differently: “until knowing the love which is beyond all knowledge” (Ephesians 3:19), as Paul says. Thus… Read More ›