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“The priest today does what John did, he directs our eyes to Jesus...The priest, like John, points him out and the people, like the disciples who heard John’s words, are invited to draw near, to follow, to enter into communion with the Lamb of God.”
“what John tells us is that Jesus already knew who Peter was and what his role was going to be from the very first time they encountered one another”
“In this holy season of Advent let us allow the questions put to John the Baptist to resonate within our own lives: “Who are you? What have you to say about yourself? Why are you doing what you are doing?” These are what have been called redemptive questions, questions that seek to trigger a definitive awakening.”
“Listening opens the possibility of being led somewhere we had not planned to go. That is why hearing and following belong together. The sheep who recognise the shepherd’s voice do not merely hear his voice, they respond to it, they move.”
“True love does not turn inwards to satisfy its own desires, it is the ability to turn outwards towards others”
“It’s important to note that to give God glory is not to impart something that God does not already have, but rather to acknowledge the honour that is God’s due. It entails acknowledging and extolling what is already a reality.”
“In John’s gospel, resurrection is not only about life after death. It is also about being set free now, so that the life Christ gives can be lived, breathed, and shared.”
“Now here’s a fine vocation for every one of us, to be like Philip and Andrew, someone who brings people to Jesus”
“let us think about how we are called to love and that, though it may be hard work, we have that support, we have community, we have others that we can lean on, and we have our faith to guide us”
“'I am the way.' Not a theory, but a person. 'I am the truth.' Not speculation, but revelation. 'I am the life.' Not mere existence, but communion with the living God.”
“Faith invites you and I to raise our inner frequency so as to tune into the love of God and to let that love reanimate the parts of ourself that have grown lifeless”
“God loves first and obedience is the form life takes when we remain in that love”
“The concept of shalom is deeply rooted in the covenant relationship between God and his people, where peace is seen as a divine gift resulting from obedience to God's laws”
“Pruning is painful, pruning is necessary though it's not always what we want”
“Paradoxically, ‘remain in my love’ does not mean to stay but rather to leave for the unknown”
“our transcendent God has chosen to reveal himself as both creator and redeemer and so our hearts are filled with wonder, awe, enchantment, astonishment, delight and joy”
“Yes, we are called to live not just in a particular place but in a particular way”
“Romanticization is not a spiritual or theological virtue”
“God’s dominion or sovereignty is to be found wherever God’s will is being done as it is in heaven”
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“The Lord who once communicated the divine presence in such a remote and terrifying form on Mt. Sinai now reveals it in an event as human as a village wedding”
“I think when we look at the Ten Commandments we are actually looking at a fairly concise yet comprehensive guide for how to be in right relationship with God, with ourselves, and with every other creature we encounter”
“The Resurrection is not only victory over the tomb, it is the dawn of a new Eden, where God and humanity are brought together again.”
“The Resurrection is not only victory over the tomb, it is the dawn of a new Eden, where God and humanity are brought together again.”
“The Resurrection is not only victory over the tomb, it is the dawn of a new Eden, where God and humanity are brought together again.”
“Peter may have failed at the time of Jesus’ passion but faithful to the Good Shepherd, whose successor he became, Peter glorified God by laying down his life for the flock that Jesus had entrusted to him”
“The God whom John proclaims is not remote from the world but deeply engaged with it, not indifferent to human destiny but moved by love for it”
“In the end, the gospel asks not whether we are thirsty but whether we will dare to drink from the one place where life is truly given”
“Our meagre talents and gifts, our lukewarm faith placed at God’s disposal and accompanied by faith can be effective instruments of divine generosity beyond all imagining”
“Although the manna came from heaven it was earthly food. The people ate it but they were soon hungry again. Human beings hunger for more. The feeding of the multitude is a sign pointing to Jesus who alone can satisfy our deepest hunger and thirst.”
“The 'I Am' statements in John’s gospel are a way of saying that God who is transcendent, eternal, invisible and almighty has become immanent, temporal, visible, and vulnerable in the person and ministry of Jesus”
“What is it that Jesus has said that is hard to accept?...his claim to be 'the bread of life come down from heaven,' which means of course his incarnation.”
“What is it that Jesus has said that is hard to accept?...his claim to be 'the bread of life come down from heaven,' which means of course his incarnation.”
“Will we choose Jesus despite the incredible claims he makes or will we decide to stay where we are, satisfied with the lives we are living?”
“I pray we have not become so desensitized to the harm done by powers, principalities and privilege because we are so much more focused on shaming the individual sinner, usually one serving as a scapegoat, than dismantling the powers and structures that make such shaming all too easy”
“God’s saving work begins where our confident assessments fail, and vision is given not to those who claim clarity but to those willing to be led beyond what they think they already see”
“Salvation is not egocentric, it is centered in Christ. It is not gazing at our own image, it is looking upon the Son of Man who has been raised up in both ignominy and exaltation.”
“God invites us to rejoice wherever beauty, truth, goodness and repentance reveal themselves, even in younger brothers who squander their inheritance”
“God’s word guides us, it helps us to find our bearings and establish our whereabouts on life’s journey”
“whereas the Davidic kings were called the 'son of God' in a metaphorical sense or like a covenantal sense...Mary's child is going to be the actual Son of God, he's going to be the eternal Son of God”
“And this, of course, is why Mary is blessed. She above all people opened her heart and responded to God’s word with obedience and trust.”
“The kingdom is not a place. For that reason words such as “rule, reign, sovereignty or dominion” are a better translation. We’re talking about God’s sovereign and saving rule, longing to enfold his people and the whole world with love.”
“The final command of Jesus in today’s gospel would certainly have been difficult for the lawyer. This command is just as challenging for us today: 'Go and do the same yourself.' The next step is up to us.”
“But it is not enough just to do good things for others, however important that may be. Disciples of Jesus must also be inspired and nourished by sitting at the feet of Jesus, allowing his word to form, inform, reform and transform us.”
“On the one hand, God is 'kadosh', holy and totally other. And yet, on the other hand, God chooses to reveal himself to us as 'abba'”
“Miserliness and wild spending are related aspects of the same sin. People, either way, are possessed by their possessions.”
“to live mindfully, attentively and wakefully isn’t just being vigilant to what is happening 'out there.' We must also be vigilant to what is happening within.”
“Jesus is telling us, 'the call to be my disciple is not something that you can take lightly. It must be the single most important commitment and allegiance in your life. It must take priority over everything else, even bonds as sacred as those of family'...We're talking here about the cost of commitment.”
“The parable of the barren fig tree warns us that we can’t resist metanoia indefinitely. There will come a time of reckoning.”
“there is no room for fence sitters in the Kingdom of God. There are no privileged entry permits to the eternal life which Jesus offers. You are either a player or a spectator. You're an actor in the drama of salvation or you're a member of the audience.”
“Jesus summons us not to division but to a fresh discovery of all people as our brothers and sisters in the human family”
“So the call to holiness, the call to discipleship, the call to take up our cross and follow Jesus may for a handful of people involve doing great things for the Lord on the world stage. But for most of us it is the call to follow Jesus amidst the very ordinary things of life.”
“when we see the error of our ways, when we realize that we don't have all the answers and maybe our Father actually does know best, Jesus shows us that we can always come home. Despite our mistakes, whether we deserve it or not, God waits for us with outstretched arms because he loves us and we are his.”
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“Today's gospel raises the question: can I continue living in comfort while turning a blind eye to those around me who are in misery?”
“if we are complacent in our relationships, what happens? We become lazy and we ignore things that are problematic. And if we ignore things that are problematic, what happens? The things that are problematic become poison and that poison seeps into our relationships”
“When we learn to embrace the leper, whomever the leper might be in our own lives, that which seems bitter will be changed into sweetness of soul and body”
“Faith refers to what we believe. It is also a way of seeing. But thirdly, we can describe faith as a journey.”
“from our limited human perspective we cannot grasp the Divine Plan, and so our prayer must so often be 'thy will be done'”
“And one way of describing the humble person is someone whose eyes are on the stars but whose feet are firmly planted on the ground. It is being honest about who we are before God.”
“How much more sacred is when Jesus encounters somebody. When Jesus comes in new life begins, you'll never be the same again.”
“So lesson one: God’s call and its fulfilment often demands patient waiting. Secondly, God’s call and its fulfilment does not have a statute of limitation or a use-by date.”
“Discipleship often involves the unexpected”
“The resurrection is the victory of love. God loves us so much that we are alive and never dead.”
“Let us not be so obsessed with looking back to the past or forwards to the future that we ignore the present moment. So keep watch and stay awake for the Lord’s coming today.”
“Before the final coming of the Son of Man there is a long journey to be faced. It will be marked by suffering and persecution but it will also be marked by the loving and guiding presence of a faithful God.”
“Jesus is proclaiming the kingdom of God and he has made it clear that this kingdom will be established by means of rejection, death, and resurrection”
“God’s kingdom refers to God’s active rule or reign, God’s sovereign authority. The kingdom of God is the realm where that authority is gladly received.”
“Luke shows that searching, confusion, and delayed understanding are not signs of failure but are the way in which God’s saving work so often unfolds”
“We are witness to the physicality of Jesus who was wounded and who was hungry. How many of us here are wounded? How many of us here are hungry? And how many of us have arrived anyway?”
“John’s Gospel assures us that the Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, the one who stands alongside of us, to help us when we ourselves are helpless. The same spirit leads us into an intimacy with the Father, making us cry out: Abba, Father.”
“Advent acknowledges that God has already acted definitively on our behalf and God will act definitively in the future to bring his purposes to pass once and for all”
“For most of us the call to discipleship is a call to be sensitive to the needs of those around us and do what we can to help them”
“In being baptised we say, 'My old way of life is now dead and buried.' In the waters of baptism we are reborn to a new way of life through the death and resurrection of Christ.”
““What do I worship?” Well, the answer to that question lies not in what I say but in what I actually do. Where, in reality, do I invest my time, my talents, my money, my energy, my emotions, my enthusiasm?”
“the call of the Kingdom requires a reversal of priorities and a reordering of commitments”
“Jesus pronounces his blessing on those who have failed to find their satisfaction in these worldly goals. This is not a blessing upon misfortune.”
“In today’s gospel, Jesus is calling for a change of heart, a new way of thinking, a new way of looking at life”
“Christian discipleship is the journey to wholeness, eventually becoming through God’s grace what God always intended us to be. Integrity, therefore, is a harmony between a person’s interior and exterior life.”
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“We can make all the plans that we like but God so often has other ideas. What took place when Jesus and the disciples reached Bethsaida may have ended up being far more effective than anything that they had originally planned.”
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“Note: we are to 'listen to him,' regardless of how challenging or perplexing that might be. This means, above all, that we become a people formed, informed and reformed by God’s word.”
“We, as Jesus’ disciples were, are being invited to embrace freedom and shift our attention onto something else...We are being asked to focus on the kingdom of God—not to be absorbed by what we lose when we say 'yes' to following Jesus. There is a cost to discipleship, but there's so much more to gain”
“Christian asceticism is a way of telling us that just as we have to keep physically fit by appropriate exercise and diet, we also need to keep spiritually fit”
“The disciples failed again and again and Jesus still promises to go ahead of them and he invites them to follow him. And can you if you fail begin again? The end of Mark’s story is the beginning of discipleship.”
“This is the message of Mark’s gospel: Jesus has indeed come to set us free, the wounds of his passion are the price of that costly freedom”
“Christ accepts us, clinging to the wreckage, broken, limited, sinful and struggling, long before we accept him. He comes to set us free, to make us whole.”
“Jesus is not defiled. He does not “catch” impurity by touching the man. On the contrary, the man “catches” healing and wholeness from Jesus.”
“Jesus became a human being to identify with sinful humanity in order to uplift humanity to the level of righteousness”
“The rich man retained his wealth and the security it represented...he has the sadness of knowing he is trapped, controlled, prevented from gaining his deepest desire. He remains a captive who balked at the prospect of freedom.”
“You see, once a rib had been taken from the side of the man, he was no longer whole or complete. When does he become whole and complete again? When he and the woman become one. Not just physically but spiritually, emotionally, psychologically.”
“the resolution to the Gospel story occurs not because of what the disciples do, it is the initiative of God”
“Sometimes we cling so tightly to what we think is true that when the truth comes, which we deeply desire, and knocks upon our door, we refuse to open”
““You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Note, he is not far from it but he is not in it. To be in it means more than knowing that love of God and of our neighbour is the greatest of all the commandments. To be in the kingdom of God means both knowing and living it.”
“It is a strange and a lovely thing that the person whom the New Testament and Jesus hand down to history as a pattern of generosity was a person who gave a gift of two small coins, just a few cents”
“Apocalyptic writing...aims to give comfort, encouragement and hope to people who are living in a time of great distress. It assures them that God is in control of history and that their fidelity will be rewarded.”
“Two processions enter Jerusalem…One a procession of cavalry and foot-soldiers embodying the power, might and grandeur of imperial Rome…The other procession, a man riding on a donkey, heralding the kingdom of God. On this Palm Sunday I pause to ask myself, which procession am I in?”
“if I have not come first to Christ my activity in the world might be very self-serving”
“Jesus wants to grow in your heart but it's going to require that you let go and stay open, let Jesus smash the walls of the box that we put him in today so that he can grow larger for tomorrow”
“he performs the visible healing to prove that he can do the invisible healing, right? He heals the paralysis of the body to show that he has the power to heal the paralysis of the soul.”
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“for all the lost sheep of our nation, for all the lost sheep of our region and even all the lost sheep of our world no matter the country you're in, trust and believe that God is out looking for you”
“Sometimes we need to get out of the way. We are not always the focus, sometimes we are the facilitator for something bigger than ourselves. The growth of God’s kingdom is God’s work not ours.”
“There are storms, that's called life, but today's readings are all about how Christ is deeply present in our storms no matter what”
“Suffering and adversity can crush us but they can also become instruments of self-transcendence”
“We’re told that they took offence at him. How could a carpenter say the things that he is saying and do the things that we’ve heard he’s done? They believe the ordinary excludes the extraordinary.”
“Ministry, for all of us, is not about what we do; it is about what Jesus does through us”
“For the Christian the summons is primary. We must first come and be with the Lord. It is only then that we are sent.”
“God does not want passivity of us but rather desires active relationship with us so we can participate in God's justice”
“Apart from the grace of God we are all deaf to God’s word. May the Lord truly open our ears that we can be attentive to his word. May he break open our deafness so that we can truly be attentive to those whom he has placed in our lives.”
“God’s reign will challenge and overturn all normal human assumptions about power and glory, about what is really important in life and in the world”
“And both Moses and Elijah have something to teach us about listening. God spoke to each of them on a mountain but the way in which God spoke to each of them was different.”
“It is not about seeking glory but being the least. It is not about lording it over others but serving. It is not seeking security and positions of honour but losing one’s life and being servant of all”
“The large-heartedness of both Moses and Jesus stands out. They are each saying to their followers something like this: '...The fact that God has chosen you doesn’t mean that God has also given you an exclusive monopoly in carrying out his work in the world.'”
“Unlike Ahaz some seven centuries before, Joseph in silence bows to the divine will, choosing faith over fear, and trust over self-reliance”
“So the Gospel leaves us with a simple but demanding truth, not simply whether we believe but whether we are prepared to acknowledge Christ and to be known as his.”
“Jesus does not call us to admire the cross. He calls us to take it up. He does not call us to a safe or carefully managed life. He calls us to follow him. That call will involve loss. It will involve letting go”
“Our treasure - the God whom we seek and his kingdom - is already present in our midst, but so often unrecognised. We search far and wide for that which is already before our eyes. We look there for what is here. So, be attentive, look around you, circumspice!”
“Jesus’ yoke is not easier or lighter because he demands less, but because he bears more of the load with the burdened”
“Jesus’ yoke is not easier or lighter because he demands less, but because he bears more of the load with the burdened”
“Again and again throughout Matthew’s Gospel, the decisive question is not: 'Have I heard the word?' The crowds heard the word. The question is: 'What has become of the word within me?'”
“The kingdom of God is already at work, often hidden from sight. It begins with the smallest of beginnings, like the mustard seed. It quietly transforms the world, like yeast working through dough. And there will indeed be judgment but not yet, and not by us.”
“we are so accustomed to divided commitments. We want the Kingdom, but without surrender. We want transcendence, but without sacrifice. We want Christ, but also the securities and attachments to which we cling.”
“God has always had a remarkable habit of doing extraordinary things with offerings that looked impossibly small”
“Matthew’s Gospel leaves us with a question: Where do I place my faith? In the power of the storm or in the power of God’s saving presence here and now?”
“In the end, this story in today’s gospel is about much more than the healing of one woman's daughter. It is about the widening of God's saving purpose.”
“The glory and power of the Messiah will be revealed not through military victory but through the cross”
“Paradoxically, it is only by letting go of ourselves that we discover our true selves. The way of the cross is not a path away from life, it is the path that leads to life in all its fullness.”
“Matthew gives the reader the Transfiguration so that the Passion is not misread. The suffering and death of Jesus are not a contradiction of who he is but the way in which his identity will truly and finally be disclosed.”
“Many of our contemporaries are nervous about belonging to any institutional form of religion which might limit their autonomy. They want to believe without belonging. But the New Testament knows nothing of solitary discipleship. Believing the Good News entails belonging to the ekklēsia. Belonging is essential to both wholeness and holiness.”
“Jesus isn't talking about mathematics but about the nature of forgiveness. The kind of forgiveness he calls for is beyond all calculation. It is limitless.”
“Joseph teaches us that holiness is found not only in prayer but in responsible, courageous and decisive action”
“In the light of today's parable, I wonder whether we are sometimes just as suspicious of God. We find it easier to believe in a God who rewards people according to what they deserve than in a God whose generosity exceeds all our expectations. We keep looking for the catch, when all the while God is simply being generous.”
“Saying the right words has never been enough. What matters is doing the Father's will.”
“Time and time again God will use the excluded of the world, those not seen or treated as if they don't matter to create something new, something that will change the course of history”
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“This holy season of Advent reminds us that the decisive moment is not later, it is now. So, wake up if you are asleep. If you are awake, stay awake.”
“No words are so tinged with tears of regret as the sound of the words 'too late'”
“So the gifts that each of us receive are a gift of the Spirit and they are not entrusted to us for our own benefit but ultimately to proclaim the Good News”
“What Matthew makes clear is that true recognition of who Jesus is comes only at the cross...It comes when Jesus is stripped of power, mocked, and executed.”
“Luke shows us Jesus being lifted from their sight, Matthew makes sure we do not think he has been lifted out of their lives. The Church lives between those two truths: Christ has been taken up in glory and Christ remains Emmanuel, 'God with us', until the end of time.”
“Luke shows us Jesus being lifted from their sight, Matthew makes sure we do not think he has been lifted out of their lives. The Church lives between those two truths: Christ has been taken up in glory and Christ remains Emmanuel, 'God with us', until the end of time.”
“The term 'Kingdom of Heaven' is Matthew’s preferred circumlocution...It is better translated as 'rule of God' since it is not so much the place where God rules as the fact that God rules or the power by which God manifests his sovereignty.”
“And so, in the waters of the Jordan, the beloved Son begins the great work of the Servant...carrying the burden we cannot lift, and offering the grace without which we can do nothing.”
“Temptation often begins not with an outright lie but with a subtle distortion that makes God seem mean, restrictive, ungenerous”
“For Matthew, the “good news” is the joyful announcement that in Jesus, God’s long-promised kingdom has arrived, bringing restoration, healing, forgiveness, and the beginning of a new world.”
“Jesus blesses those who are poor in spirit, gentle, and pure in heart because each describes a different facet of a life that is open to God’s reign”
“May the Lord make us people whose words preserve what is good, whose actions scatter the darkness, and whose lives help others glimpse the goodness of God”
“The commandments are not fulfilled by external compliance alone, they are fulfilled by a heart shaped by covenant love”
“Notice what we're seeing here. The pattern in each one of these is you respond to injury with generosity. You respond to insult with an unexpected generosity.”
“every time a person gives in to anxiety, it's always a sign of a lack of trust in God”
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“For Matthew, the 'kingdom' is not a place we go to, but God’s reign—God taking charge. It is God acting to set things right: to heal, to forgive, to restore, and to establish justice. In Jesus, that reign is already present and at work, but not yet brought to its full completion.”
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“when a person put ashes on their forehead, what were they doing? They were recognizing their mortality like Adam, they were repenting for sin like Job, and they were interceding for others like Daniel or like Esther.”
“So what you think, you are, you're God's gift to humanity? Yes, you are. If Jesus is God's gift to humanity, you are a part of the life of the living Christ.”
“A friendship with God is not like friendship with anybody else because God is faithful, God shows up, God will be with you in whatever situation, scenario it is”
“The angels came not in search of a king but to proclaim glad tidings of a king who would become a shepherd...and the shepherds, the poor shepherds, become sheep searching for a different kind of shepherd altogether and everything is turned around, turned topsy-turvy”
“What, people of God, is the true meaning of Christmas? God became man...Now why is that significant? That's a deeper question.”
“So today as we remember the message of the shepherds and consider who the messengers of peace are in our communities, perhaps we might choose a message of peace for ourselves this new year that we can both keep in our hearts and live into for the next 365 days”
“What, people of God, is the true meaning of Christmas? God became man...Now why is that significant? That's a deeper question.”
“Thus the gospel begins with Gentiles coming to Jesus and ends with Jesus sending his disciples to the Gentiles. These two stories form a fitting set of bookends to Matthew’s message: the Good News of the Messiah is for all nations.”
“The saving act of God is not confined to the past but is confessed and proclaimed as living and effective in the present”
“The Cross is the place where God’s glory becomes visible precisely through self-giving love”
“We live in crucifying times filled with propaganda and divisiveness and fear mongering yet reality, morality and civility refuse to crumble. We keep getting up. We rise like Christ rose on the third day.”
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“Pentecost is not simply the memory of a dramatic day long ago. It is the ongoing work of God’s new creation. The Church does not live by its own energy or cleverness, but by the breath of God, a breath that creates, heals, forgives, and sends forth.”
“So lesson one: God’s call and its fulfilment often demands patient waiting. Secondly, God’s call and its fulfilment does not have a statute of limitation or a use-by date.”
“Matthew gives the reader the Transfiguration so that the Passion is not misread. The suffering and death of Jesus are not a contradiction of who he is but the way in which his identity will truly and finally be disclosed.”
“And both Moses and Elijah have something to teach us about listening. God spoke to each of them on a mountain but the way in which God spoke to each of them was different.”
“Note: we are to 'listen to him,' regardless of how challenging or perplexing that might be. This means, above all, that we become a people formed, informed and reformed by God’s word.”
“we hear that Mary went to visit Elizabeth, her cousin, as soon as she found out that, that God wanted her to bear Jesus for the world...it was because Elizabeth had proven God to Mary.”
“The love of God is not manifested in the might of armies but in the suffering of the cross, not by dominating others but in loving service”
“Jesus blesses those who are poor in spirit, gentle, and pure in heart because each describes a different facet of a life that is open to God’s reign”
“We remember our beloved dead, not as gone but as alive in God. We pray for them because prayer is love reaching beyond the grave.”
“But the Lateran Basilica teaches us another important lesson. Over the centuries this church has been ravaged by fire and earthquake. It has been plundered by Vandals and Saracens. It has been restored many times. Today’s feast therefore offers us an image of the Church in constant need of reform and restoration.”
“whereas the Davidic kings were called the 'son of God' in a metaphorical sense or like a covenantal sense...Mary's child is going to be the actual Son of God, he's going to be the eternal Son of God”
“whereas the Davidic kings were called the 'son of God' in a metaphorical sense or like a covenantal sense...Mary's child is going to be the actual Son of God, he's going to be the eternal Son of God”
“She is everywhere. Rejected, despised, loathed. 'She distracts from the worship of her son. What does she have to do with the gospel?' She is misunderstood. And still she is everywhere.”
“what Matthew is definitely showing his audience is that Jesus is raised from the dead, Jesus ushers in the beginning of the new creation on the same day God makes the old creation”
“On this festival of Easter we celebrate the story of Jesus’ victory over sin and death. His story makes sense of all other stories, past, present, and future, and his story alone offers life in abundance.”
“the foundational truth of Christianity involves a corpse, right, being transfigured and resurrected and entering into a new state in which that body would never die again”
“A life well lived is not about accumulating more and more. It is, rather, an emptying out on behalf of the Gospel. Paul measures his life not by what he’s accumulated but by how much he’s given away.”
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“John was assuming that the goodness, the blessing that was going to come down on Jesus was coming from his own goodness. And it wasn't because goodness doesn't come from us, it comes from God.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Giving out Blessings... Have at it!”
“God prefers to give and to receive love through humanity. Every time that we love each other, however we may express it, we are glorifying God. We glorify God within us and we glorify God within the other.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “God is saying, “I love you.””
“Put into practice the gifts of the Holy Spirit that God gifts to us so that when it comes to Christmas morning you can enjoy and have what was indeed worth striving for the entire time: love, peace and harmony among a group, among a community of persons.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Striving for What is Worth Having”
“‘I admit that I have done wrong. Jesus help me.’ That's all he does. ‘I admit that I have done wrong, Jesus help me.’ And in doing that he's allowing Christ to wear the crown and he’s allowing Christ to be the king of his universe.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Who is Wearing the Crown?”
“Well could you imagine what a rose was going to look like when you were only looking at the seed? What we have today and what we know of what that will look like is like we're looking at the seed. We cannot imagine what comes beyond it.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Avoiding the Question Trap”
“Jesus is not sharing his stature, he's giving it away. He is losing stature by associating himself with Zacchaeus. He gives away his own stature and it gives Zacchaeus a chance to show himself to be someone people didn't think he was capable of being.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Giving Away Stature”
“There's a difference between receiving a gift and recognizing it and being able to give glory to God and to give thanks for that gift received”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Receiving and Recognizing Gifts are two Different Things”
“if we allow ourselves to be embraced by that love, maybe if we have the gift of the courage of the younger brother we'll find that we are in an incredible position to help other people”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Some Sons in Trouble”
“The cost of discipleship is the price of admission and it may seem high at times, it may seem high but it's nothing compared to the fruit that is reaped on the other side.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “The Steep Cost of Not-Discipleship”
“the master who has locked the door. It can only be opened from the inside, which is to say God's help will be necessary. It's not something that we need to do on our own nor can do on our own.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Feet on Earth, Heart in Heaven”
“before Jesus there was the Law and the prophets; Moses and Elijah. Things were pretty clear-cut and simple. It was written in stone or they had said it...But after Jesus our goodness and life becomes about a relationship with God directly and that means that things that seem to be written in stone may no longer be that way.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “The Gift of Doubt”
“When we think about faith like belief...it becomes a question of our willfulness. But I think that a much better word for faith is trust. And trust is something that can only develop over time. It's not even something that's in our control.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Growing in Faith is like Watching a Sunrise”
“He want us to start by asking for what we know and feel drawn towards. Christ is encouraging us: never lose hope in prayer. Be persistent, ask for what you need.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Persistence and Insistence in Prayer”
“it sounds like Jesus speaks kind of strongly to Martha...but he's not doing it to condemn her. He's doing it to defend the value of rest. He wants us to know that he values the time we take to rest, especially when it's a silent and a quiet rest in his presence.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Pause and Breathe”
“So when Jesus sends us out as lambs among wolves we have nothing to fear. We bear peace within us that others may receive or may reject. Either way, that peace remains within us.”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Lambs and Wolves - What Drives Your Actions?”
“all that I believe that God asks of us at any given moment is a surrender to his mercy so that we can become vessels and people who go out in his name and share his love with others”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “Surrender to Mercy”
Fr. Juan P. Ruiz · “No-Win Scenarios”
“step into the wilderness this Lent, let go of a comfort even a small one and see what unfolds. The desert won't offer false comforts but it may lead you to greater strength and trust in God's spirit, a spirit that carries us through all our wildernesses.”
Andrea Dean · “First Sunday of Lent”
“What would it look like to live as though we share our dignity with those on the outside of our church and our world?”
Mikali Anagnostis · “Love your enemies be compassionate”
“For God's people, then and now, being called blessed isn't about making someone else jealous or establishing that you're more well off than another”
Bei-En Zou · “Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Jesus calls us in the depth of our messy stories and draws out the fullness of who we are”
Steph Jorna
“God has arrived, holy and humble at the cost of God's blood, not ours, to invite all to walk the path to a better world”
Laura Tharion · “Holding Hope”
“We're called to enter into the 'today' of Jesus himself. And that means allowing ourselves to be transformed by God, to receive God's healing power in our lives, God's forgiveness, God's care for us in our everyday concerns.”
Dorothy Lee · “Third Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“I am reminded that God is here already in our homes and in our streets. Whatever might happen, we don't face it alone.”
Christine Redwood · “A Joyous Sign”
“Today I invite you to consider, how do you live out your baptism call? Is baptism merely a milestone or historic event? Or an active response to making tangible the reign of God in our world today?”
Geraldine Vytilingam · “Baptism of the Lord”
“but if our preaching and teaching isn't drawing you closer to Jesus and closer to your neighbors, we preachers are not doing our jobs”
Radhika Sukumar-White · “The Epiphany of the Lord”
“May the narrative of the visitation, Mary and Elizabeth, remind us that even in expected circumstances and amidst emotional complexity we can find strength and comfort knowing that we are people through whom divinity flows”
Rena MacLeod · “Leaping with Joy: Celebrating Divine Energies Embodied”
“The Gospel demands nothing less than love in action”
Robyn Whitaker · “Third Sunday of Advent”
“So let's keep awake and alert, both to the message we carry and the message we may receive from others, God's unlikely heroes”
Keren Terpstra · “Second Sunday of Advent”
“Often we will say that Advent is a season of waiting but perhaps the little apocalypse tells us it is really a season for enduring”
Gillian Moses · “First Sunday of Advent”
“Jesus reminds us throughout his life that the kingdom of God is not an aspirational goal to be longed for without hope but a present reality into which we must learn to live”
Sarah Plowman · “Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe”
“The danger is that we can become like the scribes and Pharisees, proud of our religious practices and commitment to the Church but blind to what is outside our door”
Bernadette Mercieca · “How can we be more generous with what we have?”
“I think true love is having absolute trust with another. It is a safe place to be your authentic self, reaching the deepest intimate connection with someone with honesty and vulnerability.”
Di Langham and Belinda Langham · “Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Jesus heard the cry of the poor, the cry of the outcast of society and turned the table on those who tried to stop him getting to Jesus by asking them to call the blind man to him”
Helen Cunningham · “30th Sunday Ordinary Time”
“You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love and you can be that servant.”
Ann Rennie · “Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“The number of possessions we own is irrelevant, it's rather the significance we place upon them that Jesus is asking us to relinquish”
Angela Marquis · “Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Sometimes it seems as if the teaching of church institutions around marriage is less to do with God and far more to do with upholding patriarchal and often deeply political structures of power and authority”
Penny Jones and Josephine Inkpin · “Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“This profound truth compels us to honor the unique gifts and contributions of all women, including Aboriginal sisters whose rich cultural heritage and wisdom have greatly enriched our society”
Mayrah Yarraga Dreise · “Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“For us to love others without self-interest is not easy but love is oddly reciprocal. The more we give, the more we have to give.”
Patricia Smith · “Exploring His Gentleness”
“He's the true image of God, not the image we crafted to reflect ourselves or our society. And sometimes that can be uncomfortably challenging.”
Melissa Conway · “Sacred Spaces – Where Human and Divine Meet”
“In my view healing is not about building ability or regaining physical health or attaining success or material wealth. Healing is about returning to love and choosing to love.”
Moira Byrne
“Sometimes we complain about what we do not have but in reality we don't use what we do have”
Anne Pattel-Gray · “Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Are we living as true disciples committed to Jesus, grounded in his words and recognizing his sovereignty in our lives?”
Heeyoung Lim · “Lifelong Journey of Discipleship with Christ”
“The question isn't so much who is willing to eat and drink at this wise table...but who is willing to be that body, to remain in that body and be real food and real drink for the life of the world?”
Carmel Posa · “Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“So today as we are drawn to God in our lives let us be eager recipients of the bread we are offered and be signs of life for others”
Anne Surtees · “Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“So today as Christians ponder the Bread of Life discourse, may they be aware of just how deep of the depths of the story which shape their Christian lives. May Christians treasure this sacred memory of the manna in the wilderness”
Teresa Pirola · “Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“sometimes we must be like Jesus and ask questions of ourselves and our own communities. We must take into our heart the problems in front of us and ask of ourselves what solutions we might bring forth.”
Lana Hanley · “Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Rest isn’t for its own sake though, as some kind of reward for the hard work...Rather it's designed to nourish us to continue the mission, to continue proclaiming the Gospel, serving others and working for justice and peace”
Clare Schwantes · “Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“The true prophet calls out injustice and social hypocrisy, exploitation and oppression wherever it exists”
Jenny O’Brien · “Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“It seems that for whatever reason they could not get past the fact that divine God-sourced wisdom, power and authority can coincide with ordinariness, with this rather ordinary man”
Jennifer Wakeling · “God of the ordinary”
“Is the Church listening to the stories of the women and the children and the grieving parents? And how can we listen better?”
Naomi Cooke · “Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Our shortcoming is that just like the disciples we do not trust God, we have doubt that God cares”
Dominique Galea · “Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“There will be a harvest of our faithful efforts. The birds of the air, even we ourselves, will shelter in the generous shade we enable to grow.”
Michele Connolly · “Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“And so with confidence we approach the table. We come not as individuals but as one united body in communion”
Carmel Pilcher · “Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ”
“The concept of the three persons in one being of the Trinity has consequences not just about who God is but also who we are called to be”
Cristina Lledo-Gomez · “Holy Trinity”
“So this is the Spirit who helps us to know and understand Jesus even more deeply than those who knew him in the flesh”
Mel Williams · “Feast of Pentecost”
“The theology and spirituality of the Ascension is essentially summarized in these words: refuse to cling to what once was, let it go so that you can now recognize the new life you are already living and receive its spirit”
Sharon O’Keeffe · “Ascension of the Lord”
“If Jesus is the true vine and we’re the branches, we’re not just joined but we’re made of the same stuff”
Roberta Hamilton · “The vine grower and the vine”
“perhaps we can consider a new metaphor in these lands, one that emulates the love, the care and the vulnerability, the message at the heart of the Good Shepherd story”
Naomi Wolfe · “Fourth Sunday of Easter”
“To me this text speaks of impact of encounter with the risen Christ”
Maureen Gaul · “The Resurrection for Transformation”
“here we are the week after Easter and so many years after that greeting of peace, longing for shalom”
Tanya Wittwer · “Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday”
“There is good news in the radical solidarity of God with us, in the most difficult and heart-breaking spaces in our lives and in our world. But Mark also gives us hints that this is not all.”
Kylie Crabbe · “And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid”
“Apparently the hearers of this Gospel are supposed to know who Alexander and Rufus are…What would it have been for them to hear Jesus in Mark’s Gospel say that his followers must “take up their cross and follow him” when their father had carried Jesus’ actual cross?”
Catherine Playoust · “Palm Sunday”
“It is clear that the author of John believes that Jesus is alive and Jesus can change your life, turn it upside down in fact.”
Alison Ryan · “Fifth Sunday of Lent”
“belief implies ethics and ethics is essentially the practice of faith. Belief is the fundamental first step in the art of creating right relationships with God and the world around us.”
Debra Snoddy · “Fourth Sunday of Lent”
“The Church is now the body of Christ in the world today...God works through the Church but the Church does not control access to God”
Anne Frawley-Mangan · “3rd Sunday of Lent”
“The Church is now the body of Christ in the world today...God works through the Church but the Church does not control access to God”
Anne Frawley-Mangan · “3rd Sunday of Lent”
“Where do you go to replenish, to open yourself to transformation that you will carry with you when you come down from the mountain?”
Sarah Agnew · “Second Sunday of Lent”
“I think that we sometimes try to capture God, box God in, putting tight boundaries around our understanding”
Elizabeth Dowling · “Proclaiming the Kin-dom of God”
“this is a story that can reveal to us the limits of our own compassion and challenge us to love more deeply and to help more sacrificially and generously. Here is also a call to think through the complex effects of suffering in whatever form it takes”
Megan Powell du Toit · “Indignant Hearts”
“Jesus is making a powerful statement here about who we listen to and it reminds me of the Good Samaritan story, a story of an outsider showing us that it's not always those in the in-group or the expected who show us how to love and how to live the gospel message”
Vicky Gonzalez Burrows · “Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Sometimes we need to recognize that so often we have multiple voices going on within us and as we progress in prayer we hope to see these multiplicities fly out to make room for us to become more ourselves, more simple, more filled with the pure voice of Jesus”
Dawn LaValle Norman · “Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Have you ever considered the privilege, the enormity of the gift of being called by God, the creator of the universe, the King of Kings, the Lord of the Lords? Have you ever sat with that reality alone? Wow. That could be enough.”
Angela Gorman · “Third Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“While working in pastoral ministry for many years I was privileged to be invited into many homes that covered a huge range of styles and sizes, of varied decor and treasured photos and items. Some seemed cold and sterile, others exuded warmth and welcome. It gradually dawned on me that in each of them Jesus lived.”
Anne Dowling · “Second Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Every time God's goodness revealing Christ Jesus touches yet another heart and mind, there is a new epiphany”
Trish Hindmarsh · “The Epiphany of the Lord”
“And it is the body with its appetites, its pleasures and all its various functions that God has chosen to make his love known among us. God's very self did not despise the human body but chose to inhabit it and to share in all its fullness, in all the messiness of human existence.”
Marian Free · “Holy Family”
“Mary's story is often seen as a testament to the power of faith, strength and the capacity for individuals to play a crucial role in unfolding a greater plan”
Myree Sam · “Fourth Sunday of Advent”
Anne McLean and Alice Sullivan RSJ · “Third Sunday of Advent”
· “The Second Sunday of Advent”
“Each day is a gift, an opportunity to recognise and appreciate the grace of God's love and to embrace the faith that has been entrusted to us”
Tessie James · “33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time”
Selina Hasham · “32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time”
Ann Edwards · “31st Sunday in Ordinary Time”
Carey Anne Moylan · “27th Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“One of the beautiful things about God is his enduring grace, forgiveness and love for us. God doesn't give up on us even when our backs are turned and we keep saying 'no.' God patiently waits for the 'yes', our 'yes' in whatever form that 'yes' takes.”
Jo Curran · “Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Who are the latecomers in our lives that we have trouble accepting?”
Eleanor Flynn · “Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“forgiveness from those who we had forsaken when partnered with our own behavioural change builds trust between ourselves and those we have wronged”
Alice Carwardine · “24th Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Now is the time for us to call on all members of the community to help restore right relationships on planet earth”
Janet Galos · “23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“A focus on technological solutions...often seems like a good idea to maintain our current standard of lifestyle but like Peter's efforts in the Gospel, might it also give us a temporary sense of control over global challenges that need a deeper more transformative and local solution?”
Sally Neaves · “22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Has our faith in Jesus grown stronger through our experience or the experience of others around us? Where has Christ been in our own life journeys?”
Toni Janke · “An Unshakeable Faith in Christ – Son of the Living God”
“I have a lot of people say to me, you know, 'how can you be aboriginal and Catholic?' Well, we see Jesus' story and we affiliate it with somebody that's been persecuted for doing nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong in this country. You know, we had God with us since the beginning of time.”
Sherry Balcombe · “19th Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Our minds alone cannot see God revealed. We have to engage our imagination, all our senses and emotions so that the presence of God is encountered”
Angela McCarthy · “The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord”
“Jesus invites us to ponder and learn from this parable to find in our hearts the treasure that may be hidden or the pearl of great prize that will enable us to divest ourselves of attitudes, fears and distractions that prevent us from experiencing God's unconditional love”
Catherine Mead · “Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“What is the risk of including people and getting it wrong? Mistaking weed for wheat? Actually, is there much of a risk because God has it all in hand, we do trust that right?”
Greer Hudson · “Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Let us not shy away from the demands of our environmental responsibilities but instead nurture our hearts through education, awareness and meaningful action”
Alice Dunlop · “Seeds of Transformation- Cultivating Hearts for Our Common Home”
“Jesus calls us to him, invites us to tie ourselves to him like the disciples without fear because he is gentle and humble of heart and learn from him. This will be easy and in doing this we'll find rest for our souls, the rest that comes from knowing that he is with us always until the end of time.”
Wendy Goonan · “Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“It's because he loves me so much that he becomes one with me. It's almost as though Christ enters me because he can't resist on account of his great love for me. And the same applies to you and everyone else. Christ's love is so great that he, as it were, can't hold back from union with each one.”
Frances Maguire · “One with Christ”
“I don't hear Matthew saying in this text that we should not fear, I don't hear him saying that we will always be protected. Rather I hear him saying 'speak the truth even if your voice shakes' because the only way justice has a chance to survive is if it moves from being whispered in the dark into being spoken in the light”
Michelle Eastwood · “Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Compassion is relational, it's engaged, it's not a pity that allows a distance to be kept but a mucking in together to share experience, to learn with and from and not just about others. Compassion draws us towards solidarity.”
Bec Lindsay · “Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“At the heart of John's reinterpretation of the manna story is an understanding of the importance of wilderness experiences in Jesus' life and the events in the life of the evangelist's community”
Alexandra Banks · “Corpus Christi”
“The world is loved by God. We are not saved in order to be saved from the world. Salvation is relational. We are saved for relationship with God, for eternal life with God.”
Teresa Brown · “The Most Holy Trinity”
“Do we believe in the power of the Spirit in today's world working in and through us? You? Pentecost reminds us that the Spirit has been sent. Our Advocate is with us and we are guarded by the Spirit of truth and we dwell in the spirit of love.”
Elissa Roper
“There is no one present who is another me or another you and yet here we all are, perfectly diverse and deeply loved as God's own”
Danni Clark · “The Ascension of the Lord”
“God breathes the Spirit into you and you breathe out the gifts of the Spirit. God breathes the Spirit into you and you are recreated. You breathe the Spirit out to recreate life in your relationships and with Earth. Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit into you and you breathe out, sent by Jesus, peace, forgiveness and love.”
Sue Martin · “Sixth Sunday of Easter”
“Jesus is our promised land. In him we find our true home, our dwelling now and in the eternal life to come. And the home Jesus invites us to move into is a home that is characterized by his perfect peace.”
Tania Watson · “Fifth Sunday of Easter”
“Did not Jesus bring abundant life to the man born blind right then and there...Did Jesus say 'hang tight, power through and you'll get the good stuff later'? Or did he heal and love and forgive and rejoice right then and there? Abundant life is not an end-of-life promise. It's right now.”
Radhika Sukumar-White · “Abundant Life Now”
“The passage is a reminder that although we may presume that we have been left on the wayside by God, abandoned by God, it is not so. For the spirit of God travels with us even if we do not recognise it as spirit”
Debra Phillips · “Third Sunday of Easter”
“'Peace with you' is not just about fear any more than it's just about the absence of war, it's a greeting of hope for wholeness, completeness, soundness, health, safety.”
Gail Gill and Tanya Wittwer · “Second Sunday of Easter”
“Jesus has proved God's limitless love all the way to the end, which we discover is no longer death but eternal life”
Elizabeth Young RSM · “Easter Sunday”
“The Easter story teaches us that we do not need to fear death. Death is not the most powerful force in our universe. Life is.”
Rachel Kronberger · “Fifth Sunday of Lent”
“We can be blind to the 'why' because we have tunnel vision to the 'what.' It is quicker and easier to judge another person's actions than to take the time to consider what is motivating them to behave in that way. Blindness comes in many forms.”
Danielle Anne Lynch · “Fourth Sunday of Lent”
“In the Old Testament the bridegroom is an image for God and the wedding symbolizes God's committed loving relationship to Israel. In John, Jesus will be the revealer of God and God's desire to be in relationship with all of us.”
Mary Coloe PBVM · “Third Sunday of Lent”
“Are not my daily transformations the degrees by which I turn my face towards Jesus? The degrees by which I'm being changed into his likeness? The way in which I increase my depth and capacity to receive love itself? The degrees of holiness made possible by my attentiveness to the little things and faithfulness to my vocation over time?”
Trish McCarthy · “The Transfiguration: for a purpose and a promise”
“Jesus gave up so much power. Not just in this story but just in becoming human. He embraced being human and all that that entailed. And so what might we be called to give up not just for Lent but to take a better path?”
Teash Taylor · “First Sunday of Lent”
“embrace the truth that no one life is worth more than another in God's sight and this includes our enemies”
Sally Longley · “Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Once we have the gift of faith we are duty-bound to pass it on and make it relevant in our lives and to the world”
Marilyn Hatton · “Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“To be the 'salt of the earth' we must be present and active in the world. To be 'light of the world' we need to share ourselves with the world. We cannot claim to be followers of Jesus and yet remain bystanders, looking on, understanding what is going wrong but doing nothing about it.”
Liz Little · “Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Jesus spent his lifetime seeking out those who needed him the most and he offered them healing, company, inclusion, love and eternal reward in heaven”
Tania Waring · “Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Once we discover and encounter these new ways of being and doing we see a completely different future. A light dawns and our worlds are changed. So why would we go back?”
Steff Fenton · “Third Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Into this dreary situation John the Baptist asks us to notice that the Lamb of God is among us, that the Spirit of God dwells within you and that the Creator has worked to reconcile all the world”
Dianne Rayson · “Second Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Being attentive to God's presence...has more to do with a way of being in the world that involves openness to the unexpected and a critical and careful, personal and communal dialogue between our life experience and our faith tradition”
Veronica Lawson · “Epiphany of the Lord Solemnity”
“Mary is precious to us all. Her attributes of wisdom, discretion, knowledge and love make her a truly precious matriarch to us all.”
Di Langham · “Mary, Mother of God Solemnity”
“strength became weak that weakness might become strong seeking peace in unfailing hope and truth-telling love”
Kay Goldsworthy · “Christmas Day - The Nativity of the Lord”
“Because the one I seek is right here in our midst. What joy.”
Margaret Scharf · “Third Sunday of Advent”
“So I ask myself: what does a change of heart mean to me? Where is the change of heart present in my life? Where is the change of heart absent?”
Frances Tilly · “Second Sunday of Advent”
“We do not know when the Son of Man will come. As Christians we do know we at least should not, must not, and cannot remain oblivious to the call to be Advent people.”
Cecilia Francisco-Tan · “First Sunday of Advent”
“For when we allow a kingly God to be in control of life and of our heart, when we trust that this king is also our dearest friend, wanting only the best for us, things start falling into place”
Nimmi Candappa · “Friend in High Places”
“So Jesus offers us more than mere existence. He offers us life that is full, rich, abundant, and here and now.”
Judith Norris · “Now is the Time”
“The woman in this story is not to be remembered for the 7 husbands she had but as embraced by God who remembers her for the 7 times she became a victim of her social context and the 7 times she suffered grief and degradation and unfulfilled hopes”
Julie Trinidad · “I have come to set you free”
“Jesus' gaze goes beyond sins and prejudices. He sees the person through the eyes of God who does not stop at past faults but sees the future good.”
Trish Madigan · “Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“The tax collector knows what he is but he also knows what God is, who God is. The tax collector's prayer is to the God who gives justice to his chosen ones.”
Natalie Ray · “A Tale of Two Men”
“We need that spiritual strength to do as Jesus says, to pray always and not lose heart...maintaining our trust in God who loves us and will always attend to our needs”
Jenny Close · “Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Faith is a key element of being part of salvation. Salvation means being aware of our God who has set us free. And a response to salvation is giving thanks to God and giving praise.”
Angela McCarthy · “Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Ours is to keep the vision before us, accept and embrace the mission we have been given to care for and to look after with all the strength and the inspiration that God gives us each day trusting in God, being one with all of creation and listening to the wisdom of creation that we are so grateful to serve.”
Jacqui Rémond · “Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“We need to listen to the prophets that call us to live on this planet without overconsumption that leaves people at the fringes hungry...Rather, we are to live this life with justice, integrity and sustainability listening to Moses, the prophets and the words of Jesus.”
Ruth Mathieson · “Twenty-six Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“this is how God behaves towards us. Setting aside all that hinders us coming to God to enter into our complex world, flesh of our flesh in Jesus, to show us that we are all invited to become friends of God, or at least some indebtedness to God and freed to love as extravagantly, as inclusively as God loves.”
Colleen O’Reilly AM · “Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“God's nature is nurture”
Julia Perry · “Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“voluntary poverty is about much more than living a simple material existence. It is about giving up self-centeredness for a greater good, what some might call the Kingdom of Heaven or the Body of Christ. One day we may even realize that the common good is actually our own individual greatest good.”
Patricia Gemmell · “Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Jesus' words call us to humility and care. His action in voicing those words calls us to speak up. This gospel urges us to ongoing conversion in our hearts, in our church, in our society.”
Christine Burke · “Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“being the women and men God wants us to be is not easy. It is strenuous because we have to change. We have to change our hearts...To be holy there has to be a continual surrender of our wills to God's will. Our plans to God's plan.”
Andrea Dean · “Twentyfirst Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“Perhaps one day our churches, our communities, and our world will be able to move beyond the divisions and see the value inherent in every single person”
Michelle Eastwood · “Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“By confronting and bringing back the word 'slave' into these parables and identifying with the slaves, I started to see Jesus doing what he so often does, taking something familiar and known in his world, like slavery, and subverting it.”
Rev. Dr. Christine Redwood · “Slaves?”
“the ultimate message of today’s gospel is to make space in your life to discern how do we invest in what really matters: love and connection”
Kate O’Brien · “Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“as a friend suggested, maybe the insight is that what God offers in answer to prayer is beyond my imagination”
Moira Byrne Garton · “Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“We are called to consider, 'am I a Martha or a Mary?' when it comes to my relationship with Jesus”
Gemma Thomson and Senior students from Iona College · “Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“How have I moved outside my comfort zone and paid attention to the need around me? And what did I do to stay there?”
Lisa Bright · “The Good Samaritan: Looking with fresh eyes”
“How would it be if we were to reimagine this Gospel passage as Jesus inviting 72 aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to go out in pairs and take their spiritual insights and proclaim the Kingdom of God to all of us who come across the seas and settled on this land? What might it look like? Sound like? Feel like?”
Elizabeth Lee · “Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time”
“We, like Jesus, are on our way to our destiny which is paradoxically our center and every choice we make, every action we take, grows us into that way or keeps us by the way. Sometimes we may have to make definitive decisions that set our direction on the heart of God.”
Jill Gowdie · “Together on the Way”
“I find myself asking, 'what are my loaves and fish? My small offering in my family, relationships, neighborhood, workplace?' And then I ask God to help me discern the Spirit's presence and leading in my blessedness and brokenness daily and dutifully in prayer.”
Anne Muirhead · “The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ”
“The masculine Trinity has imprisoned our imagination for too long. Our tangible, static nouns and pronouns must be released. Our vision set free.”
Angela Marquis · “Trinity Sunday”
“the final words of Jesus on the cross 'it is finished' potentially connect with the first words of the risen Christ to the assembled disciples: 'Peace.' Two terms of phrase that completes Christ's death and resurrection.”
Rachel McLean · “Pentecost”
“All of us experience our own ascensions and that of others. It's all part of letting God do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. Giving us new life and new spirit in all our relationships. Christ Jesus shows us that our lives can only be fully received after we ascend.”
Patricia Thomas · “Ascension of the Lord”
“When we make room in our hearts and minds and souls for the Word then we will find ourselves being dwelt in. We will find that the Spirit has set up home in us and we will find that God is indeed closer to us than our own breath.”
Rev. Susan Lodge-Calvert · “Sixth Sunday of Easter”
“Am I living a life that reflects Christ's radical love for me? And am I radically loving others, living my life in a way that reflects the light and life of God so that others may see that I am a disciple?”
Erin Gillard · “Our call to radical love”
“Having and hearing a voice is a foundation for the two-way street of hospitality and relationship”
Gabrielle Sinclair · “Fourth Sunday of Easter”
“We show our love for God through feeding, providing, allowing ourselves to be instruments. We follow Jesus by being a conduit of his abundant love”
Beth Doherty · “Third Sunday of Easter”
“And when Jesus said three times “peace be with you” these words were the reality of the life lived in Christ. That the pain of loss and death is real but the comfort, hope and love for life beyond death can only be our reality in serving, living and believing in the life, death and resurrected Jesus”
Juliette Maua’i · “Will you come to believe in Jesus in the face of death?”
“Where do you look to find Jesus? Like these disciples are you looking in a tomb? Is Jesus a figure of past history? A person you hear about in a church? In a building? Or is Jesus a living person you can glimpse in your current life?”
Dr. Mary Coloe PBVM · “Easter Sunday”
“When in humility we acknowledge our sinfulness and our limitations we encounter Jesus and his healing mercy. It is an entering into the mystery of God's transforming love”
Clara Geoghegan · “Fifth Sunday of Lent”
“as individuals and as a church we need to get in touch within ourselves of a God who is more merciful, more healing and more loving than we can ever understand”
Melissa Dwyer FdCC · “Coming Home”
“To repent is to see the big picture”
Veronica Lawson, RSM · “Third Sunday of Lent”
“This Lent, may you see like never before, take the journey which isn't about giving something up but about change, and practice deep listening”
Brooke Prentis · “Second Sunday of Lent”
“May we always think and behave as Jesus has shown us today. That when we get tempted, we put ourselves second and continue to put God first, the God to whom we give all glory, praise and honor”
Eseta Meneilly · “First Sunday of Lent”
“So what might these parables ask of me and of us today? Perhaps just to live more honestly and face the truth of our lives more courageously...to be people open to constant conversion”
Kate Englebrecht · “Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“For if we treated everyone who comes across our path with the same respect, dignity and love that we wish for those closest and most special to us, imagine how that might transform our society”
Pip McIlroy · “Love your enemies”
“It is through transcending the trappings of this material world that we live in that we are truly blessed in finding our ultimate reward in Christ Jesus and the Kingdom of God”
Toni Janke · “Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“How different might our spiritual journey be if we got used to the idea of discerning before responding?”
Annemarie Reiner · “Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
Sr. Magdalen Mather OSB · “Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“We are all captives in some way to some thing. What is it that captivates you?”
Katy Gilles · “Third Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Jesus identified himself as being unified with all those John had baptized and with all of humanity. Jesus is one with those he had come to save. Similarly, our baptism identifies us as being one with God and one with God's people. Our identity is from God and of God.”
Monica Dutton · “Part of who we are”
“Epiphanies and wisdom are found in the child and the adult. The child in Bethlehem and the adult on the way from Galilee to Jerusalem.”
Coralie Naida Ling · “Epiphanies of Wisdom”
“As First Peoples we honor the Creator and know the Creator was moving amongst us, with us, besides us, through us, well before the invasion of his land they now call Australia”
Alison Overeem · “Weaving the laritja/threads that sit in the ever present basket”
“In the silence of our hearts God speaks. How often do we sit still and spend time with him just listening?”
Racy Espino · “Why is she in a hurry?”
“With Christ's spirit to fire us, we are called to face up to and to challenge as best we can the cruelty and injustice we see at home and abroad, while all the time acknowledging our own human vulnerability”
Trish Hindmarsh · “Third Sunday in Advent”
“John brings a message of repentance, a message that things must change, we must change if we are to see the salvation of God”
Emily Hayes · “Second Sunday in Advent”
“This idea of Jesus coming back in a scary or judgmental way doesn't work when this text is read in light of Daniel. Instead we see this hopeful image of people coming before God amidst everything, of God being there and present to people in the midst of everything.”
Teash Taylor · “Preparing for the Apocalypse”
“We all need to be on the side of truth. Truth and truth-telling will set us free.”
Di Langham · “Feast of Christ the King”
“The truth of the matter was that what we called 'good violence' was really just 'our' violence and what we called 'bad violence' was really just 'their' violence”
Rev. Radhika Sukumar-White · “Jesus, violence and chaos”
“This widow is perfect discipleship material because...she gives her whole life to God. Tragically, she gives it to the wrong thing, a religious system that Jesus has just demonstrated exploits people just like her”
Michele Connolly, RSJ · “Mark’s Poor Widow: A Cautionary Tale - And an Exhortation”
“Life expands as God gives us space for growth”
Janine Luttick · “Who is the God you love?”
“Are we willing to see with new eyes the abundance of what God offers us”
Jo Hart · “Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“I need to be a servant like Jesus was a servant and how he served and I need to do that in my community”
Erica Bernard · “Know Your Place”
“what the Gospel of Mark makes abundantly clear is, when we accept Jesus' sacrifice for ourselves, there will be something asked of us in return...The life of a disciple of Jesus is a life of sacrifice.”
Louise Gosbell · “Who Then Can Be Saved?”
“I find this amazing, that an ancient writer living in a patriarchal world has the insight to realize that patriarchy is sinful, patriarchy is not of God”
Mary Coloe PBVM · “Original Love”
“Jesus' leadership illustrates the power that brings light. The disciples' misuse of leadership power casts a shadow of exclusion.”
Gail Gill · “Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“Who are the others we are called to love in deeds and words as much as Jesus is seen to love here?”
Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF · “Something Worth Dying For”
“Not only does Jesus's identity include his eventual death and resurrection, it will finally be defined by those things”
Rosa Speranza · “The person of Jesus”
“In order to respond to the Gospel we have to be able to hear it. Are we people of hope, open to receiving God's love in the goodness available to us right now?”
Fiona Dyball · “Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“What is important in the reign of God is not people observing laws but people who are like God and try to be as God is, who have a compassionate heart as God does”
Mary Margaret Dalmau · “Tradition, transition and divine life”
“Jesus is asking too much in asking them to say 'yes'”
Cathie Lambert · “Enough bread talk! I'm outta here”
“May we use our outside voices in our work for justice for the uplifting of the lowly and excluded of our time. Or better still, may we be the ones who bless and encourage and who make way for them to make a proclamation of their own.”
Natalie Acton · “Women of the word: Blessing and proclamation”
“Instead of condemnation God shows forgiveness. Instead of coming in force God came in weakness. And instead of a miracle God gives us God's own self”
Charissa Suli · “The unexpected, audacious, a little shocking, and ultimately life-giving promise”
“God always exceeds anything we say about God and constantly escapes our attempts to define, contain and grasp God. So too the reign of God.”
Teresa Brown · “Scarcity and Abundance”
“To rest in oneself often requires compassion for oneself”
Linda Chapman · “Extending the mince”
“Who am I not hearing because I think I know what the other is saying? To whom and to what am I closed?”
Catherine McCahill · “Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“How would our Church be changed if our leaders stopped and listened to the truth of women stories? How much would the voice of women in the assembly enrich our understanding of God’s saving power?”
Patricia Gemmell · “Jesus invites a woman to preach”
“Maybe our faith is to know that God is with us through the storms and that no matter what the external conditions are all will be well”
Elizabeth Lee · “Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time”
“The center of the story is God and God’s purposes. Our place is relative to God rather than God existing to satisfy our needs.”
Amelia Koh-Butler · “Lessons from the Land”
“I believe that we need to accept that our theological reflections are shaped by our experiences”
Debra Zanella · “Corpus Christi”
“For if the shape of community in the Church is always to be a work in progress, so too is mission. Both must be continuously focused on Christ in the diverse experiences of our world.”
Josephine Inkpi · “Trinity”
“If we’re created in the image of God then we’re created to be in relationship too, with God and with each other”
Di Rayson · “The Spirit of Pentecost”
“Our faith is not just about getting to heaven but following Christ to embrace and transform this earth right here and now”
Elizabeth Young RSM · “Ascension”
“Our actions, our choice to act in a loving way shows us and others who we are. Moreover, our loving actions are witness to our faith in the God of love.”
Danielle Lynch · “What is love Anyway?”
“Remaining in Jesus’ love, remaining attached to the vine is what allows life to flow through us”
Trish Madigan, OP · “Fifth Sunday of Easter”
“Saint Luke is brilliant in his use of human senses and the role of women in this story which bring the whole resurrection to life”
Tau’alofa Anga’aelangi · “Third Sunday of Easter”
“In this reading we realize how important it is that each one of us comes to the light in our own way and time”
Melinda Jolly · “Transformative Faith Experiences”
“Faith isn’t a set of propositions to be rattled off and defended. Faith, belief is a relationship.”
Patty Fawkner · “The Empty Tombs of our Lives”
“What Holy Week are we being called into? What Holy Week are you being called into?”
Cristina Lledo Gomez · “What Holy Week are you called into?”
“A God of love does not want the Gospel used to ruin lives”
Andrea Dean · “Serving and Dying”
“Jesus makes clear that believing in our Creator and the divine presence of God in creation is key to understanding that which stretches beyond Earth, into the cosmos and in the realms of Heaven”
Jacqui Rémond · “God's Salvific Call to Love Creation”
Mark 8:29 "Correct Answer but Incorrect" Questioning our understanding of Jesus as Christ/Messiah
Luke 4:15 "Praise God at Church" Could we be failing at praising God because we are not appreciating Jesus’ presence?
Mark 6:52 "Trusting That God Provides" When faced with problems in lives how often do we turn to Jesus for our solutions?
1 John 4:8 "Knowing God by Loving" How aware are we that to know God is to express love to others?
Matthew 4:24 "Seek Jesus for a Cure" Do we believe in the healing power of Jesus to journey towards God?
Luke 14:6 "God Asks. How Do We Answer?" Do we spend our energy challenging God that we are unable to see God’s grace?
Luke 6:12 "Follow Jesus in Prayer" If we are Christians, are we spending time in prayer as Jesus did?
Psalm 13:4 "Light. Sight. God. " Are we approaching each day by choosing God over earthly things?
Romans 8:18 "Focused on God, Not Suffering" If our priority is on ourselves instead of God why do we think we can endure suffering?
Romans 8:15 "God. Abba. Family" If we can begin to see God as Father, can we see everyone else as family?
Romans 8:11 "Entering Into Life with God" Are we letting the Holy Spirit inside of us to give us life and overcome death?
Romans 7:21 "Tempted by Evil" Do we realize that even though sin holds us down, Jesus is the answer to lift us up?
Romans 6:23 "Choosing Spiritual Life" How much are we thinking about our spiritual life when we sin?
Romans 6:15 "Jesus Above Sin" Do we realize that only by keeping Jesus close do we overcome sin?
Luke 12:37 "Servants of Christ" Are we truly ready to welcome Jesus when he appears to us in our daily lives?
2 Timothy 4:17 "God Stands with Us" Can we find strength in God when others harm and abandon us doing God’s work?
Luke 12:8 "Confessing Jesus to be Divine" Do we understand that by acknowledging Jesus with our lives we enter into the heavenly space?
Luke 12:1 "Continue Following Jesus" If church leadership fail to follow Jesus, can we remain vigilant to God’s Word?
Romans 3:23 "All Sinners, All God’s Family" Since we all need God, can we see how we are all the same?
Romans 2:3 "God Judges, Not I" Are we judging others for their sins and forgetting our own?
Romans 1:16 "Ashamed of God" Are we more fearful of God or humanity when we proclaim the Gospel?
Luke 11:31 "Pursuing Wisdom, Pursuing God" Are we aware how close God is to us and are we making the most of it?
Luke 11:28 "Blessed by God’s Gift" How can we be blessed if we reject God’s gift of Jesus Christ?
Luke 11:16 "Demanding God" Are we ignoring the signs in our lives God is showing us?
Malachi 3:20 "Hearts Set on God" Is our fear of God driving our lives or are we succumbing to the will of the world?
Jonah 4:1 "Angered by God’s Mercy" Do we seek harsher judgement on people we dislike and can’t accept God’s abundant mercy?
Luke 10:40 "Do Not Burden God" Are we letting our problems overcome how we approach Jesus in prayer?
Jonah 1:3 "Stop Running from God’s Mission" Are we spending every part of our days spreading Jesus to the world?
Baruch 4:28 "Embracing God Always" Are we aware that we need to constantly repent since we tend to not follow God’s way?
Baruch 1:22 "Sinning in Front of God" Are we aware that by keeping our hearts away from God we begin to offend God?
Nehemiah 8:10 "Rejoicing in God and Not Saddened" Do we realize that only relying on Jesus can deliver us from all pain and suffering?
John 1:48 "God Knows Us" Are we seeing Jesus as both human and God?
Zechariah 8:21 "Living to Reflect God" Are we attracting others to Jesus by the way we live?
Zechariah 8:6 "All Possible with God" Do we let our fears limit seeing the saving power of God?
Luke 9:44 "Focusing on Jesus’ Passion" What does Jesus’ passion mean to us and are we praying enough on it?
Haggai 2:8 "God over Gold" Do we put so much of our attention on money and wealth instead of God who is greater?
Luke 9:9 "Truly Seeing Jesus" If we don’t approach our Christian faith with sincerity in getting to know Jesus we will never see God.
Ezra 9:6 "Ashamed of Sin" Are we really repentful of our sins before we ask God for forgiveness?
Ephesians 4:2 "Being Patient and Gentle" Are we willing to be patient and humble with those we dislike?
Psalm 126:2 "In God There Is Joy" Are we letting our problems dominate our hope in God’s joy?
1 Timothy 6:16 "Are We Honoring God?" Do we truly understand how God is unmatched?
Psalm 49:18 "Choosing God or Wealth" Are our days oriented on gaining money or gaining God?
Psalm 111:10 "Gaining Wisdom" Do we realize that wisdom begins with respect for God?
1 Timothy 3:15 "Behaving in Front of God" Do we act differently when we think God is not present?
Numbers 21:5 "Rejecting God" Do we realize that by rejecting God’s gifts we are rejecting God?
1 Timothy 2:1 "Pray for Others" What is preventing us from praying for our enemies?
Luke 6:46 "Jesus is Our Lord" Are we fulfilling God’s commandments or just pretending that we are?
1 Timothy 1:12 "Worthy for Ministry" Can we be like St. Paul and accept God’s call to a particular ministry?
Colossians 3:17 "In Jesus’ Name" How different would we be if we did everything in the name of Jesus?
Matthew 1:20 "Changing for God’s Plan" Are we able to change our life plans for God’s plan for us?
Colossians 2:8 "Follow God, Not Man" Can we tell if others are leading us to Jesus or themselves?
Luke 6:11 "Appreciating God in Others" Do other people’s blessings enrage us?
Colossians 1:15 "Seeing God. Seeing Jesus." Are we getting to know Jesus so we can see God the Father?
Luke 5:11 "Leaving Everything for Jesus" Are we truly giving up everything to follow Jesus?
Luke 4:38 "Expanding the Church" Are you bringing Jesus home from church?
1 Thessalonians 5:10 "Living for Jesus" What are we sacrificing for God?
Luke 4:20 "God Speaks" Are we focusing on Jesus the right way?
1 Thessalonians 4:3 "God’s Will" Are we setting ourselvs apart and being Holy for God?
Psalm 90:3 "God Forms Dust" Are we grateful for all God has done for us, including each breath?
Psalm 139:8 "God is Everywhere" Are we ignoring God and all God has offered us?
John 1:46 "Invite Others to Jesus" Are we passionate in our love for Jesus so that others are attracted as well?
1 Thessalonians 1:2 "Thankful For Church" Are we reaching out to our sisters and brothers for us all to remain in communion with God?
Matthew 23:3 "Attentive to God" Are we following God speaking to us through people or just a person who lacks God?
Psalm 146:8 "God Raised Me" Are we allowing God to lift us up past our troubles and suffering?
Matthew 22:12 "Changing for God" Are we lying to ourselves that we have no sin and refusing to repent?
Matthew 20:12 "Love Equally" Do we reflect the same mercy and compassion God has for us to others?
Judges 6:14 "God Change Me" Despite all the evil in the world are we letting God move us to respond with love?
Matthew 19:21 "Jesus Over Everything" Can we let go of our desires for wealth and riches in order to hold on to God?
Joshua 24:15 "Choosing God Today" We may call ourselves Christians but do we really know what it means to be a disciple of Christ?
Joshua 24:13 "God Gives Us Everything" If all we have is a thanks to God, why do we claim ownership over things?
Matthew 18:21 "Forgiving Like God" Do we consider how much God has forgiven us when thinking about forgiving others?
Psalm 66:17 "Praise God First" When we pray, are we allowing time to glorify God instead of just asking for things?
2 Corinthians 9:7 "Giving God's Love" Are we having the same joy when we share with others or are we giving purely out of obligation?
Deuteronomy 10:14 "God is Great" Can we appreciate how out of God's greatness God decided to create us, forgive us, and love us?
Matthew 17:16 "Bring It to Jesus" Do we act as a church community and come together before Jesus with our problems?
Mark 9:5 "Jesus is Right Here" When God is being revealed in our everyday lives, are we making it about ourselves?
Numbers 20:2 "Gathering for a Solution" Do we as a chuch community work on coming together or turning against one another?
Matthew 15:23 "Blocking God" Are we blocking others from praying to Jesus or do we feel rejected by other Christians?
Matthew 14:31 "Path of Jesus" Are we stumbling in following after Jesus with our crosses?
Psalm 81:13 "Choosing God" God gives us the choice to follow Jesus or our desires. Where does our heart lead us?
Matthew 14:12 "Take It to Jesus" When life over burdens us, do we take it to Jesus or do we try to deal it all by ourselves?
Matthew 13:58 "Responding to Jesus" Do we have enough faith to respond to God's call to us?
John 11:26 "Life in God" Are our lives centered on us dying or are they focused on everlasting life with Christ?
Psalm 99:6 "God Answers" How and when do we approach God in our daily prayer?
Exodus 33:7 "God Among Us" Are we taking full advantage of God's close proximity to us through Jesus Christ?
Psalm 106:20 "Not Giving Up God" Are we keeping God first in our lives or are we prioritizing other things?
Matthew 13:25 "God Over Enemy" Are our lives reflecting the divisiveness of the devil or the loving gathering of God?
Psalm 19:9 "Seeing With God’s Word" Do we live in God's truth or is our view on life covered by the darkness of lies?
2 Corinthians 5:15 "Love As We Are Loved" How much does Jesus' Sacrifice on the Cross drive our daily lives?
Matthew 13:2 "Gathering for Jesus" Are we helping in building God's church by bringing people together?
Exodus 14:31 "God’s Power" Are we being moved by the power and might of God or do we ignore God's miracles?
Exodus 14:14 "Be Still for God" Are we letting our fears affect our complete trust in God?
Matthew 12:15 "Jesus Walks Away" Are we following after Jesus or are we dwelling in the evils of the world?
Psalm 116:12 "Grateful to God" Are we continously aware of the many blessings from God?
Matthew 11:30 "Yoke of Jesus" Are we tied down to Jesus or being tied down by fears and concerns?
Exodus 3:5 "Stepping Into Holy" Are we approaching God differently than how we approach other things that aren't divine?
Matthew 11:20 "Jesus Reproaches" With all Jesus has done for us, are we still not responding to God's call?
Matthew 10:40 "Receiving God" Are we open to inviting in others into the God's church family?
Genesis 50:19 "Reserved for God" Are we able to relinquish our power and leave the judgement to God?
Genesis 46:4 "God With Us Always" Can we overcome our fears and trust in God as God leads us in life?
Genesis 45:5 "Saving Lives" Are we bringing Jesus into every aspect of our lives?
Psalm 33:10 "God’s Will, Not Mine" Are we resisting the will of God with our own intentions and desires?
Genesis 32:31 "Reverence to God" What are the ways we can humble ourselves more and more as we approach God?
Genesis 28:16 "Recognizing God" Are we open to see God in our everyday lives through scriptures and others?
Ephesians 2:21 "Jesus My Glue" Are we uniting ourselves to Jesus who holds all things together?
Matthew 9:10 "Communing with Jesus" Are we failing to join in communion with God because of our sins?
Genesis 22:8 "God Provides" Are we still trusting in God despite our concerns, fears, and opposition?
Matthew 8:34 "Shooing Jesus Away" Are we rejecting God's grace, love, and communion?
Acts 12:11 "God Is With Us" Are we allowing ourselves to fall down into our fears and not be lifted up by God?
Matthew 8:19 "Following Jesus" Have we realized that all of scripture points to Jesus and are we committed to follow Christ?
Genesis 18:15 "Truth of God" God calls out our lies and things we conceal. Are we open to face the truth?
Genesis 17:1 "God Almighty" Once we recognize God's greatness are we willing to follow God with Faith like Abraham?
Luke 1:66 "The Hand of the Lord" Can we recognize God at work in others just like people recognized John the Baptist?
Matthew 7:20 "Fruits of Disciples" Are our days spent gathering God's harvest or are we actually not working for God's Kingdom?
Matthew 7:13 "The Narrow Gate" Are we willing to give up everything to follow Jesus?
Psalm 33:13 "On Earth as in Heaven" Do we recognize how God in Heaven is very present to us here and now?
Matthew 6:25 "More to Life Than" Are we spending our days for the earthly that perishes or for God who is life?
2 Corinthians 11:30 "Boasting of God" How have we humbled ourselves today to show others of our love for Jesus?
Matthew 6:7 "Babbling to God" Where is our focus when we pray to God? Is it on ourselves or God?
2 Corinthians 9:10 "God the Supplier" Do we recognize that all that we have is thanks to God's generosity?
Matthew 5:44 "Praying for Enemies" Although it is difficult, we as Christians must love our enemies.
2 Corinthians 6:3 "Stumbling Others" Do our actions bring God to others or pushes them away from God?
2 Corinthians 5:20 "Reconciled to God" Are we focused on remaining in communion with God at all times?
Ephesians 3:19 "Knowing the Fullness of God" Are we seeking God or seeking knowledge in our lives?
Psalm 85:9 "Listening for Peace" Why do we spend so much away from Jesus when only with God do we have peace?
2 Corinthians 3:4 "Confidence in God" Do we really comprehend how Jesus made a close relationship with God the Father possible?
Matthew 5:16 "Be the Light of God" Are we reflecting God to the people around us today?
Matthew 5:1-2 "Jesus Teaches from Above" Are we being attentive to the divine instead of the earthly?
Mark 12:40 "God Excuses, We Cannot" What sins are we covering up hoping that God does not notice?
Psalm 146:2 "God in My Soul" Are we being grateful and thankful to God throughout our day?
Tobit 8:8 "Prayer Before Bed" What can the married couple of Tobiah and Sarah teach us today?
Mark 12:27 "Not Misled by the Living God" With Ressurection, where is our focus? On the death or the life?
Mark 12:17 "Amazed at God, But Why?" Why are our expectations of God so low when God is almighty?
Luke 1:46-47 "God-Centered Like Mary" Mary shows us how to stay focused and joyful with God in us.
Mark 11:33 "God Knows, We Do Not" How often do we assume we know more than God Almighty?
Mark 10:52 "Liberty to Follow" After all the healing Jesus is doing on us, are we turning our attention to God?
Mark 10:38 "Asking Jesus Ambitiously" Are we properly focused on Jesus' resurrection or are we still seeking earthly things?
Sirach 35:12 "Generous as God" God has given us so much. Can we imitate God's generosity?
John 19:27 "Behold Your Mother" Can we listen to Jesus' guidance in times of pain?
John 21:22 "Don't Worry, Just Follow" Is our concern on loving Christ or being envious of others?
John 21:17 "Do We Love Jesus?" Do our actions and activity throughout our day reflect our love for Jesus?
