COSTLY LOVE: Wednesday of Passion Week. I cannot separate myself from the events of the coming days. I try to be like the disciples – not knowing yet what’s coming – but I can’t. I know what’s coming.
Continue reading →GLORIFIED IN GOD: It is so difficult for us to understand the confusion of the disciples at this moment: they have all followed together, yet now one of them has left.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 42
Text:Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
and by night but find no rest.
“The challenge for our Churches, and for those who belong to them, is to be of the same mind as the Christ whom we profess to follow. We must lay aside our earthly power and be the power of the loving Christ in the lives of those who so desperately need to see his saving power among them.”
Continue reading →HOPE IN THE PRESENCE: Jesus is present to us, even in our hopelessness.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 41
Text: Philippians 2:1-11
“If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.”
A MATTER OF THE HEART: The workers – the disciples – you and me – the followers of Christ – may be few. Nevertheless, we are called to provide for those in need.
Continue reading →Lenten Daily Reading – Day 38
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-13
“You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.”
Father John shares a text from the Gospel of John that encourages us to be confident when we do God’s work in the world. The text assures us that God will be with us, even when it is hard work.
Continue reading →TRUST LOVE?: A word not mentioned in this text is trust, but trust is a very important component in love.
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