The Transfiguration of Jesus in today’s Gospel sends an important message not only to the disciples who shared the moment with the Lord, but to all of us — every Christian. How does this story call us? Do we ever experience the voice of God clearly speaking to us in the ordinary?
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Lent is a time to celebrate our dependence on God
We are asked in faith to attempt to experience the same during this Lent. We are invited to strip away comforts, lessen our dependence on things that make us feel good, and deny our use of whatever makes us feel safe and secure.
Continue readingMiércoles de Ceniza: ‘Cuaresma es un tiempo de alegría’
Este tiempo de cuaresma es un jornado de cambiar nuestras vidas.
Continue readingWhat is the difference between ‘fasting’ and ‘abstinence’?
Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday on Feb. 26 and Good Friday on April 10. In addition, all Catholics 14 and older must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays of Lent, and Good Friday. But what is the difference between “abstinence” and “fasting”?
Continue readingJesus teaches purity, totality of love which go beyond what has been taught to you
God — who is love and who loves all — always, in all ways, calls us to love in the same way; therefore, Jesus captures within his teaching that purity and totality of love which go far beyond what “you have heard” or what has been taught to you before.
Continue readingJesus invites us to look beyond the extreme limit of the law
The fulfillment of the law calls us to love, to reconcile, to heal, to peacefully co-existence with our neighbor. Jesus sees the law as “calling us to be holy as God is holy.”
Continue readingReal happiness can be found in being salt and light
Real happiness happens when we go out of ourselves for others. Money cannot buy it. Power can make it happen but often does not. Prestige and position could multiply it and does for the few. But real happiness can be found in being salt and being light.
Continue readingThe future comes through Jesus to be fulfilled
This presentation or consecration also seemed to open the door and align this child with God in a way that the future was to come through him to be fulfilled, and bring about promises of old while creating something new.
Continue readingJesus comes to bring light to shine in the darkness
He came to bring light to shine in the darkness and to give new life. His ministry still lives on. His light today is the same. The kingdom of God is at hand. His teaching continues to guide our lives to justice and love. His healing power still makes us whole.
Continue readingThe extraordinary power of God becomes ordinary every day in our lives
As we come back to Ordinary Time in the church year, we are called to see that the extraordinary power of God becomes ordinary every day in our lives.
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