This woman, who was the first to discover the empty tomb and who loved Jesus profoundly, leads us to this “love of Christ that compels us.”
Continue readingTag Archives: Daily readings
With the living word of God, there is nothing you should want
These readings make it quite clear that the most wondrous things have been done and are being done again by the Lord for us and to us.
Continue reading
God encourages us to listen deeply to his voice
In today’s scripture we recognize the long history of God speaking to us, especially through the prophets. We also recognize his call to us to proclaim his prophetic word today to one another and to the world.
Continue reading
The prophets constantly call us back to God
Have we experienced the same call of the apostles? Do we hear ourselves responding like Isaiah, and saying with his same clarity, “Here I am! Send me!”
Continue reading
Nothing diminishes the word of God
The Gospel intensifies also as Jesus gives multiple instructions as to what and how the new apostles were to go into the towns and villages to proclaim the kingdom of God.
Continue reading
God dwells in our weakness
There we discover God. There we discover ourselves. There we end up realizing and believing Jesus’ words.
Continue reading
We parcell out our own measuring lines
Now we must appreciate exactly what Jesus was doing, his purpose.
Continue reading
A story of bread and wine that satisfies our deepest hungers, thirsts
Opening to this grace is our challenge and call.
Continue reading
The Holy Trinity unfolds itself to us, through us, now and forever
It doesn’t seem surprising to have a notion of God as a communion of love between Father-Son-Spirit — three persons, yet one God.
Continue reading
Love is who we say God is
Then, Jesus went on to describe the kind of love and unity that should happen between a man and his wife.
Continue reading