By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor A reflection on the daily readings by Father Perry. + Sweet and simple today. On this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, why don’t we sweetly and simply just focus on Mary’s response, but […]
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God’s law is much more than ‘Thou shalt’ and ‘Thou shalt not’
There are consequences to hearing or not hearing the voice and the message of Jesus the Christ.
Continue readingI’m nothing. And I’m amazingly great
It can’t get much lower than worms and maggots, and yet God tells them, “I will take you by the hand, I will not forsake you, I will redeem you.”
Continue reading‘“Who’s my equal?” There ain’t one’
The Lord will infuse us with love and grace, and claim us as his own. And God will give us rest and lighten our load and lift our burdens.
Continue readingMary inspires us to see who we will become
Each day in preparation for the nativity of Christ we say “YES” to God. We say, “We are your servants. Do with us whatever you will.”
Continue readingJesus invites us to Get up and walk!
Is this Advent faith our faith? Have we been freed from our many ways of being paralyzed — spiritually, socially, within our relationships, intellectually, emotionally?
Continue readingIt falls to us to announce the second coming of Jesus Christ
And even though we cannot pinpoint a day or exact time, nevertheless, we continue to proclaim the kingdom that is here and now, and the fullness of that kingdom to come.
Continue readingGod sends us forth to do his holy work
He has called all of you reading this to be his disciples so that you could become apostolic, and he could train and form you in faith and love and send you forth to do his holy work.
Continue readingCelebrating a tiny bit of faith
Tiny faith that is real faith causes the amazing and the miraculous to occur.
Continue readingGod offers us a spiritual foundation
So build it on rock. Build it on him who is a rock and a stronghold. And don’t build it alone.
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