The host and the cup is the experience that brings us together and opens the many, many, many ways in the liturgy that the Lord feeds us, gives us drink — satisfying our deepest hungers and thirsts.
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If you listen to the devil and become evil, expect a story of woe
The devil is everywhere and he is a mess! And if you listen to the devil and become evil, then expect a story of woe.
Continue readingJesus speaks about our longings, our hopes, our deepest desires
What do we want from God? What is our answer to: “Ask something of me and I will give it to you”?
Continue readingAre we ready always to receive, to drink of ‘life-giving waters’?
Imagine being a people who can “see, hear, feel the kingdom of God” in ordinary things and people around them. Do we “long to see and hear”?
Continue readingThe word calls upon us to notice, examine our seeking and longing
Our cry must also be: “I have seen the Lord!”
Continue readingWe pray that Jesus and the Father help us to discover the power of relationship
Help us to discover the power of relationship — the power of love, the power of walking hand in hand with our God, the power of brother, sister, mother, father, cousin, neighbor, friend.
Continue readingWe must learn the humble walk with God
Of course, to “get it”, no doubt, we must learn the “humble walk with God.” And the proof that we “got it” is that we will surely learn “to do the right and to love goodness.”
Continue readingThe grace, love of God offers us the opportunity to experience tremendous growth
Do we recognize our personal growth as Christians, as Catholics? Do we stop to take a good look at ourselves and appreciate the way the Gospel has grown within us?
Continue readingListening is the first real step that leads to understanding
Listening is the first real step that leads to understanding. There are so many things “out there” that can block our listening. Some are overt. Some are hidden, indirect, subtle and very hard to recognize.
Continue readingFrom Isaiah to today, God continues to call and to anoint
Like Isaiah and the apostles who said yes, are we ready to say yes? Not to fit in, but to stand out and become prophetic, Gospel, and kingdom people of God!
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