Jesus stretched out his hands toward his disciples and elevated them precisely because of their discipleship.
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In proclaiming God’s kingdom, his love gushes from him to us
And also to us? Me thinks that is so!
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A pathway to more
Casting out demons was not enough.
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Prayer has potential to change us — if only we would ask
And in the end, how curious that Jesus says that the Father will give his Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
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God’s blessings, graces flow from the simplest of things.
It is the time for each of us to see it, too.
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Christ’s transfiguration was their transformation — and it is ours
We are called to listen to him, for it is in that listening that we will be led along the same pathways of faith; and our hopes, too, will be realized in Christ.
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We see and hear the Promise in Christ
The same promise that finally that long-cascading procession of Old Testament names could finally discover: the Son of the Most High God indeed was fulfilling it all.
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Our Father is home and invites us to share in his love, constant care
If we had the same total dependence on and trust in God our Father, we would know, experience, grow in and thrive upon the power of the kingdom of God that is in our midst.
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In great harmony with our God
Then tomorrow, we begin our celebrations around the birth of Jesus the Lord.
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A spiritual moment of total oneness
The two first readings today are like a photo snapshot in time when all is good with Israel, with church, with us — a time when we remember that our God is Lord!
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