The widow did trust and did experience the promise. And the woman in the temple, who gave “everything she had,” showed a similar trust in God. What she gave was not a lot of money, but her whole self, all she had.
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Love God, but you must love yourself first
Then they probably will simply realize that they are already loving God.
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In spite of our busy world, perhaps we can hear Jesus’ voice, recognize God’s presence
Perhaps it is when we are lost in our blindness, have surrendered to voiceless cries, gotten stuck in paralyzing moments, and can’t hear because of our deafness or feel because of our hardness of hearts, that God is most near and listening most deeply to us.
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The only place that makes sense in Jesus’ kingdom is last place
This only can be experienced, then known.
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One cannot live on following the rules alone
Accept it. Discover its truth. Be grateful that God is, that God is love, that God always loves, and that to let go is to find the gift.
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More work is needed in spirit, love to support the ministry of marriage
It may be that to create more laws and condemnations after the fact — that is, after a marriage has disintegrated and died — is not what is needed.
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The blessings we give others are bigger than us
Mystery is something that is so profound and so big it never stops giving, opening, revealing, teaching, leading, providing.
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Humbleness is living of the Gospel in its purest form
A true reflection of Jesus the Christ.
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The Paschal Mystery is a daily one for the rest of our lives
Each one is a dress rehearsal for the total “Paschal Mystery” to be realized in our physical death and resurrection — the promise.
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Faith, if it does not have works, is dead
How could someone witness so many people healed, renewed, uplifted and still not come to know Jesus as one “sent from God”?
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