Jesus, the great teacher, teaches us, too, and leads us to look and to see with the eyes of our hearts.
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Are we willing to respond like Mary with our own simple ‘Yes’?
A reflection on the daily readings, for the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Father Perry. By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor Today, we celebrate not just a visitation but the visitation. And this visit of […]
Continue readingNo cost too great when one is in service to the Lord
Jesus was the message, the messenger, the servant, the lover, the teacher, the master — and he paid the price with his very life. In this Gospel scene, those to whom he had poured out his love and teaching gave his very self to them; it was there among them that such rejection would take place.
Continue readingWhat could be more holy or wholesome than to walk with God?
And through it all, Jesus not only proclaimed the kingdom of God, but he gave his followers the “keys to the kingdom,” and showed them how to truly live life and love life. and make life a real way to find wholeness and holiness.
Continue readingServanthood demands from us that we know how to, actually wash the feet of others
And so we need to become individually, as well as a community, of foot washers.
Continue readingPerhaps, God’s anger, words are designed to pull out a response in us
Maybe 40 days is just enough time for us if we really chew on all of this, play with it, seek through it, allow ourselves to be touched deeply by these stories, and then to discover God and God’s love through it all.
Continue readingLet the journey begin
Are we ready? Are we willing? Are we open?
Continue readingIndeed, heart and soul makes us clean
Stuck in the head and stuck in feelings, the negative can sink deep into the heart and soul and can truly defile.
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