“Come now,” says the Lord, “let us reason together” Is. 1:18. “Yet even now, return to me with your whole heart ….” Joel 2:12. How do you feel about God – wicked or kind, loving or hostile? One who thinks of me or has altogether forgotten and neglected me. Don’t you know that the kind … [Read more…]
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent, March 21, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Daniel 3:25.34-43. Azariah stood up in the fire and prayed aloud: “For your name’s sake, do not deliver us up forever, or make void your covenant. Do not take away your mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham, your beloved, … [Read more…]
“To be a champion you must fight one more round, float like the butterfly and sting like a bee” – Mohammed Ali. Yes, the silence can really be deafening, frustrating, excruciatingly painful and defeating. It’s not worth the kiss, just throw in the towel your heart and that menacing voice would tell you. Why should … [Read more…]
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary, Monday, March 20, 2017. 1st Reading: 2nd Samuel 7:4-5a.12-14a.16. That night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said: “Go, tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in? And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I … [Read more…]
… They left everything and followed him (Lk. 5:11). Why the hesitation? What is that that you are still holding on to so tenaciously that is preventing you from yielding to the call of Jesus: FOLLOW ME? Fear of the unknown? Lk. 5:11 says they left absolutely everything – their life’s dependence. They had worked … [Read more…]