WORD OF FAITH
Advent is here!
This weekend we begin our short season of Advent, as we prepare for the advent or the coming of our Lord, guided as always by our Sunday readings.
Images of the reign of God
This weekend, our Liturgical Year comes to an end once again, as we celebrate the feast of Christ the King, or, to give the feast its full title, “Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.”
Our choices now shape our future
It is hard to believe that we have arrived at the penultimate Sunday in our Church’s liturgical year. During this month of November, we are invited to reflect on the four “last things:” death, judgment, heaven and hell.
Gifts and giving: An obligation and an act of faith
As our Church year draws to an end and as we journey through the month of November, our prayers and readings at Mass invite us to reflect on the four “last things:” death, judgment, heaven and hell.
To love as God commands
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gave his most important speech at Gettysburg on a gray, November day in 1863.
Making ourselves known to the Lord!
Do we have the faith and hope to ask the Lord to heal us of our afflictions?
Discipleship requires courage and commitment
The power of the cross brings salvation and the receiving of salvation calls us to service.
Valuing that which is eternal
The definition of the word wisdom from the dictionary is to discern the ability of that which is truth.
Experiences of Moses and Jesus speak the word of God to us
Again, as we reflect on the mirror that Sacred Scripture is, we can see the remarkable parallel between the experience that Moses has that is recounted in the Old Testament’s Book of Numbers and the experience that the Lord Jesus has in the Gospel of Mark. Moses, as we know, …
Our job is about being Christ to all we meet
Our job is not about being liked and admired, it’s all about being good and just.
Who is Jesus?
if we say that this man is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, as Saint Peter confesses Sunday then we must respond to him, either negatively by rejecting him and his teachings or, if we are honest, by totally, completely and utterly configuring our lives to him.
Do not fear! Trust in the plan Jesus has for you!
Overcoming the fear that exists in us is essential for our lives of faith
God’s law will set us free
By teaching us the importance of our freely chosen acts, Jesus invites us into a greater responsibility for what we choose and how we direct our lives.
Jesus’ test to his followers can only be accepted in faith
Jesus’ teaching about the Eucharist became a sort of test for His followers. It can only be accepted in faith.
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