Reflection on Mark 12:28b-34 ~ “Which commandment is the first of all?” To love God, self, and neighbor with our heart, mind, and strength is well within touchable reality. I believe that our soul remains hidden deep within unless we willingly participate with Trinity. The Holy Spirit breaths and animates…
Category: Ordinary Time
Mark 10:17-30 Reflection – Love All
Reflection on Mark 10:17-30 ~ We all know we are to practice the commandments, give up our selfish desires, pray, and help others. To believe that by doing so, we are going to enter heaven is only the divine reason. There is a deeper and more challenging meaning because Christ…
Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48 Reflection – Peace
Reflection on Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 ~ I am Catholic, baptized in the name of The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is my Savior, and I am born again. If you are a Christian from any denomination, please love me because we are brothers and sisters in Christ.…
Luke 7:36-50 Reflection – Love God
Lectio Divina Reflection on Luke 7:36-50 ~ Have you ever gone to a function where you know others have an opposite viewpoint? Did you avoid them? Jesus did not; he entered the home of a Pharisee who obviously did not have Jesus’s best interest in mind. So did the sinful…
Reflection on Mark 10:2-16 – Prejudices
Reflection on Mark 10:2-16 ~ Jesus’s response to the Pharisees testing Him and the disciples is less about the law but rather about love. Unlike the law’s right or wrong, Christian love is measure in the dimension of a continuum. To dismiss our interactions with each other as if an…
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Lectio – Pure Inside
Reflection on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 We each have vices of some sort which we seem to sometimes blame on outside influences. In reality, if we choose the wrong, even unconsciously, we are responsible for letting a vice manifest. When a vice flares up, we should make every effort to…
John 6:41-51 Lectio – Eucharistic Moment
Reflection on John 6:41-51 ~ I believe living bread from heaven comes down in each Eucharistic moment while also helping us rise toward heaven. If you are an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, there is an indescribable beauty witnessing transubstantiation reflected in the eyes and expressions of those receiving. Likewise,…
John 6:24-35 Lectio – Jesus Satiates
Jesus Satiates – Reflection on John 6:24-35 The crowd physically came to Jesus to seek more signs, but instead, Jesus asked them to listen from their hearts for what He had to offer. Isn’t that is not of this world means coming to Jesus to read his word in Scripture…
Reflection on John 19:31-37 – Jesus, I Trust You
Jesus, I Trust You – John 19:31-37 Reflection Visualize Jesus standing in front of you telling you of His thirst for your love. Imagine without sadness the wonder of His pierced body flowing of both water and blood into the jar at the wedding feast. Your heart can see the…
Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Reflection- Christ’s Surreal Request
Christ’s Surreal Request – Reflection on Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Imagine the list of Passover trusting that the disciples must have in Jesus: 1) find someone carrying a jar of water 2) make preparations with permission from a wealthy person who owns a two-story house with furnished large upper room 3)…