Mark 10:32-45 Reflection ~ Christ offers us the opportunity to drink from the Chalice as he did. If you think about what he is asking, can you? His request is more than a symbolic “from.” In reality, what you drank from the Chalice is meant to give of yourself as…
Category: Ordinary Time
Mark 10:35-45 Reflection – Drink the Cup
Drink the Cup – Reflection on Mark 10:35-45 ~ Like James and John, Christ offers us the opportunity to drink the cup as He did. Experience will tell you that this offer has far more meaning, as it comes with significant challenges. To commit forever with your unique Yes is…
Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14 – Gladly Explain Parables
Reflection on Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14 ~ If you ask anyone to explain any one of Jesus’s parables you will likely get something different than your own explanation. As a person who lives less than a mile away from a cow farm I know exactly what the expression “the barn door…
Matthew 7:21-29 Reflection – Give Received Grace Away
Matthew 7:21-29 Reflection ~ To be a Christian means active participation of what others might call coincidences, but we know them as the whispers of the Father’s will for us. These moments create an unshakable foundation of faith superseding our human nature. Despite life’s buffeting, the grace of faith lifts…
Spiritual Direction Agenda – Oct. 13th, 2018
Topic: Sharing Christ’s love with someone Lectio Divina– see reading below 9:00-9:10 Questions on spiritual direction to date 9:10-9:15 Review of When the Well Runs Dry 9:15-9:25 Turning discernment into fruit – Fr. Mike and Jerry 9:25-9:45 A taste of individual spiritual direction 9:45-10:45 Jerry’s question: How do you…
Luke 2:33-35 Reflection
Luke 2:33-35 Reflection Fresh off a Hebrew Scriptures course I had a profound realization that we also bless. From the bible’s beginnings, Abraham blesses God for both new sons. A millennium later the Psalms also sing of blessing God. Without missing a scriptural transition heartbeat, through Luke’s eyes we encounter…
Luke 9:51-62 Reflection
Luke 9:51-62 Reflection My own journey towards Christ had been full of maybe’s and temporary yes’s for almost four decades after a God experience when I was twelve. My permanent “Yes” came when I went for a long walk in the forest to deeply pray for the world after 911.…
Luke 9:18-24 Reflection
Luke 9:18-24 Reflection When we think of the word rebuke as in the other places in the Gospels, it means sharp criticism. Here, the meaning is a more subtle repression of Peter’s answer, telling the disciples to tell no one that Jesus is Christ of God. He immediately then tells…
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