John 5:31-47 It is through the way of the Cross that Jesus gives glory to God, receives glory from God, and makes God’s glory known to us. The glory of the Resurrection can never be separated from the glory of the Cross. Thus, the glory of God stands in contrast to the glory of …
John 5:17-30 Precisely what does God share with us of his own life? God shares with us an energy that allows us to grow and to reproduce our kind. He shares with us a mind that allows us to think and discover the truth about our world. He shares with us a heart that …
John 5:1-16 There are so many things in this world which beat us, defeat us, and conquer us. But when there is intensity of desire, when there is in us the determination to make the effort, although it may seem hopeless, then the power of Christ gets its opportunity, and with Christ we conquer …
John 4:43-54 We never can nor should we leave the past completely behind. We can draw strength for present challenges from past victories. We can gain wisdom for present decisions from past failures. This is the wonderful thing about human life, it runs backward as well as forward. Each of us has a “time …
Fourth Sunday of Lent John 9:1-41 As Christians, we say it is better to love than to hate, better to give than to receive. But then the world looks at our lives and sees that we are just as filled with resentments and just as possessed by greed as the person who has never …
Luke 18:9-144 We need to discover humility and humility is liberating. It enables us to stop thinking about what we have done and what we deserve and on what we focus instead on what God has done and how much God deserves. Humility may begin with beating one’s breast and looking at the ground. …
The Annunciation of the Lord Luke 1:26-38 Not knowing what lies ahead of us, can we hand God a blank check on our life and give him total freedom to do what he wants with us? Today, with faith in God and with the support of one another, let us do our best to …
Luke 11:14-23 Wars begin long before the first shot is fired; houses collapse well before the first crack in the foundation; families fall apart long before the first slammed door. When our own needs come before the common good, when we cannot see or refuse to see things from the perspective of the other …
Mathew 5:17-19 We label people as great because of their achievements, high office, or star status. But true greatness has more to do with who we are spiritually than with what we achieve publicly. The more we follow God’s instructions in our personal life, the way we conduct our business and government, and the …
Matthew 18:21-35 In his model prayer, Jesus taught us to pray, “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” How can we continue to receive God’s forgiveness if we have unforgiving hearts? What we receive from God we are to pass on to others. It is not through our own …
