Living in Love with God

Today’s Readings Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations. (Ps. 96:3) The words of Psalm 96 remind us that the Gospel message and the invitation from the Lord is for all of humanity.  God’s intention and desire is for all those made in His image and likeness (which is the whole human race) to live Continue reading

Today’s Readings In the reading from the Acts of the Apostles today we hear of the gathering of the Apostles and presbyters to address a problem that has arisen in the early Church: what to do with the Gentiles who were being baptized into the Christian Church. This gathering is often called the ‘Council of Continue reading

Today’s Readings In the first reading today, we hear that Paul and Barnabas appointed ‘presbyters for them in each Church.”  For the individual church communities to grow it was necessary that they had priests who could continue the proclamation of the Word, celebrate the Eucharist and other Sacraments and walk with the people in their journey Continue reading

Today’s Readings In the Gospel Jesus reminds his apostles and us that he has taught us what we need to know to live as children of God, not only with his words, but by how he lived his own life. He has given us a model to follow. St. Francis de Sales wrote, “Just as Continue reading

Today’s Readings “Amen, Amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.” (Jn 13:16) These words of Jesus come after his washing the feet of the apostles at the last supper. So often in life we struggle with putting ourselves ahead of Continue reading

There are times in my life, and I am sure in your own, that the words of the crowd to Jesus in the Gospel are similar to what we ask the Lord: “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (Jn 10:24). The Lord and Continue reading

Today’s Readings “My soul thirsts for God, the living God.” These words of the psalmist in Psalm 42 speak of the desire for God that we believe has been implanted in the human heart by God himself. It is experienced as a desire for something more, for meaning, love, truth, beauty and goodness. This desire Continue reading

“You will be hated by all because of my name” (Mt. 10:22) These are hardly encouraging words. However, they are words that the apostles and any of us who have been baptized need to hear.  Being a Christian disciple is not easy.  Not only does it involve the great work of continuing conversion of our hearts and Continue reading

Today there are two sets of readings possible, one for the Second Week of Easter and another for the St. Joseph the Worker. In prayer this morning a thought formed using readings from both settings. In St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, he writes, “Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the Continue reading

If we step back and look, we can see the effects of God at work in our world and in our lives.  At the same time, we can reflect and see how we have allowed the Lord to work in our lives as well as how we may have been an obstacle to that work. Continue reading