Daily Reflections

Asking God for Things

Passing from Dark to Light

By Fr. Marcelo Javier Navarro Muñoz, IVE / March 21, 2021 /

R. (12a)  Create a clean heart in me, O God.Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;    in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.Thoroughly wash me from my guilt    and of my sin cleanse me.R. Create a clean heart in me, O God.A clean heart create…

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Never Before has Anyone Spoken Like this Man

By John and Kathy Schultz / March 20, 2021 /

Greetings, Gratia Vobis readers. This month we are filling in for Tom Nash with today’s reflection. After reading today’s Gospel from John, I reflected on how we listen and how we respond to what we hear. The high priests and the Pharisees are incredulous over the failure of the guards…

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Echoes the Sound of Silence

By D'Souza Family / March 19, 2021 /

In the silence of the heart, the Lord speaks. When I recently heard these words from a priest, it immediately resonated with me. And while I instinctively knew its truth, I also knew it would be a pearl of peerless price, something difficult to attain. Many and varied would be…

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Intercession and the “Weakness” of God

By Fr. John Bosco Obiako / March 18, 2021 /

The First Reading of today tells the story of Moses who enters into dialogue with God to “sweeten the face of the Lord”. In doing this, he implements two strategies. Firstly, Moses decisively refuses to receive preferential treatment with respect to a community of which he feels he is a…

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Being One of God’s Works and Letting Go

By Dr. Tina Facca-Miess / March 17, 2021 /

Today’s readings stir up reminders of God’s eye watching over us, pitying us. It is also St. Patrick’s Day, always a major festivity for Americans with Irish in their bloodline. Or, at least that’s how it is in my family. At the age of sixteen, St. Patrick (389-461) was kidnapped…

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Healing of the paralytic

Do You Want To Be Well?

By Celina Manville / March 16, 2021 /

It’s a puzzling question: Do you want to be well? In today’s Gospel, a seriously ill man had been lying near the pool of Bethesda for 38 years. His illness caused some kind of paralysis or weakness preventing him from walking. People with all kinds of infirmities were nearby, hoping…

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A Promise of New Things in Our Lives

By Fr. Sylvanus Amaobi / March 15, 2021 /

Dear brothers and sisters, “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). When we are besieged with life difficulties and problems, we long for solutions that will bring them to an end. When we are met with ugly situations and…

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Spiritual Blindness and Rebirth

By Fr. Nnaemeka Paschal Ajuka / March 14, 2021 /

I was in the middle of the “unknown” until I had a divine visitation on February 12th, 1996, during my seminary formation days. I dreamed of the appearance of Jesus bleeding profusely and the blood was dazzling. Initially, I couldn’t recognize Him because he presented himself as a priest I…

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The Right Attitude Before God and Men

By Fr. Alex Igbozuruike / March 13, 2021 /

In today’s Gospel (Luke 18:9-14), there are two attitudes regarding our basic convictions about God and towards others. I will reflect on those two attitudes. The attitude of the Pharisee: The Pharisee begins by giving thanks to God. This is certainly commendable.  However, the reason for his thanksgiving is that…

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Jesus's teaching on oath-taking

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

By Jerry DeMelo Jr. / March 12, 2021 /

All Jews recite the Shema before their feet hit the floor every morning, with hands covering the eyes:  “Hear, O Israel!  The LORD is our God, the LORD is one.  Therefore, you shall love the LORD your God, with all your heart, all your being, and with all your strength.” In the reading…

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