Daily Reflections
In my article last July 31st, I mentioned that I enjoyed my childhood days when our mother would teach us how to bake bread. I loved putting a tiny amount of yeast in the dough. I have always marveled at the way yeast works. I love watching bread rise in…
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The response for today’s Psalm is “Our God is the God of salvation.” When God became man in the person of Jesus Christ, He came to lead a fallen human race to salvation. His mission of salvation to the world includes healing. First spiritual healing, but also plenty of physical…
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“… you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth. Undeniably great is the mystery of devotion, Who was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed to the Gentiles,…
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You are Fellow Citizens with the Holy Ones. “Brothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the house of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.”…
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“Decide for ourselves what is right.” These words stand out in today‘s gospel. As we journey through life, we are faced with countless choices and decisions. The experts say that we make up to 200 decisions daily. Beginning with the smallest daily choices and moving to the life-altering decisions. Beginning…
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There have been many times in the recent past that I have wondered about how God feels when He looks down upon the earth and sees the behavior of human beings; those He created in His own image and likeness. Must He not be shaking his head in dismay and…
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Life is a gift from God, and everything we have comes from God. This imposes on us the obligation to care for these gifts knowing that we are beneficiaries of divine love. The readings of today remind us that we are God’s servants entrusted with many gifts. We are to…
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What is it that separates us from God? In his letter to the Romans, St. Paul asked, “Who will separate us from the love of Christ?” (Rom. 8:35) He then answered himself, “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future…
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Dear friends, the gospel reading is very interesting and calls for serious reflection so that we do not go the way of the rich fool. We have strong desires to be rich, which is good, but sometimes it can lead one astray especially when people perceive and pursue wealth as…
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The first reading of today, from Isaiah, brings two questions to mind. What can it look like to give God the first and last hour of your day? How can this aid the spiritual life? Let us allow ourselves to ponder how we can orientate our start and end of…
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