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Living with Christ provides a wide variety of resources that help to nourish your daily spiritual life, putting the richness of the Christian spiritual tradition at your fingertips. Use these for your personal growth, for your reflection and prayer, and for sharing your faith with others in your family, household, or community. Visit online at www.LivingWithChrist.us.

Lent

Good Friday Gospel reflection: We are forgiven!

Living with Christ Apr 19, 2019 0

“Then handed him over to them to be crucified” (John 19:16). There are at least a thousand lessons to be learned at Calvary, and then there are the mysteries beyond these lessons, which bring us to the shores of an endless sea. But in…

Lent

Holy Thursday Gospel reflection: How far is God willing to go for love?

Living with Christ Apr 18, 2019 0

Tonight we begin a journey that takes us from the table to the cross and onward to new life lived in the shadow of that cross and in the light of the Risen Son. And so we wash feet. What a strange time Jesus chose to wash feet — during…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Sunday Gospel reflections: Jesus shares our journey

Living with Christ Apr 12, 2019 0

With blessed palms we enter our church Sunday focused in faith on Jesus, the suffering servant of God. Sunday’s liturgy plunges us into the mystery of his sacred journey to Calvary. Listening to the reading of the Passion, we hear of Jesus’…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Sunday Gospel reflections: What do I see in the mirror?

Living with Christ Apr 5, 2019 0

I remember a time when I was filled with a strong and righteous anger, which I carefully nourished by collecting stories that proved my point. I went off on a weekend retreat, hoping to get some rest. The first evening began with the simple…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Sunday Gospel reflections: God always welcomes us home

Living with Christ Mar 29, 2019 0

An elderly woman I once knew often shared with me the concerns she had for her children. She had raised them in the faith. Each of them individually had the education, security, and love that offered them a strong foundation on which to…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Sunday Gospel reflections: The food and drink we need

Living with Christ Mar 22, 2019 0

The grapefruit tree alongside our house here in Rome at first produced only one or two fruits per year. With extra watering and fertilizer it soon bore 14. Imagine our delight! Experience teaches us that plants grow best with care and…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Standing in the presence of God

Living with Christ Mar 14, 2019 0

The Transfiguration has many allusions to the Old Testament. It occurs on a mountaintop, as did Moses’ initial encounter with God at Mount Sinai and the subsequent delivery there of the Ten Commandments establishing the covenant between God…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Sunday Gospel reflections: Remember … and choose!

Living with Christ Mar 8, 2019 0

In Sunday's First Reading we hear the story of Jacob and his family, who went to Egypt during a famine. Later on, his descendants were perceived to be a threat and were enslaved. Later still, they continually recalled and gave thanks for…

Lent

Ash Wednesday Gospel reflection: God reads the inside story

Living with Christ Mar 6, 2019 0

The readings for Ash Wednesday all share the same message: change (“return to me with your whole heart,” Joel 2:12); change now (“Behold, now is a very acceptable time,” 2 Corinthians 6:2); and change from the inside out (“pray to your…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Sunday Gospel reflections: Where do we see God’s face?

Living with Christ Feb 8, 2019 0

In response to the miraculous turning of scarcity into abundance, Peter says to Jesus, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” Peter’s response to a real encounter with God is to recognize his unworthiness. It is not uncommon when we…

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