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Lent

Ash Wednesday Gospel reflection: An outward sign of our faith

Living with Christ Feb 22, 2023 0

A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit. (Psalm 51:12) Ash Wednesday, in all its solemnity and reverence, is one of my favorite religious days. I love the humble act of repentance, the cross formed by ashes…

Faith

Finding God in his Creation

Living with Christ Jun 24, 2021 0

Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, praiseworthy and glorious forever. (Daniel 3:56) During my childhood, we lived in the countryside in a house set on top of a hill. Sometimes in the middle of the night, my father would shake us…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Holy Thursday Gospel reflection: An apron is a holy thing

Living with Christ Apr 9, 2020 0

He took a towel and tied it around his waist. (John 13:4) After my mother died we divvied up her things. One thing I wanted badly was one of her aprons. You know the kind: large bib, long strings, and at least one pocket. Now every time I…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Jesus wants us at his side

Living with Christ Apr 8, 2020 0

‘Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.' Then Judas,  his betrayer, said in reply, ‘Surely it is not I, Rabbi?’ (Matthew 26:24-25). Two awed apostles, two different…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Trusting God in painful times

Living with Christ Apr 7, 2020 0

‘What you are going to do, do quickly.’ (John 13:27) Humans instinctively seek to preserve their lives. We marvel and give honors to persons who put their life in jeopardy to save another. Jesus steps out of the very human pattern of…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Give God your love

Living with Christ Apr 6, 2020 0

Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair. (John 12:3) Many years ago, I remember passing a florist shop and thinking, “Wouldn’t it be great to give…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: God’s loving protection

Living with Christ Apr 4, 2020 0

I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. I will multiply them and put my sanctuary among them forever. (Ezekiel 37:26) On the floor at the rear of a church in San Salvador is a plaque…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Sunday Gospel reflections: Active spectators

Living with Christ Apr 3, 2020 0

'Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test.' (Matthew 26:41) We are beginning the most spiritually moving and powerful week of the Church year. To me, this week has always felt different. During the rest of the year, we are fully…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Surrendering to God

Living with Christ Apr 3, 2020 0

Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer. (Psalm 18:3) Spiritual combats are a certainty of life. We skirmish with disenchantment, discouragement, and darkness; battle with our desires for prestige, popularity, and power; and may even wage…

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Trusting God’s promise to us

Living with Christ Apr 2, 2020 0

Both Abraham and Jesus stepped out in faith when God called. Abraham left his homeland and everything that was familiar, trusting that God would bring him safely to his journey’s end, wherever that might be. In the Garden of Gethsemane,…

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