Purity, Temptation, Mercy
Divine Mercy is given especially for our times, with their sin and suffering. What light does it shine on the severe words of today’s Gospel? And on our struggles?
Divine Mercy is given especially for our times, with their sin and suffering. What light does it shine on the severe words of today’s Gospel? And on our struggles?
Comparison and competition are part of our humanity. Even in our spiritual lives. A passage from “The Gospel As It Was Revealed To Me” of Maria Valtorta illuminates the example of a child.
Jesus is trying to prepare His apostles for His Passion. Is He preparing us today for the Passion of His Church?
“Ephphatha! Be open!” The deaf-mute can symbolize the barriers we experience to communication, and the isolation it causes. God breaks down those barriers.
“Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you”. God gives some words especially for you. They are particularly helpful when life is hard and confusing. How can you welcome and profit from them?
In the extreme battles of our time, God is preparing extraordinary mercies. So He is forming us in extreme faith.
“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man”. The words of Jesus are shocking. More shocking is the infinite love for you behind them.
“Bread from Heaven”. What is our Lord teaching us through this simple sign of bread, of food?
Why did Jesus respond to an enthusiastic crowd so severely? What dangers do miracles have? And what opportunities?
Why does Jesus use the few loaves and fish of the boy to work this miracle? Wouldn’t it have been more impressive without them? And what does this say about what you have to offer now?
Does that description also apply to the Church today? Is God speaking prophetic words about the pastors of the Church today, as He did through Jeremiah?
In Amos and in the Apostles, God calls ordinary people to an extraordinary destiny. Is that true for you also? What does today’s passage to the Ephesians reveal?
St. Paul discovers how his very weaknesses can open him to the powerful action of God. This encourages us in our struggles and even failures.
What is our role in the great marvels that God wants to work today? The suffering woman in this Gospel shows us the way.
“Lord, do you not care that we are perishing?” Do you sometimes feel that way?
These words of St. Paul are vital in the obscurity of our path today. We share a message the Lord gave us about the formation in faith. It was given during Covid.
The Gospel shows that the coming of Jesus created uncertainty and conflict for many. Today, we are also living in a time of great transformation and uncertainty. God is acting. What light does the Gospel give us to help in this situation?
The bishops have called for a Eucharistic renewal in our country. The Church is in the midst of a profound crisis of faith in the Holy Eucharist. What divine light does the Passion of Jesus shed on this?