Author Archive for: fumcgalax
Entries by Diane Palumbo
Sunday Reflection (September 11, 2022)
Jesus Christ gives us hope that life can be different and grace filled. Erring people can indeed have a relationship with a holy God (Luke 15:1-10). Jesus and Moses showed mercy to erring people, and this is perhaps where we have our problems with Jesus and Moses: We want mercy for ourselves but justice and […]
Prayer for the Week (September 11, 2022-September 17, 2022)
Let us pray to our faithful Father who always loves us and waits for us: God, our patient Father, it is a joy for you to forgive the repentant sinner. You even allowed your Son to lay down his life to bring us forgiveness and life. Dispose those whom we have offended to forgive us […]
Sunday Reflection (September 4, 2022)
In the Gospel of Luke (14:25-33), Jesus warns us about possessions in relation to being a disciple (learner) of his. Do possessions control us? Or do we use possessions for the doing of good? Does your following of Christ cause you to look at possessions differently? Following Christ is blessed, but it is not necessarily […]
Prayer for the Week (September 4, 2022-September 10, 2022)
Let us pray that we follow Jesus consistently through the leading of the Holy Spirit: God our Father, we have accepted your invitation to follow your Son, Jesus, as his disciples. May the Holy Spirit give us the wisdom and strength to take our faith seriously and to accept our task in life with all […]
