Author Archive for: fumcgalax
Entries by Diane Palumbo
Sunday Reflection (March 13, 2022)
The traditional Lenten discipline of self-denial is a spiritual response to our self-indulgences and lashing out at others. No, our devotion will not save us: Only God can do that, but it does assist us in becoming more aware of how self-indulgent we can be, and how our self-indulgence prevents us from being faithful to […]
Prayer for the Week (March 13, 2022-March 19, 2022)
Let us pray to our seemingly invisible Father in heaven: Invisible God, with the incarnation of your Son, Jesus Christ, we see a reflection of you in your Son. You also give us the Holy Spirit who enables us in prayer and in the search for your truth. In our worship, strengthen us to know […]
Sunday Reflection (March 6, 2022)
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is tempted to ostentatiously display divine power to gain more fans and personal advancement. Jesus was not into sensationalism and a mass popular appeal that glorifies the self, and personal advancement at the expense of others; rather, Jesus glorified God the Father by showing by his way of life […]
Prayer for the Week (March 6, 2022-March 12, 2022)
Let us pray to our living God that we turn our heart to God: God, lead us through the Holy Spirit with your Son Jesus to the desert of questions and temptations so that you speak to our heart and bring us back to you in loving trust. Help us to discard all that leads […]
