Author Archive for: fumcgalax
Entries by Diane Palumbo
Prayer for the Week (September 5-September 11, 2021)
Let us pray that God’s Spirit opens us to all that is good: God our Father, you wait for us to be open to you, to people, and to all that is true, beautiful and good. May your Spirit open our ears to the liberating Word of your Son. Open our hearts and hands to everyone who […]
Sunday Reflection (September 5, 2021)
We all make judgments about others based upon their appearance: The way they dress, the way they speak, where they live, the job they have or do not have, what country they are from, and what their bumper stickers say, or even who they voted for; yet, if we give or deny preferential treatment to […]
Prayer for the Week (August 1-August 7, 2021)
God, you have given us your Son Jesus Christ as the bread and drink of life. Give him to us today as our daily bread, so that with him we pass from death to life. May his life flow within us and among us, so that we may become Christ’s body in the world. We […]
Sunday Reflection (August 1, 2021)
The living bread that has come down to us from heaven is Jesus Christ, and in the Lord’s Supper, through the Holy Spirit, we take Christ within us and among us (John 6:51-58). The body and blood of Jesus Christ becomes a part of us in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, and we become […]
Sunday Reflection (July 18, 2021)
Because God “so loved the world,” Christ’s Church is everywhere. Christ’s Church is Catholic, that is, Universal, and because the Church is universal, no one Church or group of Churches can claim to be the only true Church. Every Church is particular, yet part of something bigger than itself. Together, we are being built together […]
Prayer for the Week (July 18-July 24, 2021)
Let us pray: God, throughout the hours of our days, remain at the center of our thoughts and actions: Father, through the Holy Spirit draw us to you, and hold us together as individuals and as a community of faith. Enable us to focus our hopes as we aim to do your will. Be our […]
