Jesus kept God’s covenant and decrees perfectly and enacted loving kindness toward others (Mark 1:12-15). How does he respond to us who flounder? Is Jesus like us when we have done something right, and we expect others to do it too perfectly? Peter tells us otherwise: The innocent sufferings of Christ lead the unrighteous to […]
Let us pray during this Lenten Season that we turn fully to God and people: God of the covenant of love, you invite us to follow your Son. As the Holy Spirit led him to the desert, may he open our eyes to see the wastelands of evil that we have created in our world. […]
The Holy Spirit makes us vessels and instruments of God’s love and mercy. This is a work in progress for all of us, and yes, there might be “mountain top experiences” with an immediate insight or a feeling of God’s presence but these are ephemeral. The Holy Spirit slowly and gradually forms Christ within us […]
Let us pray to our Almighty Father whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: God, give us grace to perceive his glory in suffering, so that we be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory. Amen. […]
