John 21: 20 – 25 “…What does it matter to you? You are to follow me” We are often so busy trying to fix up our world, to fix other people’s lives, to rescue other people’s marriages and relationships, and to convert other people and bring back to God. We are so busy that we […]Read more
Archive: 2017
John 21: 15 – 19 “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do? He answered, ‘Yes Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’” To love the Lord more than every other person does is to love the Lord with everything within us; that is, […]Read more
John 17:20-26 “Father, may they be one in us, as you are in me and I am in you” Jesus had a unique relationship with His Father. This a relationship so deep that He could say to Philip that if you have seen me, you have seen the Father. The Father lived in him and […]Read more
John 17: 1 – 11 “And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Eternal life, the beatific vision, or heaven is to know God and Jesus Christ. This is the mission of Jesus Christ: to bring God closer to us and to give us […]Read more
Acts 19: 1 – 8 “We were never told that there was such a thing as the Holy Spirit”. This was the response of the community of Ephesus when Paul asked them if they had received the Holy Spirit. We may not ask the same question, but do we really know who the Holy Spirit […]Read more
Acts 1: 12 – 14 The apostles were in the upper room waiting for the promised Holy Spirit. In their company were some women and Mary the mother of Jesus. Luke mentioned the names of the 11 apostles and the mother of Jesus. Why did he do that? Mary’s company in their assembly is very […]Read more