Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Today I want to look at the opening prayer for the Sunday Liturgy (Mass). Here it is: O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor,
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Today, Mercy is written all over the Readings at Mass. Jesus is criticized because He eats with sinners. A shepherd rejoices at finding the one lost sheep even though he has 99 who never strayed. The angels
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God; my soul is thirsting for God, the living God (Psalm 42:2-3). This short prayer is used as the Communion
Divine Dialogue of God With the Soul The last shall be first and the first shall be last (Mt. 20:16). In the whole scheme of things, the majority of us aren’t particularly fond of being first or last. Somewhere in the middle is
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul “How come people who aren’t Catholic don’t have to go to confession?” It was a question a young man asked me one evening. It was getting close to the time for the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation, and
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Although our hearts are turning to the Feast of the Assumption which we will celebrate on Monday, the 15th of August, we have three somber readings for this Sunday: First Reading: Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 Second Reading:
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Luke 12: 32-48 Things can happen suddenly, with far reaching effects. Gil, a young man staying at a boarding house in 1938, worked at a local diner as a ‘short-order’ cook. Maddy was also living there
A blessed Sunday to you! In the Gospel this week (Luke 11:1-13), we hear one of the disciples ask, “Lord, teach us to pray…” Our Lord responds by telling us to call upon the Father with the words that Christians throughout the world
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul I once had a spiritual director who, when she and I would meet to talk about things that matter, would begin by asking, ‘Sister, how’s your love life?’ It would choke me up every time. I knew she
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul When we think of the ‘Good Samaritan’ we recall that ‘good people,’ respected people, passed by the man who was in trouble. Then a Samaritan, from a group of believers who were looked down upon by the
In today’s Gospel (Luke 10:1-20) we see Jesus sending out seventy-two faithful disciples into various villages to prepare the way for Him. They were able to cast out demons, heal the sick and perform other miracles that set the stage for Jesus to come
Today’s Responsorial Psalm at Mass is a jewel of a prayer that can resonate in our hearts all through this week. It reads, simply, You are my inheritance, O Lord. Found in Psalm 16, it comes from the heart of King David as a prayer
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