Tag Archive: #reflection

Jesus’ Redemptive Death: Are You Open to His Love and Mercy?

5th Sunday of Lent – Year B The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez once said that there is one event that he would not be able to describe in writing—the most important event of his life: his death. Jesus spoke about [read more...]

Deacon’s Beacon: Covenant, Light, Love and Action

“God so loved the world …” “… that He gave His Only Son that everyone who believes in Him …  might have eternal life.”  That quote is from last Sunday’s gospel (John 3:16) and it’s one of the most meaningful [read more...]

Reflection: Spiritual and Religious

Many people say they are “spiritual but not religious.” Generally, they mean that they believe in a “higher power” without belonging to a church or adhering to dogmas. They claim to have respect for all religions, picking from each the [read more...]

Lent: A Time of Preparation for our Ultimate Goal

4th Sunday of Lent – Year B To truly live our lives means to continue moving forward in an effort to follow God’s will in a given moment, on a given day. That which we have already done and the [read more...]

God’s Commandments Bring True Freedom, Peace and Harmony

3rd Sunday of Lent – Year B Within our country and throughout the world, civil laws are being enacted that directly violate God’s laws and the natural law. Our modern society has drifted so far from God’s Law—the Ten Commandments—that [read more...]

Though Trials, God Calls Us to a Deeper Faith

2nd Sunday of Lent – Year B After the Transfiguration, Jesus told Peter, James, and John not to speak of the event until after He had risen from the dead. “So the Apostles kept the matter to themselves, questioning what [read more...]

This Lent, We Embrace Our Desert, Reflect on God’s Loving Presence

1st Sunday of Lent – Year B  Lent has begun, and we will spend the next 40 days preparing for the most important feast in the Church: Easter. In order to prepare for his public ministry, Jesus Himself spent 40 [read more...]

Christ: Uniter, Healer and Restorer

6th Sunday Ordinary Time – Year B In the Book of Leviticus, God commanded that those who were infected with leprosy be cast out of society. This disease was so terrible and there was no cure for it, so the [read more...]

Make/Take Time for Quiet Prayer with Jesus

5th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Yr B  Growing up with Mary and Joseph, Jesus surely prayed with them. In Jewish society, it was customary for families to pray together. In fact, the daily life of the Jewish people was [read more...]

We Must Preserve Human Dignity to Experience God’s Love

2nd Sunday Ordinary Time – Yr B  In the world, if we want to reach some goal and want to succeed, then we must be constantly ready and able to learn something new. We must be cunning and quick to [read more...]