Are you up to going through the narrow gate?
To groan or not to groan....
We are all children of God – every one of us!
“Lord, I want to see.”
We all need a bit of cultivation and fertilization to be the best we can be.
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom (Mt 11:25)
To follow Jesus, to do the right thing,
to live in right relationships,
to basically do good and avoid evil
is the mission of Jesus.
Being so focused on the future can pull our attention away from the present.
The value of martyrdom lies in the fact of
accepting for a cause what we would not spontaneously accept.
The Lord is near to those who call upon him in truth.
Jesus encounters us and He “mercifies” us
Why do I need to trust God?
Rejoice that we have a Father who watches over each and every one of us and holds us close.
I like to imagine that there is
more harmony, more peace, more understanding, more compassion, more fraternity among us
when we are each moving closer to Jesus
"Don't even THINK about it!"
How well does our inner being match our outside ----
the person we show the world?
“This generation…”
Guide us in wisely investing the time that we have on this earth.
Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.
The people were questioning whether Jesus was acting with good will and authority from God,
or ill will and channeling another powerful demon.