Tag Scripture Meditation

In the 49th Chapter of the Prophet Isiah, we read, "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Thus, we, as Church, have an opportunity to remake ourselves. We have permission to throw off the old ways and embark on a new and exciting adventure.

These words from St. Paul remind us of the love that God has for us, and the words that St. Paul uses express just what kind of love it is; excessive, tender, and richly abundant.

Their faith was so great that it drove them to forget about the danger of their actions. Instead, their faith moved them to do something extraordinary and outside of themselves.

The point of the parable that we have heard today is that worship of God should be one of those essential things in our lives.

Just as God repaired the relationship between God and humanity with the birth of Jesus Christ, God was reanimating the Church by, once again, animating creation with God's breath.

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

Prune away those things that do not bear fruit in your lives, and you will see a difference.

My theology teaches me that the so-called “repayment” for our sins was not the cross but the cradle