by maureen | Jul 23, 2024 | Gospel Explained
SHEPHERD MUST NOT SLEEP ON THE JOB Today, God is warning clergy and religious (Jer 23:1-6) not to forget that we work for Him alone. We have been given charge to gather the people into His Church and not have them scattered all over the place, ignorant of their...
by maureen | Jul 23, 2024 | Gospel Explained
ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST We were first brought into a spiritual existence by God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit in heaven. That’s why our true home is heaven because it’s where we were chosen before the world was ever made (Eph1:3-14). This is our...
by maureen | Jul 23, 2024 | Gospel Explained, Uncategorized
“TAKE IT, THIS IS MY BODY”. Listening to Jesus talk about eating His Body and drinking His Blood, appears to be a primitive recipe for cannibalism. However, He is not inviting us to eat His Human Body, but to eat His Sacramental Body. At the last Supper (Mk...
by maureen | Jul 23, 2024 | Gospel Explained
FAITH ON EARTH BEGINS THE PROCESS OF ETERNAL LIFE Jesus came into the world to launch an attack on death and to bring new life to the faithful. He works two signs of healing in the Gospel today (Mk 5:21-43), in order to tell us that neither suffering nor death have...
by maureen | Jul 23, 2024 | Gospel Explained
HOW TO SAVE A SINKING CHURCH Today’s Gospel (Mk 4:35-41) is about awakening the faith that Catholics sometimes leave dormant in the vessel of their hearts. Today, we learn that God (Jesus) controls the oceans, the wind and even the waves (Job 38:1,8-11). This will...