by maureen | Oct 21, 2024 | Gospel Explained
TO DRINK FROM THE CUP OF SUFFERING IS TO DIE TO SIN In today’s Gospel (Mk 10:35-45), the baptism Jesus refers to that He must enter is His suffering, crucifixion, death and resurrection (Mk 10:35-45). Like a baptism, He will be immersed down into death and then emerge...
by maureen | Oct 14, 2024 | Gospel Explained
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO ENTER HEAVEN? A rich person who does not act as Jesus teaches is gambling with their inheritance and claim of eternal life. All of us are rich, until such a time that we allow Jesus to reign our lives. If our hearts are attached to something...
by maureen | Oct 7, 2024 | Gospel Explained
WE MUST NOT DIVORCE OURSELVES FROM GOD To hear and understand Jesus’ teachings, one must listen with a humble heart, like a child wanting to learn, in order to hear the heavenly Truth. This is why Jesus says today, let the little children come to me (Mark 10:2-16). To...
by maureen | Oct 1, 2024 | Gospel Explained
WITH YOUR HELP JESUS, I WILL NOT SIN AGAIN In today’s Gospel (Mark 9:30-38-43,45,47-48) the disciples are jealous of someone else doing the Lord’s work of casting devils out of the soul of a sinner. They tried to stop him, not understanding that the Holy Spirit shares...
by maureen | Sep 17, 2024 | Gospel Explained
GET BEHIND ME SATAN In the Gospel today (Mark 8:27-35), Peter answered Jesus question regarding His identity with a profession of faith, when he declared; You are the Christ. However, we see later in the Gospel that Peter did not understand that the ‘Christ’, as the...