5/25, 6th Sunday of Easter
“O God, let all the nations praise you.”
“O God, let all the nations praise you.”
Graduation Mass for the University of Kansas. We guide great stories by: 1. Remembering the Great Story of who I am and where I come from 2. Praising the Great Author and Storyteller forever 3. Proclaiming the Love and Greatness of the Great Author and Storyteller with my life
Judas “went to his own place” while the saints “remain with Jesus.”
We are not an endangered species or impressive creatures! We are sheep. Sheep know how to listen and respond to the voice of the Good Shepherd.
What are the conditions that I put on Jesus, expecting Him to prove something to me?
Let’s talk about the elephant…in the interior room of our hearts.
The name of God is mercy. Do I know God’s name? Is this the God I worship and adore?
St. John ran to the tomb, saw, and believed. Do I see? Do I believe?
“Why do you seek the living among the dead?” Forgetfulness separates us from Him, but Jesus Christ is alive! “Remember what He said.”
The worst evil in human history occurred on a day the Church calls “good.” Today, we must come face to face with the hardest teaching of the Catholic Church for human beings to live.
“Do you realize what I have done for you?” Tonight, God makes it possible for Him to be married to His people.
What Jesus is going to do this week can turn even us donkeys into saints. Watch, and pray.
The woman in the gospel is a failure in the eyes of the world, but NOT in the eyes of God. Jesus stoops to offer us His merciful gaze in our pain and humiliation. Relationship. Identity. Mission.
The culture of death flows from a culture of fatherless patriarchy. “The LORD draws near to the brokenhearted.” Fatherhood is first received. “The One Who sent me is true.”
Memorial Mass for Fr. Arul Carasala: Do I testify on my own, or do I acknowledge the One who testifies on my behalf? “You do not want to come to me to have life.”
What is the most important relationship in your life? Hint: it’s NOT your relationship with God?!
“Do you want to be well?”
“The man believed what Jesus said to Him, and left.” Do I know what Jesus says to me? Do I believe it?
Perhaps the parable of the Prodigal Son could be better known as the parable of the Merciful Father. Jesus has come to find us, and to show us the way home!
“We shall say no more ‘Our God’ to the work of our hands.” Do I live underneath the Nazi spirit “work makes us free?”
Our first and greatest responsibility is to LISTEN. “This is what I command my people: listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people.”
“Do not forget!” “A prophet like me shall come…to him you must listen.”
The renewal and restoration of fallen humanity began with listening to God. The same holds true in our own time and in each of our own lives: listening, trusting, responding to God.
What am I being called to do—and how much am I willing to work—in order for me to become well? He comes to help even us lepers become saints!
There is much in a name… “Let all the earth cry out to God with joy!”
“Take off your shoes.” God reveals Himself as being itself; and He wants to give us even life! Will we take off our shoes? “Repent! Or you shall perish.”
POLAND PILGRIMAGE: Mass in the private chapel of the Archbishop of Krakow; site of the priestly ordination of Pope St. John Paul II History was changed because of what transpired on this floor. A young man who knew his identity as a beloved son chose to bet his life on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Karol Wojtyla lived free from fear and concern for what others think. He lived free from the spirit of the world, because he lived the song of the World Youth Day celebration which he himself started: “...
POLAND PILGRIMAGE: Mass at the Shrine of Divine Mercy It is mercy that speaks the final word in creation. All history belongs to Him. “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” Am I listening to the witness of the prophets who I met today; prophets of Truth, of Love, and of Mercy?
POLAND PILGRIMAGE: “It is good that we are here.” Peter notices in whose presence he is; there is nowhere else he would rather be. Do we strive to imitate the saints, or imitate those who live in the spirit of the world? “Listen to Him.”
It is easy to often live in SELF-made aloneness. But self-made aloneness is not real, because God has come; Emmanuel is with us.