“Let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy. Sing to God, sing praises to his name; his name is the Lord, be exultant before him.” (Psalm 68) (Taken from the Living with Christ – September 2019 issue)
Psalm 117 Praise the Lord, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. R: Go into all the World and proclaim the good news. (taken from Living with Christ – August 2019)
When Jesus says He came to divide families, people might stop listening. But Jesus is not saying it is His desire for families to be split up, but rather that we cannot take a stand against sin and expect those attached to sin will love us for it. Calling out sin got Jeremiah stuck at […]
So many seasons of our lives involve waiting and, very often, we are tempted to give up on God before we see the fruit of the waiting. Unemployment, unrealized growth, difficulty in relationships, struggles at school or work – all these and many other challenges show up, teasing us with the lie that we have […]
For all of human history, we have been tempted to think we can take better care of ourselves than God can. The first reading condemns justifying worry as responsibility – it’s a form of vanity that keeps us from trusting God. The Gospel extends this teaching into our financial anxiety. Building up wealth and security […]