Today’s text reminds us to remain in the Father’s love. If we look at the Greek word used here for “remain,” namely menai, we will discover that the meaning is quite profound because it is really a call to “abide or live” in God. This indicates the depth of our dignity and identity as men […]

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Paul wants to contrast two understandings: one based on obedience to the law that he sees as based in what we can achieve on our own strength and the second based on faith and the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It is the second way that he advocates as the correct way […]

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This is a very nice reflection of ourselves. Read first the verses Job 1:6-22 in my previous post to have more insights in relation to the beautiful sharing below. You Are the One Let me share with you this encouraging story forwarded to me.One day the employees of a large company returned from their lunch […]

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It is not a matter of whether one is greater than another, but whether or not either or both are willing to obey God’s will. The focus of our lives should never be ourselves, and particularly not our importance. God has a plan for us that will work to our benefit if we do our […]

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It is important to note that even in the midst of calamity and disaster, Job did not sin. There is no way he could have understood what was going on in his life at the time (as the next 40 chapters will vividly illustrate) and still he trusts in God. Job seems to know that […]

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This parable ought to instill in us the fear of God. There is nothing compromising in this Gospel story; there is no way or place to hide from its message that we all have the responsibility to do what we can for the poor in our midst. The critical words here are “what we can”; […]

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We must learn to fight the battles that are worth fighting — and this includes all fights that involve the truth — rather than give our energy to causes that will not endure or even fail. The Gospel is always worth fighting for and so Paul encourages Timothy to give his all in its service. […]

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Amos 6:1a, 4-71 Thus says the LORD the God of hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion! 4 Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, they eat lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the stall! 5 Improvising to the music of the harp, like David, they devise their own accompaniment. […]

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Jesus learned obedience through suffering. Mary, the woman of sorrow at the foot of the cross, retains her faith even with the death of her Son. Even our own suffering can draw us closer to God if we join it with Jesus’ and continue to entrust our lives into His hands. We may not understand […]

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Luke 7:1-101 When Jesus had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. 3 When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save […]

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