Posts Tagged ‘Gospel of Mark’
Understanding is a Gift
Try as we might to understand God, it is ultimately impossible. Jesus Christ is both God and man. The Father is the source of all things. The Son is begotten but has always existed. The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father but exists everywhere and fills all things. WHAT!? At that time, a lawyer came…
Read MoreRepent and Believe
The message from God is as clear as the fresh water in the Holy Water Font used this week for Theophany. When Our Lord began His ministry, He called everyone to repentance and belief. The message was clear then, and it is clear now. We must change the way we think about God. In those…
Read MoreEpisode 460 – Do You Desire to be with God
Christ invites us, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow,” Him into heaven. As long we desire to be with God, then we can move the first phase of our journey. We must learn how to deny ourselves before we can ever follow Christ into heaven.…
Read MoreGod Always Has Time for You
We all know the feeling. We have all experienced that time when we felt alone in our struggle. Even though we were surrounded by people, we felt alone without anyone to help us. Just when we think we are out of time, just when we think we have nobody, God is there. At that time,…
Read MoreThe New Covenant
Our attention has been on the Holy Cross this week. Just a few days ago we were blessed to gaze upon the Cross of Christ, hear the story of His crucifixion, and hope for a better future with Him in heaven. We cannot ignore that everything that happened on the Cross was new. The Cross…
Read MoreWho’s in Charge?
If you have followed this blog for any length of time you know I dislike the expression “God is in charge.” It isn’t because I think He isn’t, but because when we say God is in charge, we want Him to take over. We get lazy when God is in charge. Today’s Gospel lesson is…
Read MoreBind Sin to Destroy Sin
A Christian’s duty is to love God more than anything else in creation, but especially more than we love ourselves. When we sin, we turn away from God and toward ourselves. When we sin, we serve something other than God, but we must destroy sin. By ‘definition’, sin means to do something (anything really) that…
Read MoreLiving a Transfigured Life
These few days this week the reminder from the Church is to life lives that are transfigured by the Light of Christ. Only yesterday we celebrated Christ shining as bright light to show us His glory. Now it is our turn to say to Him, “It is good for us to be here.” At that…
Read MoreYou are not Invisible
In a world surrounded by crowds and constant background ‘noise’ it can feel like nobody sees you. You go to work dutifully and spend the day unnoticed by your coworkers and supervisors. Everyone is jockeying for ‘their ten minutes of fame, but you feel invisible. There was a woman who was so sick that she…
Read MoreWilling to Die Vs Wanting to Die
Living in a world that is antagonistic to our faith can be confusing. The world powers fight against Christ and His Church daily. We don’t see the fight as the ancients did, but the fight is there, nonetheless. The ancients were willing to die for Christ but never wanted to die. IN THOSE DAYS, the…
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