Tag: "Jesus"
Easter Sunday: He is Risen!
From the Word Among Us: He saw and believed. (John 20:8) Alleluia! Christ is risen! Father, we exult in your glory! We rejoice, turning our thoughts to the One who lives, who is seated at your right hand above every power and authority and dominion. He’s alive! Mary’s thoughts spun at the empty tomb: Jesus is [...]
Good Friday Meditation
From The Word Among Us: Into your hands I commend my spirit. (Psalm 31:6) It’s Good Friday, the very day for which Jesus was born into the world. His whole life, everything he ever said or did, had been leading up to this day. Every miracle, every sermon, every word of forgiveness or challenge—none of [...]
Happy Saint Joseph’s Day!
From Catholic.org: Despite his humble work and means, Joseph came from a royal lineage. Luke and Matthew disagree some about the details of Joseph’s genealogy but they both mark his descent from David, the greatest king of Israel (Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38). Indeed the angel who first tells Joseph about Jesus greets him as “son of David,” a royal title used also for Jesus. We know Joseph was a compassionate, caring man. [...]
Midweek Meditation: Choose Life
Found this beautiful Christian-styled meditation and thought it was the perfect video to share on this magnificent Wednesday. Wishing you a creative, productive and joyful day! DariaDaria DiGiovanni is an accomplished writer, author, blogger, internet radio host and social media professional. She released her first novel, Water Signs: A Story of Love and Renewal in [...]
Lenten Meditation: The Mark of a Disciple
From today’s Word Among Us: The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus … wishing to ask him for something. (Matthew 20:20) What bad timing! Jesus had just told his disciples about his coming passion, death, and resurrection. It must have been an emotionally charged moment, but that didn’t keep James and John’s mother [...]
Lenten Meditation: Be Merciful
From The Word Among Us, a beautiful meditation to start the week: Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:36) One day, a dad was playing with his young daughter, holding her above him in the air like an airplane. Looking into her father’s eyes, the daughter suddenly squealed with delight, “Daddy, I [...]
Lenten Meditation: Transfiguration
From The Word Among Us: My joy and crown … stand firm in the Lord. (Philippians 4:1) Not only was St. Paul passionate about his faith, he was also highly educated. He was well versed in the Hebrew Scriptures as well as in Jewish and Roman law. He was fluent in multiple languages and was [...]
Lenten Meditation: Love Your Enemies
Today’s Lenten meditation from The Word Among Us focuses on one of the most difficult tasks God requires of us: Love your enemies… . Be perfect. (Matthew 5:44, 48) Wow! That’s a tall order, don’t you think? But don’t worry. Jesus isn’t expecting you to do this on your own. He knows that loving everyone [...]
Lenten Meditation: The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle
From The Word Among Us: You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. (Matthew 16:16) Sometimes a little inside information makes a big difference. Say you give your neighbor a friendly hello but get a frown in return. You’re miffed. Until you learn that the neighbor’s child has fallen critically ill. Doesn’t that [...]
Lenten Meditation: Saturday after Ash Wednesday
From the Word Among Us: Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. (Luke 5:27) Earlier in this chapter, we watched Jesus call his first disciples—James and John and Simon Peter. These were to be the men with whom Jesus would spend the next three years. They were to become his [...]
Lenten Meditation: Friday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s Lenten meditation from The Word Among Us is taken from Isaiah 58:6: This, rather, is the fasting that I wish. (Isaiah 58:6) Of the three practices that we focus on in Lent—prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—it’s the latter that we can find the most challenging. While many of us do give to the needy during [...]
Lenten Meditation: Choose Life
From today’s meditation at The Word Among Us: Choose life … (Deuteronomy 30:19) The Israelites were just about to enter the Promised Land. Forty years of waiting and wandering had finally come to an end, and Moses was preparing the people for the next phase of their history: the time when God would bring them [...]
Ash Wednesday Reflections
Today is Ash Wednesday, the official beginning of Lent. From Catholic Culture.org: The time has now come in the Church year for the solemn observance of the great central act of history, the redemption of the human race by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the Roman Rite, the beginning of the forty days [...]
The Harbinger — A Review
“The bricks have fallen, But we will rebuild with hewn stone; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will plant cedars in their place.” In Jonathan’s Cahn’s stunning book, The Harbinger, “these are the words that seal a nation’s destiny.” This riveting book asks and answers the questions, is it possible… That there exists [...]
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