Prayerful reflections to help you connect with God through daily Scripture and the Passionist charism written by members of our Passionist Family.
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These realities were true when Jesus spoke them, and they are true now. Love your neighbor and your enemy, treat the other with kindness and dignity, welcome the stranger, welcome the children, forgive the sinner, and do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What is it about children that makes them particularly fitted to receive the revelations of God in ways that the “wise and the learned” cannot?
Today’s gospel by Matthew leaves no doubt that Jesus is serious about repentance.
So, whether we receive a prophet or a righteous man, or even give a cup of cold water to a disciple, we recognize in each person Jesus and the one who sent him.
In today’s gospel reading, Jesus relates to the large crowd gathered around him the challenges of producing good harvests.
Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Benedict, honoring his 1,500-year legacy as Father of Western Monasticism, and the patron saint of Europe.
I’m surrendering yet again, allowing the river of God’s love to flow through and around me, and continuing to chip away my notion of and desire for control.
I imagine the Women of Galilee as close companions of Jesus, standing by the edges of the crowd answering the questions of women who hear Jesus and sharing with them their insights gained by their many experiences with him.
I should spend more time at God’s altar, where I can look beyond myself and raise my concern for others, familiar and unfamiliar.
Thank you, God, for all the gifts you give me today and help me connect with all the beautiful gifts you present me each day.