Matthew 20:28 says, “Even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.” You heard what Jesus said. Jesus was not sitting in the palace waiting for people to come. He went out and reached out to the people. He was healing the sick and feeding the hungry. You heard the lame walk, the blind see, and if you want to be a follower…
In “Thor: Ragnarok,” Bruce Banner and the Hulk, they are fighting against each other. They’re the same person, but they need to be integrated better. But then you see in the movie, “Endgame,” Bruce Banner and the Hulk are truly one. They are no longer fighting against each other. They are integrated well. Bruce Banner is the Hulk, and the Hulk is…
Ephesians 4:32, “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another as God is in Christ forgave you.” People cherish it when you are kind to them. Even you cherish it when someone is kind to you. Think of you carrying a heavy load, and somebody comes to help you. There is that joy that comes to you. Or somebody hurts you, and you know the person has forgiven you…
In reality, suffering’s out there in many ways, and in most ways, it’s unavoidable. So, “Okay, what do we do with it?”. We’ll unpack this question in today’s episode. We are invited to unite our suffering with Jesus and offer it to Him. As we suffer generously and give that to the Lord, one of the fruits of it is that it creates the space and cultivates…
Please don’t judge me, but I have been into AI lately, especially image-based AI. Image-based AI, you can type in a prompt, and then the artificial intelligence will create an image. And so, I gave AI two prompts. The first was Captain America praying a rosary. And the second was Pope Francis as a Chicago Cubs fan. As you can see, AI is incredible…
We are all invited to a profound, mystical union with God. But to grow in our spiritual life, Fr. Dubay mentioned in his book that there are certain conditions that we need to understand our growth in the mystical or spiritual life. In this fourth episode of our series on the Fire Within, we’ll reflect upon and respond to the 8 conditions for spiritual…
There is this guy. You may know him, you may not. His name is Squidward Tentacles. Squidward Tentacles is incredibly negative. He is constantly judging, and he is always finding fault in others. He is not a fun person to be around. The thing is, we can do that as well. We are so attracted to negativity. We’re drawn to crazy comments on social media…
Proverbs 14:29. “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.” Some of us who are hot tempers who have not been able to control our anger in some situations have seen the disadvantages of it. A hot temper and not controlling your anger have led many people to do things that they will regret…
The medicine for wanting to pray is learning to live in the reality that’s most true-God wants to be in communion with us. Meditation, contemplation, and infused prayer can help us live in this reality; this is what we will talk about in this third episode of our series on the Fire Within. This episode also aims to present before us an authentically…
So in the gospel today, a sower goes out to sow, and the sower throws seed down on the thorny ground, and the thorns choke the seeds so the seeds do not flourish. We are often thrown onto the thorny ground, and busyness is one of the big things that really chokes us. Busyness in our lives chokes our relationship with Jesus, and we do not…
