We have this tendency that we want to fix or clean-up certain things first before we let the Lord in. We are afraid that our place, our lives are messy—that it can be too much for anyone even for God to handle. But God is NOT panicking, he’s completely in control. He’s not afraid or scandalized of how messy our lives are, he actually comes for the mess. He isn’t waiting for us to get it together, he wants to come and the way we get things together is by Him coming to our lives, we just have to let him in.
This episode is the third part of the series on Emmanuel: An Advent Devotional that talks about how we can ask the Lord to take our panic and give His us peace. An invitation for us to let God in to our lives regardless of the mess. If you want to follow along with our current advent series, you can get your copy of Emmanuel: An Advent Devotional by Fr. Angelus Montgomery, CFR, and Sr. Karolyn Nunes, FSGM.
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Don’t Fumble The Bag
The gift of Advent is God proposing himself to us. He comes not just to command us to do something and watch from a far. He comes to sing with us, dance with us, BE with us. With that said, it would be tragic if the Lord comes knocking in our door and we don’t open it — that we miss Emmanuel, God with us. Let us…
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Knicks in Five
What if the joy of victory is meant to teach us something deeper?
In this episode, the friars take a very Poco a Poco turn, from celebrating the Knicks’ championship win to reflecting on what sports, fandom, loyalty, and shared joy can reveal about the spiritual life. Behind the fun, the emotion, and the city-wide celebration is something profoundly human: the desire to belong, to suffer together, to hope together, and to share in a victory that somehow becomes our own.
They explore how the joy of another’s win can point us toward something greater: the victory of Christ. Just as fans rejoice in a team’s triumph, we are invited to rejoice in the Resurrection, in the communion of saints, and in the gift of being part of a Body where grace is never private and victory is meant to be shared.
Join us as we celebrate, laugh, and look beyond the scoreboard. Let’s look at the deeper victory we are all invited to share in Christ.
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Experiencing God
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…
