The Medicine of Immortality

The Medicine of Immortality

In this weekend’s readings, we will hear about the Holy Spirit being poured out on Gentiles for the first time (Acts 10:44-48), and about loving God and keeping His Commandments (1 John 5:1-6 and John 15:9-17). These ideas are central to the Gospel and the Body of...
Giving From The Heart

Giving From The Heart

God was not – and is not – concerned with how much money we each put into the offertory plate on Sundays. The story of the Widow’s Mite (Mark 12:41-44) makes that very clear. In this passage, Jesus, calling the disciples, points out a poor widow who has placed two...
Cultivating Spiritual Fruit

Cultivating Spiritual Fruit

In the morning I say a prayer that gets me ready for the day. I invite God to be in control of my day. I pray for His protection over my family and myself, that anything that is not of Him would leave, and I ask Him to fill me with His Spirit and all the fruits of His...
I Know Where We’re Going

I Know Where We’re Going

When I was 54, my husband Mario died, at 58, of spinal cancer, just 6 weeks after he was diagnosed. He had been being treated for a sprained muscle in his neck, which turned out to be 2 cracked discs in his spine in the neck area. He was in such pain that I honestly...
The Plan is Greater Than the Expectation

The Plan is Greater Than the Expectation

My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity. -Alcoholics Anonymous – Big Book It is natural for human beings to have expectations in people, places, and things and the way they...
Faith Restored

Faith Restored

I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. (Job 2:25) In the fall of 2017, we observed the 50th Anniversary of our Confirmations and entry into the...