Monthly Archives: December 2005

CHAPTER 1 — EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER 2 — INTIMACY WITH GOD CHAPTER 3 — THE MYSTERY OF THE BELOVED DISCIPLE CHAPTER 4 — WITNESS CHAPTER 5 – WHO ARE THE PROPHETS? WHERE ARE THE PROPHETS? CHAPTER 6 — EMPTY CHAPTER 7 … Continue reading →

The preceding chapters represent an attempt to convey one consistent theme that has been repeatedly impressed upon our minds and hearts: Jesus gives to each person the invitation to eternal life with him, his Father, and the Holy Spirit. This … Continue reading →

The call to intimacy with God is also the call to healing and wholeness. For many Christians, the initial contact with Jesus, the first experience of his person, and the beginning of an intimate relationship with him comes through healing. … Continue reading →

"This is my body…This is my blood…" Central to the faith and worship of Roman Catholics and many other Christians is the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist. To Catholics, Eucharist is the Most Blessed Sacrament, and indeed it … Continue reading →

When we use the name of Jesus, what does this mean? Paul tells us that we are to do everything in his name:  "Whatever you do, whether in speech or in action, do it in the name of the Lord … Continue reading →

Is the Fourth Eucharistic prayer, the celebrant prays:  "Father, we acknowledge your greatness; all your actions show your wisdom arid love. You formed man in your own likeness and set.him over the whole world to serve you, his creator, and … Continue reading →

The wedding by itself is not the totality of the sacrament of matrimony; the marriage itself is the sacrament. Matrimony, which begins with the wedding, is, by definition of the Church, a sacrament. Matrimony is, therefore, very important to God. … Continue reading →

So much of Jesus’s teaching to the people and to his disciples took the form of parables. Stories meant to get across only one or two points, parables challenge the listener to try to understand, to try to see things … Continue reading →

In our profession of faith and in our prayers, we proclaim that Jesus is Lord! He is the Lord of all creation, Lord of the Church, and, if we so choose, he is the Lord of our lives.   For … Continue reading →

On the road to Emmaus… this vignette, in the twenty-fourth chapter of the Gospel according to Luke, of two downcast disciples encountering the risen Lord, has repeatedly captured the imagination of Christians since, as they have reflected on their own … Continue reading →