Surrender to the Holy One

Friends, on this Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, I want to focus on the Second Reading from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans. The eighth chapter of Romans represents the culmination of an argument Paul’s been making, and the reading for today is the rhetorical high point of ...  Show more

Friends, peace be with you—an echo of the words of the risen Jesus in our Gospel for the Second Sunday of Easter, also called Mercy Sunday. Christ gives his disciples the gift of shalom (peace). But there’s an exceptionally important juxtaposition here: He also shows them his wou ...  Show more

The Passover has occured and the people are led to Mount Sinai to receive the Law. In oder for the people to trust that Moses is God's chosen leader and follow direction, God speaks so that every Israelite can hear Him. However, the people are chilled to the bone, find out why! . ...  Show more

Jesus is superior to Moses. 

Moses first asks, Who am I? Then Who are you? Today, he asks what f they don’t believe me? A legitimate question. We must realize the important thing is our obedience to God and His calling on your life. 

Today we will look at the stories of Moses and Isaiah. They encountered the holiness of God and were changed forever. As we look upon him, may we be changed just the same. Know that as you come before him, you are loved by him and made right with him through the blood of Jesus. H ...  Show more