Grace Unmerited
Grace can be thought of as unmerited favor. God gives grace to everyone, everyday and at every moment reaching out to each of us, all the while calling us to repentance. In Revelations 3:20, we see God’s heart revealed, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone...
What does God want?
Throughout my life, people have asked me, what does God want of me. I think the best scripture to reflect on comes from Micah 6:8 where God reveals the following. “You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do...
Suffering
Recently, I reviewed Bishop Barron’s reflection on St. Francis with my men’s group. Soon after my initial experience with God, St. Francis became my ideal saint to read and understand. Bishop Barron presented Francis in the light of being most like a radical Christian who wanted to follow Jesus...
Reflection by Fr. Larry Thorpe
Pentecost is my favorite religious celebration. It is often called the “Birthday of the Church” since absent the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles, there would be no Church today. The Holy Spirit was present at creation referenced as the “Ruah Elohim” in Hebrew or the “Life ...
Pentecost
In just under a week, we celebrate the feast of Pentecost. The readings begin to focus on the coming of the Holy Spirit and during these nine days preceding Pentecost, we pray to grow closer to the third person of the trinity and to be filled with the gifts...
The Bread of Life
Today, we come to the end of John 6, the discourse on the bread of life, in the gospel readings in this Easter season. The last couple of weeks we have heard Jesus proclaim that he is the bread of life, the manna God the Father sent to all...
Abundant Grace
All of us are sinners and in this Easter season, we are reminded of the divine mercy of God, who came to redeem us. Recently I was praying before the blessed sacrament and heard that still small voice speak to me about areas of my life that need to...
Overcoming Darkness in Our Time
The sacred scriptures in John 1: 5 tell us, “the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Jesus is the light of the world who came to remove the veil woven over the nations, to dispel the darkness, so we could live in the...
Believing in Jesus
All of Christendom is based upon belief that Jesus rose from the dead. St. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:14, “And if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith.” So belief is absolute trust in what God said and our experience...
Our Rock
”The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” Psalm 18:2 In today’s readings we see Jeremiah calling out to God in the midst of hard circumstances of...
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