Daily Reflections

Evil things come from within, from the heart, Jesus tells the crowd. His point is that we have a responsibility to nurture godly matters of the heart, rather than evil things.

Liturgy, our prayers, and our obedience are important, absolutely, but they are not the ultimate point. They are the means by which we are fed so we can enter into something deeper, enabling us to bring in the outcast, feed the hungry, defend the powerless, stand against injustice, and live as Jesus did.

The two days before Ash Wednesday we will read the beginning of the Letter of James, ‘…the sun withers the flower, its beauty perishes, so the way of the rich, they will wither away. (James 1:11).

Jesus reminds that when salt becomes insipid it is useless. Perhaps he is telling us that faith without works is meaningless. 

Shortly, we can start remembering the beauty of Mother Nature in Springtime--Lent.

Something is radically changing. The lid on the church’s powerful social teachings, rooted in the commands of Jesus, is being blown off.

The disciples in preaching repentance are asking people to change the way they are thinking

May God bless us, day by day – ourselves, our families and friends, and all in need of healing and encouragement!

Today, we – from our resources of talent, time and capacity can carry him across – not across oceans necessarily – but across cultures, traditions, generations so that his message and healing presence might be known by many. 

In today’s Gospel, we hear that Simeon, an old man who is described as righteous and devout, was moved by the Holy Spirit to come into the temple courts when Jesus was there.