Think of the Holy Spirit as the transmission that transfers energy from the engine to the wheels. The engine is the story of God’s love and compassion revealed in Jesus Christ, and the wheels are Christ’s Church empowered by the Holy Spirit to embody and share God’s love and compassion with the world. For almost […]
Let us pray that our faith be strong and bold: Lord our God, you desire that our lives be full of truth and love. You have entrusted it to us as a task to be brought to a good end in partnership with you. Give us, your servants, a trusting faith, firm, loyal, enduring, and […]
First Timothy points out that the craving for riches distorts our perspective on life and damages our relationship with God and other in that the love of money, or power, or fame alienates us from God and neighbor (1 Timothy 6:9-10). Yet, what shall we do if we have abundance? Paul has an answer and I paraphrase: Those with […]
Let us pray to God for compassionate and generous hearts: Our generous and loving God, your Son Jesus is risen from the dead and tells us to see the needs of the poor and to give them food and drink. May we recognize your Son in them. We ask this in the name of Jesus […]
The early Christians such as those addressed in 1 Timothy were a minority religion, and as in any society a minority religion could easily become a scapegoat and suffer persecution. The early Christians did not want to send the wrong message |to the world around them. This does not mean they forsook the faith, rather […]
Let us pray to the Lord that we be fair and generous to all: Just and merciful God, may we neither adore money and possessions nor sacrifice the poor to them. May our hearts be gentle and compassionate so that we not neglect the dispossessed and those trampled upon. May we share with them in […]
