LOVE LIFTS UP AND GRACE COMES DOWN
Let us invite your Love to permeate our lives, your warmth hugging the cracks in our hearts. In giving you all of our pieces, you've made us whole.
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David Romero, SJ
LOVE MOVES THROUGH HEARTBREAK
Perhaps God being close to our brokenheartedness means that the opportunity for greater Love is near.
WELL, WELL, WELL: WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE
Whenever I feel that the harsh realities are too overwhelming, I need to remind myself of what I do have: God’s healing love for me.
DESTINED FOR GREATNESS?
No matter who we are, what we accomplish, or what we become, God will always be with us.
“I LOVE YOU, YOU LOVE ME”
One day, I want to say I love myself so confidently that I have to love everyone and God even more.
WITH OPEN HANDS
I’m learning to loosen my grip and lean into the grace of being a steward. To care deeply, but not cling.
THE GOSPEL OF AWAKENING
Perhaps prayer is like “becoming fully awake.” It’s about paying attention. It’s about having a disposition of open hands & an open heart to receive.
JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU
I have no reason to doubt that this dry season is the perfect background for this Lenten Journey.
SEEKING AN ACCEPTABLE OFFERING
Let us reflect on how we can learn to dignify the lives of others by lightening the load of those who suffer; and by this, be healed also.
THE PATH oOF ONGOING CONVERSION
Faith, like life, requires intentionality. It’s only through a life of humble discipleship can we find true meaning and purpose.
A SEASON FOR SOFTENING
Perhaps Lent is about letting go of what weighs us down so that healing has space to enter.
TOUCH HIS WOUNDS AND BELIEVE
On this Divine Mercy Sunday, Jesus doesn't condemn Thomas for his disbelief, but compassionately offers up his wounds because he wants him to believe.
RESURRECTION
Today there is an opportunity to live not just any life, but one that proclaims the Gospel through how we engage with each person that we encounter.
GREETING JESUS AS OURSELVES
As long as we can welcome Him as we are, the Risen Christ will gladly visit and stay with us, giving us warmth and spiritual sustenance.
CONVERSION
Conversion is a delight. God is forever working with and within us to call us to embrace all of creation.
FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS
Our encounter with the Lord and his accompaniment of us in those ways help open our hearts to see, love, and serve him in others.
THE FIRST PHONE CALL
All of these first hearers and witnesses to the Resurrection could not keep the news to themselves.
FEARFUL AND OVERJOYED
Our commitments to our loved ones enables us to face the challenge, even with the fear, because we have a purpose.
SMELLS LIKE JESUS
Sometimes Jesus comes in the “sweetness” of life, but sometimes Jesus comes in the mess of life and challenges us to look beyond ourselves.