As we kick off our Fan the Flame journey, we want to see that this is about the fire of faith in each of our hearts. Our readings illustrate the “triangle of fire.” In order to have a fire you need heat, fuel and oxygen. If any are missing, no
It is the second Sunday of Easter, the end of the great octave. The vestiges of our Easter joy can still be felt. Yet, a faint shadow has snuck into our celebrations in the form of Thomas’ doubt and our own. Jesus is risen, and yet we can’t hel
"Who will roll away the stone for us?" the women ask. This is a profound spiritual question. Had Jesus not rolled it away, we would be stuck in our graves forever. But even now, that stone traps us in this life, a life filled with the fear of d
Too often we have a false perspective of our suffering and only want to escape it.Jesus wants to show us through his suffering that there is some good in our suffering.Jesus welcomes us into his wounds so that we can see that perspective.
The great spiritual paradox is shared by Jesus today: “Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.” (John 12:25).This is not self-hatred. It means that you think so little of your
Today, Jesus asks us to sacrifice our crooked, disordered desire so that he might give us a greater, divinized desire. This is terribly difficult because our desires seem to be one of the deepest things about us. Satan has manipulated us into t
There is objective truth.The more we hold onto our own, subjective truths the more they kill us. Jesus who is THE TRUTH comes to free us from the lies that deceive us and reminds us of the truest thing in the world: God and his love for us.
Today Jesus is giving you and me, Abraham and Isaac, Peter and the disciples, and the whole church catholic a test: will we choose God or will we choose the treasures of God? Too often we choose the treasures of God because we think they’ll rel
Our theme for Lent this year is “Sacrifice.” Sacrifice is natural to humans - because love sacrifices and humans are made to love - just like God. We see his love above all in his sacrifice. Which calls us to respond in the same. This week we a
Our theme for Lent this year is “Sacrifice.” We begin our journey on Ash Weds with this invitation: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
For His Glory is why we built our beautiful church. But For His Glory is why we live. Those 3 words become the measure of our lives. God does not need us to give him glory. But he gives his glory to us so that we can enjoy him and be all that h