The Day of Yahweh 11/02/2025 “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life and I shall raise him on the last day.”
Blessed Be the Kingdom 11/01/2025 Solemnity of All Saints Scripture Readings Once again, on this Solemnity of All Saints, I can’t stress more emphatically how badly I believe that traditional Christianity—including our own Roman Catholic Church—has distorted the message of…
Read more: Blessed Be the Kingdom Out of Unconsciousness 10/26/2025 “…for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
God, Our Justice 10/19/2025 “I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.”
Dispositions toward Prayer 10/12/2025 “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.”
But You Do Not Intervene 10/05/2025 “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”
Condemnation or Consolation? 09/28/2025 “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.”
God and Mammon 09/21/2025 “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones.”
The Cross: Doorway and Key 09/14/2025 “…he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.”
Conscious Discipleship 09/07/2025 “This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.”
God’s Banquet of Love 08/31/2025 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor.”
Strive to Enter 08/24/2025 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate.”
Transformative Change 08/17/2025 “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.”
Unholy Trinity Antidote 08/10/2025 “Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.”
The Unholy Trinity Heresy 08/03/2025 “You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you.”
Lord, Teach Us to Pray 07/27/2025 “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
The Better Part 07/20/2025 “Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
What Must I Do? 07/13/2025 “And who is my neighbor?”
Practical Discipleship 07/06/2025 “At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”
Unity in Diversity 06/29/2025 “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.”
The Transparent Body of Christ 06/22/2025 Corpus Christi Scripture Readings The universe was never intended to be opaque. As a matter of fact, as long as humans have walked this planet, each society, each culture, has acknowledged the transparency of creation…
Read more: The Transparent Body of Christ God of Mystery, God of Reality 06/15/2025 “Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you..”
Spirit of Life, Spirit of Love 06/08/2025 “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
The Ascension and You 06/01/2025 “As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.”
The Unity Prayer 05/25/2025 Sixth Sunday of Easter (First Reading)Sixth Sunday of Easter (Second and Gospel Readings) This morning, we have in our gospel reading the second half of a prayer offered by Jesus himself as quoted by John.…
Read more: The Unity Prayer The Glory of God Manifest 05/18/2025 “I give you a new commandment: love one another.”
The Shepherd’s Promise 05/11/2025 “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
A Supplement for the Church 05/04/2025 “So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
Patron Saint of Skeptics 04/27/2025 Second Sunday of Easter Scripture Readings These few verses, encompassing two appearances of the risen Jesus to his disciples, were meant to be the conclusion of John’s Gospel and a parallel to the Prologue that…
Read more: Patron Saint of Skeptics What Do You Do Now? 04/20/2025 Easter Sunday Scripture Readings The tomb is empty. What do you do now? What do you do after life mocked your life-long hopes and dreams and condemned them to a slow and painful death? What…
Read more: What Do You Do Now? The Empty Tomb 04/20/2025 “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.”
Power, The Great Delusion 04/18/2025 “It is finished.”
A New Commandment 04/18/2025 “I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts 04/13/2025 “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”
Sin and the Law 04/06/2025 “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Why Forgive? 03/30/2025 “But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
The Forbearance of God 03/23/2025 “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
Transformational Experience 03/16/2025 “Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my chosen Son; listen to him.`”
Lead Us Not into Temptation 03/09/2025 “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.”
Rewards of Penitence 03/05/2025 “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them”
Blind Self-Reliance 03/02/2025 “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.”
Magical Thinking 02/23/2025 “…love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
Luke’s Joys and Woes 02/16/2025 “And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.’”
What’s He Getting At? 02/09/2025 “Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.’”
Gaining Spiritual Discernment 02/02/2025 “A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”
Jesus Was Different 01/26/2025 “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing”
More Than Just a Wedding 01/19/2025 “They have no wine.”
The Holy Spirit Comes 01/12/2025 “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Your Light Has Come 01/05/2025 “They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother.”
The Messiest Miracle 01/01/2025 “And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.”
Who Is My Family? 12/29/2024 “The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.”
The Word Made Flesh 12/25/2024 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life and I shall raise him on the last day.”
“…for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
“I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.”
“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.”
“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”
“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.”
“The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones.”
“…he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.”
“This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.”
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor.”
“Strive to enter through the narrow gate.”
“Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.”
“Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.”
“You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you.”
“Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
“Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
“And who is my neighbor?”
“At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”
“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.”
Corpus Christi Scripture Readings The universe was never intended to be opaque. As a matter of fact, as long as humans have walked this planet, each society, each culture, has acknowledged the transparency of creation… Read more: The Transparent Body of Christ
“Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you..”
“Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
“As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.”
Sixth Sunday of Easter (First Reading)Sixth Sunday of Easter (Second and Gospel Readings) This morning, we have in our gospel reading the second half of a prayer offered by Jesus himself as quoted by John.… Read more: The Unity Prayer
“I give you a new commandment: love one another.”
“My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
“So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
Easter Sunday Scripture Readings The tomb is empty. What do you do now? What do you do after life mocked your life-long hopes and dreams and condemned them to a slow and painful death? What… Read more: What Do You Do Now?
“It is finished.”
“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”
“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
“But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
“Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
“Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my chosen Son; listen to him.`”
“Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.”
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them”
“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.”
“…love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
“And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.’”
“A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people Israel.”
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing”
“They have no wine.”
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
“They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother.”
“And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.”
“The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”