Conversion to a Unconditional Discipleship

Conversion to a Unconditional Discipleship

  Inventory  Do I ever grow weary of praying? Of reading Scripture or reflecting on the word of God? Do I sometimes feel it is useless, that nothing ever comes of it? Do I ever feel that God just doesn’t care about me?  Input  The Responsorial Psalm is the first...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Saturday, April 12, 2025

  The Responsorial Verse is: “The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock” (from Jeremiah 31:10-13).  Ezekiel 37:21-28 is God’s solemn promise to restore unity among his People: “I will save them from all the apostasies into which they have...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Friday, April 11, 2025

  The Responsorial Psalm brings to mind a fundamental principle of the spiritual life, a truth we need to know: sometimes we enter into our deepest, most certain knowledge of God when he seems most far away. “In my distress I called upon the Lord and he heard my...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Thursday, April 10, 2025

The Responsorial Psalm gives us a motive to persevere in discipleship: “The Lord remembers his covenant forever” (Psalm 105). Discipleship is a covenant between teacher and learner. We are certain God will keep his side of the bargain.  In Genesis 17: 3-9, God made...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

  The Responsorial Psalm teaches us to look beyond the present moment and believe in what God can and will do. Then we will sing: “Glory and praise forever!” (Daniel 3: 52-56).  Daniel 3: 14-95 is an example of unconditional faith and loyalty to God. When...