Category: Weekly Message

In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus prepares His disciples for His impending death. He is on His way to Jerusalem and the Cross. He teaches them that discipleship is humble service rather than position and power. Service and humility are sterling qualities of discipleship and true marks of greatness. They have to learn from Jesus that ministry is shared responsibility …

Jesus is the wisdom of God in person, the summit of the divine wisdom, the intelligence of God who comes down from above. The wisdom of God is contained in the teachings of Jesus and is accessible to those who live by His Spirit. God’s wisdom is found only along the way of the Cross. It is only through the …

In the Gospel of Mark (Chapter 8:27-35), Jesus speaks for the first time about the Cross. He speaks for the first time about His passion and death. And that was shocking to the disciples especially Peter because the Jews expected the Messiah to be a powerful, triumphant military king like David who will drive out the Romans and reestablish the …

The sayings and teachings of Jesus are hard. His disciples were shocked to hear His bread of life discourse. They said, “Who can accept it?” And many of them left and no longer accompanied Him. There are many hard  sayings of Jesus that He left us. “Love your enemies, pray for your persecutors, forgive your brother not seven times but …

Jesus is the perfect revelation of God’s love. He is the sign par excellence of the invisible God. He speaks and acts in the person of the one true God. Hence, He is the New Temple, the new place of encounter with God. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. He is the bridge between …

The Bread of life discourse of Jesus from the gospel of John chapter 6 is the revelation of who Jesus is. It is the initiative of God and the invasion of grace. It is the miracle of love because Jesus is the living bread that sustains and nourishes us in our journey. He is the living bread that came down …

Jesus said, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life!” These words are shocking to the Jews. They sound like cannibalism. Many of the disciples of Jesus left him. What is Jesus saying here? He reveals Himself as the New Lamb. This is a sacrificial language. This points to the Passover lamb sacrificed to save the lives …

Every mother who has ever lost sight of her child in a crowd, even for a few seconds, knows the panic. I think of Mary living with that level of anxiety for three straight days. I doubt she slept, but I’m sure Joseph forced her to lie down at night, imploring her to think of her health, to rest while …

It’s so easy to do the right thing because we want to tick all the right boxes. We want to live by the law. We want to accomplish the work of God. Or, at least, we say that we do. But Jesus tells us that in order to accomplish the work of God, we have to believe in the one …

Burnout. Recent studies suggest that roughly two-thirds of doctors and nurses have signs of it. You probably know what burnout is: long-term stress leading to emotional exhaustion and a lack of a sense of personal accomplishment. Burnout can threaten anyone who tries to seriously serve and love others. How does our faith inform this challenging experience, and how do we …