Jesus is all things to all. He leads those who live for others and deny themselves. For they do not seek their own...
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by Ross Dizon | May 16, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
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by Ross Dizon | Aug 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is all things to all. He leads those who live for others and deny themselves. For they do not seek their own...
by Ross Dizon | Aug 22, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Teacher who shows us by words and by works what it means to become all things to all for the sake of God’s kingdom.
by Ross Dizon | Aug 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, our peace, makes one the Jews and those who are not Jews: the foreigners. He tears down, through the cross, the wall of hate that separates them.
by Ross Dizon | Oct 5, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus teaches by word and deed that we cannot serve God and money. Hence, to obsess about making money is to reject his teaching. The man who draws to Jesus seems to obsess about being saved. For he runs up to him and quickly kneels down. Of course, he also...
by Ross Dizon | Sep 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
The wisdom of God made flesh dwells with us. He is delighted to be with us. But he wants, first of all, to delight us. The scribes and the Pharisees time and again test Jesus. At best, they seek to connect with him. At worse, they set a snare for his steps. But...
by Ross Dizon | Sep 25, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is constitutive of the Christian community. Do we say and live this as St. Vincent? Moises makes clear what truly matters. Jesus does so too. For the two of them, it is not about us. Or the group that we make up, chosen and gifted so as to serve others. ...
by Ross Dizon | Sep 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus burns with zeal for the house, for the kingdom, of God. Needless to say, the disciples are to be as zealous as their Teacher. John and Joshua show that they are zealous. John’s zeal is for those to whom Jesus has given the power to drive out demons. And...
by Ross Dizon | Sep 14, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus alone is Lord, the Most High, for there is no better and more lowly servant of all than he. Hence, to mistake his greatness with that of the world is to be foolish before him. As it turns out, Jesus is right to ask his disciples to tell no one that he is the...
by Ross Dizon | Sep 7, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed. To know and confess him so is to go beyond rumors; it is to live and die like him. There are rumors that Jesus is John the Baptist who is back to life. Or is Elijah who is expected to come before the Day of the Lord...
by Ross Dizon | Aug 31, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus opens our ears and makes loose the strings of our tongues. He enables us to make gestures that heal and speak words that proclaim God’s kingdom. Amazing magic for the sake of a deaf and mute in a place where pagans live? If this is what Jesus’ gestures make us...
by Ross Dizon | Aug 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows us the new that one has yet to see or hear or think of. To be his disciples, we have to make a fresh start. The Pharisees and scribes ask Jesus why his disciples do not follow the tradition of the elders. It is because the disciples eat with hands that...
by Ross Dizon | Aug 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus comes down from heaven and dwells among us. He takes up our flesh of death to give us spirit and life. He wants us to rise. The Jews were the ones who grumbled before when Jesus said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” Those who grumble now are...