Jesus calls all the little folks, weary and burdened, to give them rest. Their load comes from the wise who seek to hinder them.
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Greatest Love for the Neighbor
by Ross Reyes Dizon | October 29, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Hinder the Plans That God Has For Us
by Ross Reyes Dizon | October 1, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Jesus calls all the little folks, weary and burdened, to give them rest. Their load comes from the wise who seek to hinder them.
Haughty That Are on the Way to Gehenna
by Ross Reyes Dizon | September 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Eyes and a Heart Directed toward the Poor
by Ross Reyes Dizon | September 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Jesus makes clear what it means to have eyes and a heart for those who are poor. Those who follow him are to have eyes and a heart for them also.
Haughty That Are on the Way to Gehenna
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 24, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is meek and lowly of heart. Hence, he wants us to be meek and lowly of heart also, and not at all haughty. ...
Eyes and a Heart Directed toward the Poor
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus makes clear what it means to have eyes and a heart for those who are poor. Those who follow him are to have eyes and a heart for them also.
Ambitions that Are Selfish and Unfettered
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 17, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Christ on the cross is the last of all and the servant of all. He puts to shame all those with ambitions to be the first and the greatest. Like most of us, the disciples of Jesus, for sure, have their ambitions. After all, they, too, have the right to be better....
Proclaim that Jesus Is the Christ
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 10, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed. And we proclaim this, of course, one with Peter and all the Church. Peter gets to proclaim that Jesus is the Christ. And the latter tells his disciples right away to speak about it to no one. He then teaches them that...
Groan while Yearning to Be Free
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 3, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the one who makes us truly free. He cannot but groan as he sees that we do not yet enjoy the freedom he wants us to have. Jesus heaves a groan as he heals a man who is deaf and cannot talk. Such a groan may be a sign of his compassion. It may also mean it...
Clean and Not Clean in the Eyes of God
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the one who sees God. Hence, he cannot but be the eldest among many brothers and sisters who are clean of heart. Those God has chosen are not to add to what he commands or subtract from it. Does not this make known that his commands must stay plain, clean,...
Go to Him Who Has the Words of Eternal Life
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the fullness of the law and the prophets. To go to him means to hear words of eternal life and to know the Holy One of God.
Live Forever in Union with Jesus
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 14, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gives us his flesh to eat and his blood to drink. To eat his flesh and to drink his blood means to have life and to live forever.
Bread from Heaven for Weak Wayfarers
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the true bread from heaven that the Father gives us. To eat this bread means to gain strength and to live forever.
Bread of Life that Truly Gives Us our Fill
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the bread of life that has come down from heaven. To go to him and to believe in him means to never hunger or thirst again.
Fill Up All Those Who Are Hungry
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, like his Father, is attentive to our needs. He does not fail to fill up those of us who hunger for what we lack. Those who were dying of hunger in the desert did not have to return to Egypt to fill up themselves. For the one who had brought them out of...