Jesus is the firstborn from among those who do what is true and come to the light, so that there is no doubt that...
Ross Dizon
Win With the Victorious Over the World
by Ross Dizon | August 8, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Jesus has overcome the world. That is why those who put their faith and trust in him cannot but win in the face of trials, woes, doubts.
God-with-us in Our Joys and Our Griefs
by Ross Dizon | August 1, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Supreme Value of the Kingdom of God
by Ross Dizon | July 25, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Rush to Condemn and to Exclude
by Ross Dizon | July 18, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Lowly, meek and patient, Jesus bears with the weak and annoying. We learn from him to bear with one another and not rush to judge.
Commit to the Poor of Flesh and Blood
by Ross Dizon | Sep 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus goes about doing good; he loves in deed and truth. He does not just commit to an ideology. St. Vincent is like...
Admire the Thoughts and Ways of God
by Ross Dizon | Sep 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus makes known to us God, who is good to all and has mercy on all he has made, and whose thoughts and ways we are...
Lowliness, Simplicity, Truth and Freedom
by Ross Dizon | Aug 23, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the poorest of the poor on whom God looks with favor due to the simplicity, lowliness and awe of him that they show. Does it bother Jesus that his fellow guests, leading Pharisees, and maybe the host, too, watch him closely? If he shows that it does, it may...
Meal of Salvation, Meal of Judgment
by Ross Dizon | Aug 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the meal to which we are all invited, so that we may not perish but have eternal life. Do we come to it wearing the proper attire? To enter God’s kingdom, it is not enough to be in a meal with Jesus, once, twice or more. He says so as he answers one who...
Burn with Zeal for the Kingdom of God
by Ross Dizon | Aug 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus cannot but burn with zeal for God’s kingdom. For he has come to proclaim it, to bring it in, and to bring it about to the full. In many places, trees, houses and other things burn in fires. We are sorry, of course, for the deaths, losses and harm that fires...
Alert to the Dangers the World Poses
by Ross Dizon | Aug 2, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the cry that seek to alert us of the risks that we run. For we live in a world that fosters individualism and hoarding. Not a few of Jesus’ teachings, the paradoxes in particular, raise eyebrows and puzzle. Through them, he holds those who hear him...
Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vanity
by Ross Dizon | Jul 26, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is clear-headedness in person. He brings to light the vanity, the emptiness, of the life of those who love and serve money. Jesus grants and does not grant what a man who feels disinherited asks him to do. For, in the first place, the Teacher says “no.” He...
Steadfast in their Prayers, and Trusting
by Ross Dizon | Jul 19, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the reason why God does not hold back from those who are steadfast in their prayers the blessings they ask for with trust. The teaching today is that we should be steadfast in our prayers. And it seems that what is good about being steadfast is that we annoy...
Host to Jesus, the Word Made Flesh
by Ross Dizon | Jul 12, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is God’s most tender call to us humans. He is at the same time the warmest human host to God that waits at the door to be let in. On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus stops where Martha and Mary live. The sisters, not like those in Samaria, play host to him. Maybe...
Roundabout Ways We Take to Get Our Way
by Ross Dizon | Jul 5, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the image of the invisible God. He is the roundabout way that means much more to us than all the other roundabout ways God has taken. Many, if not all, have taken roundabout ways. The Hebrews, as God plans it, take a roundabout way as they leave Egypt....
Laborers of the Lord of the Harvest
by Ross Dizon | Jun 28, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
God’s Anointed and Sent One is here. And with him comes great harvest. That is why there is need for not a few laborers. God hears those who pray and ask, “May there be plenty of grain in the land. May it sway on the peaks of the mountains.” But, of course, to...