Ross Dizon
Perfect as Our Father in Heaven
by Ross Dizon | February 15, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Fulfill with All Our Heart What God Wants
by Ross Dizon | February 7, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Delight the Earth and Enlighten the World
by Ross Dizon | January 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Approach Jesus Christ with All Our Being
by Ross Dizon | January 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
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Paradoxes: Signs of the New Creation
by Ross Dizon | Jun 29, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus brings in the new creation. The paradoxes that he lives and teaches let us know what the new creation means....
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Fears the Sent Ones Must Overcome
by Ross Dizon | Jun 21, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus comes to his own people and they persecute him. This will also be the fate of his disciples. They waver due to...
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Sheep Who Do Not Have a Shepherd
by Ross Dizon | Jun 13, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the Good Shepherd, seeks the good of the sheep. He is not like those who steal, slaughter and destroy as they...
Joyful to See the Lord in Their Midst
by Ross Dizon | Apr 6, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
The risen Christ stands in the midst of his disciples and wishes them peace. He shows them his hands and his side. And they turn joyful. The disciples are not at all joyful after the death of Jesus. They are even broken and hopeless. For not only do they miss their...
Attest that Jesus Is among the Living
by Ross Dizon | Mar 30, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has risen and has appeared to his disciples. He chooses them as witnesses who will attest that he is alive. The disciples have not seen Jesus rise from the dead. At first, Mary Magdalen can only attest that she has seen the stone removed from the tomb. And for...
Hosannas that Cry Out for Sense and Truthfulness
by Ross Dizon | Mar 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the awaited Messiah from king David’s lineage. That is why, as he enters Jerusalem, the crowds cheer him with hosannas. Jesus does not turn down the hosannas of the crowds, which shows that he is quite aware that he is the Messiah. He shows no inferiority...
Enlighten and Glorify Men and Women
by Ross Dizon | Mar 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has come to enlighten the Gentiles and to give glory to Israel (Lk 2, 32). Hence, he cannot but draw all to himself. Scholars say that the accounts of Matthew, Mark and Luke show Jesus as the Suffering Servant. In John, on the other hand, Jesus is kingly and...
Crucified Jesus: Despair and Hope; Death and Life
by Ross Dizon | Mar 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, crucified for the wicked is the best proof that God loves us (Rom 5, 8). It is enough for us to gaze on him to believe and live forever. It seems odd to me that the serpent that brings death is the sign of healing (Num 21, 4-9). But Jesus goes along with the...
Hallow, Honor the Temple of the Lord
by Ross Dizon | Mar 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the final temple that we must hallow. For through him, God is in the midst of the people in the best way that no one can surpass. Zeal for God’s house gets the better of Jesus. That is why he is mad at the merchants and money changers in the temple area. ...
Walk before the Lord with Faith
by Ross Dizon | Feb 23, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gives us a model to follow so that we may do what he does. We only need to walk with him to learn to walk before the Lord. One can guess that Abraham cannot help to walk sometimes with nearby peoples. It would be odd, then, if he does not know that they make...
Moments of Trial and Fall, Triumph and Grace
by Ross Dizon | Feb 16, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Good News for all the moments of joy, light, sorrow and glory. Are we his followers such Good News? Matthew’s account of the temptation of Jesus has eleven verses; Luke’s, thirteen. But there are just two in Mark's. The two show that Jesus spends...
Hands Outstretched to the Quarantined
by Ross Dizon | Feb 9, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus stretches out his hand to the quarantined, marginalized, excluded, unclean. His followers are to stretch out their hands to them, too. The law asks quarantine for those with leprosy, though this may be no more than a skin eruption. And others should not touch...