Jesus is the most blessed of those who are blessed since they fulfill what God wants. And he is the way that leads to...
Ross Dizon
Crucible That Tests Our Hearts
by Ross Dizon | September 24, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Cut off from Us All Self-Sufficiency
by Ross Dizon | September 20, 2022 | Formation | 0 Comments
Money That Is Not Deemed Righteous
by Ross Dizon | September 13, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Bother Those of Strict Observance
by Ross Dizon | September 6, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Delight the Earth and Enlighten the World
by Ross Dizon | Jan 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the great light that shines on those who walk in the dark. He is the delight of those who live in the land...
Approach Jesus Christ with All Our Being
by Ross Dizon | Jan 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the Son through whom God has spoken to us humans in these last days. We Christians are to approach and hear...
Happy and Glad Followers of Jesus
by Ross Dizon | Oct 27, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows us by words and deeds what true happiness is. That is because he wants us to be happy and glad to the fullest. Jesus proclaims happy the wretched in the eyes of the world. That is to say, he breaks the mold: he announces a counterculture; he fosters...
Deeds, Indeed, and Not Just Words
by Ross Dizon | Oct 20, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies the truth that good deeds are love and not good words and reasons. Do we really live up to this truth? We are often encouraged to love God (SV.EN XI:32). “But let it be with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brows.” That is to say, love...
Trap Is All It Is, There Is No Doubt
by Ross Dizon | Oct 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus probes the heart and searches the mind. That is why those who seek to catch him and set a trap for him fall into it themselves. The Pharisees and their followers are against the payment of taxes to Caesar. The Herodians, on the other hand, are for it. But it...
Guests at the Kingly Wedding Feast
by Ross Dizon | Oct 6, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the fullness of God’s revelation. And so through him, we get to know fully that God wants us all to be his pleasing guests. As it turns out, those who are to be the guests at the start are not worthy. And that is why the king thinks it fit to turn into...
Trustworthy and Fruitful Tenants
by Ross Dizon | Sep 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies the trust to the extreme that God puts in us. And such trust lifts us up so that we become fruitful, trustworthy and ready to give God the fruit that is due him. God must surely take us to be trustworthy. Or he would not lease us his vineyard. That...
Bond with God and with Human Beings
by Ross Dizon | Sep 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ embodies the genuine bond with God and with humans. Through him, fully revealed and done is the will of God. Jesus tells a parable to the chief priests and the elders of the people. Even we who live today understand it easily. That is because it is...
Equal Treatment of Everyone in Need
by Ross Dizon | Sep 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the one who reveals God. This God is good to all and makes equal those who do little to those who do much. The God that Jesus reveals is very good. Equal to the landowner who goes out five times to hire workers, God gives livelihood to those who need it....
Seventy Times Seven: to Live Is to Forgive
by Ross Dizon | Sep 8, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus fulfills the law and the prophets. That is why he corrects Peter and says that we have to forgive seventy times seven. We say, “Three strikes and you are out,” though we hear, too, “One is enough, two is too much.” So, seven is not a mean thing. If it seems...
Agree and Disagree in the Church
by Ross Dizon | Sep 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is in our midst as we gather together in his name. It is due to him that we agree with one other and with our Father in heaven. It is enough that two agree, that two or three gather.... So, in the first place, we do not need a megachurch. Nor is it needed, in...