Jesus soothes those who are weary and carry heavy burden. To take his yoke and learn from him is to know the Father...
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Approach Jesus Christ with All Our Being
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Preach the Good News to the Poor
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 17, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Give Witness to the Lamb of God
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 10, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Disrupt the State of Affairs Today
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 3, 2023 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Paradoxes: Signs of the New Creation
by Ross Reyes 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....
Fears the Sent Ones Must Overcome
by Ross Reyes 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...
Ability to Hasten the Coming of the Lord
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Nov 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shares with us his anointing and mission to bring the Good News to the poor. He gives tasks to each one according to one’s ability. By the grace of God, we have the ability to believe in Jesus. But when he comes after a long time, will he find faith on earth?...
Bright and Dull in the Eyes of God
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Nov 3, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ will come at an hour that we do not expect. That is why we must be ready and be among the bright, not among the dull. Four Sundays ago, we heard that among God’s guests were bad and good folks. Today we hear that the bright and the dull make up those...
Happy and Glad Followers of Jesus
by Ross Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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....