Jesus teaches us to worship the Father in Spirit and truth. He also warns us that we cannot serve God and money....
Ross Dizon
Ruler and Savior, Lord and Messiah, Good Shepherd
by Ross Dizon | April 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Catch the Good News of Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | April 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Read the Signs of Jesus in Our Midst
by Ross Dizon | April 2, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Set Free, out of Love, the Oppressed
by Ross Dizon | March 26, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Bother Those of Strict Observance
by Ross Dizon | Sep 6, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows us God who is rich in mercy. He welcomes sinners and eats with them. This does bother not a few folks....
Followers of Jesus, Thinking, Wise
by Ross Dizon | Aug 30, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies what he teaches on being thoughtful and purposeful. He asks all his followers to be so, and thus the...
Neighbor Even to Our Hateful Enemies
by Ross Dizon | Jul 9, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, more than anybody else, is neighbor to us. Dealing mercifully with those in need, we get to do as he does. A legal scholar tests Jesus, and Jesus turns the tables on him and tests him. The scholar, however, passes the test. But not wanting perhaps to come...
Marks of Jesus in Those He Is Sending
by Ross Dizon | Jul 2, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus tells us to go on our way. He sends us like lambs among wolves, proclaiming that the kingdom of God is at hand and bearing his marks. Mission marks the followers of Jesus. He sends the Twelve (Lk 9, 1-6), but also seventy-two others. So, Jesus...
Follow Jesus Steadfastly to the End
by Ross Dizon | Jun 25, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus steadfastly makes up his mind to carry out fully his mission. To follow him steadfastly to the end is what it means to be a Christian.
Memory of Jesus Christ’s Inventive Love
by Ross Dizon | Jun 19, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus gave himself up for us. Because we break the bread and bless the cup, we keep alive the memory of his love to the end. The memory of Jesus surely comforted St. Vincent de Paul. That was why he was able to comfort others. He comforted, for instance, a dying...
Mystery of God Hidden in Plain Sight
by Ross Dizon | Jun 11, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus reveals that God, whom no one has ever seen, is love. Those without love, then, do not know God nor, much less, the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. Without doubt, Jesus is God’s last word to us human beings. He is the mystery of God and in him are hidden all...
Picking out the Followers of Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | Jun 5, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Obviously, people no longer see us Christians follow Jesus or go with him. He is not with us as he was with Peter and the other disciples, for he has gone up to heaven. But this does not mean that there is no picking us out as followers of Jesus.
Grow up and Get Ready for the Life to Come
by Ross Dizon | May 28, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus embodies the way to grow up and get ready for the life to come. Following him, we will get to the place that he readies for us and we will be where he is. Just before going up to heaven, Jesus does for his followers what he has already done for two of them. For...
Keeping the Word of Peace and Fellowship
by Ross Dizon | May 22, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the one through whom God speaks definitively to his people. Listening to Jesus and keeping his word leads to peace and fellowship. Jesus goes on to say goodbye to his followers. And they must be listening very attentively in view of fondly recalling and...
Dear, Precious, Very Costly Indeed
by Ross Dizon | May 14, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the perfect model of love to the end. His true and dear followers, then, are those who love one another as he has loved them. Jesus’ followers are as dear to him as children are dear to their parents. And since he is going to be with them only a little while...