Jesus brings in the kingdom of God and his justice. So, his anger blazes as he sees us looking out for just our own...
Ross Dizon
Go around Towns and Villages as God Wants
by Ross Dizon | January 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Destroy the Idols that Make Us Slaves
by Ross Dizon | January 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Take Seriously the Good News of God
by Ross Dizon | January 16, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Fill Our Life with Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | January 9, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Go around Towns and Villages as God Wants
by Ross Dizon | Jan 30, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has come so he may go around towns and villages and preach by words and by works, and as the Father shows him in...
Destroy the Idols that Make Us Slaves
by Ross Dizon | Jan 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the only Son who is in the bosom of the Father, makes him known. For us to see him, then, is to see the Father,...
Fire up Our Whole Selves with Love
by Ross Dizon | Nov 7, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus makes known by words and deeds that we cannot love God without loving our neighbor. We Christians seek to fire up ourselves with love. The Church asks us today to keep watch. For we do not know the day or the hour when the Son of Man will come back. And to keep...
Slaves in the Same Way as Jesus
by Ross Dizon | Oct 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus takes the form a slave and becomes like us. We who seek to follow him are to become lowly slaves in the same way that he is. For us who try to be and live as Jesus, to be first means to be slaves (Mk 10, 43-45). And today’s gospel teaches the same lesson. ...
Sweat in Seeking the Other’s Good
by Ross Dizon | Oct 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows us how to love in truth God and our neighbor. Out of love for them, he has to sweat blood and give himself wholly. To strive and to sweat. This is what love for God asks of us who are of the Vincentian Family (SV.EN XI:32). That is to say, it is not...
Reflect the Creator and Owner of All
by Ross Dizon | Oct 19, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the image of the God whom no one has ever seen. Hence, he cannot but reflect God who is merciful, kind, and faithful. No doubt, we Christians want to reflect Jesus. And we believe, of course, that to reflect him means to reflect also the very God whose...
Clothe Ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ
by Ross Dizon | Oct 10, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Today’s parable makes clear that those who accept God’s call to his kingdom must clothe themselves appropriately.
Dare the Wise and Learned to Be Truthful
by Ross Dizon | Oct 3, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the sign of contradiction. He brings to light what we harbor in our hearts. He cannot but dare us to be truthful. Jesus does not fail to dare the wise and the learned to choose the good that they learn and receive. That is to say, he asks them to act as...
Doubt the Quick “Yes” that We Say
by Ross Dizon | Sep 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the firstborn from among those who do what is true and come to the light, so that there is no doubt that their works are just. No doubt, we have to love in deed and truth. The second son in the parable says “yes,” but he does not do what the father asks. No...
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 him. St. Vincent wants those who follow him to commit with zeal to those who are poor (SV.FR XI:133-137). And it seems that he himself cannot but...
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 to admire. The landowner is good to the jobless. But there are those who, rather than admire him, grumble. These are the ones who have worked for...