Ross Dizon

Heavenly as Our Father Who Is in Heaven

by Ross Dizon | February 15, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments

Jesus, the second man is from heaven. He bids us to be one with him, so that we who are of the earth may become heavenly also. We heard last Sunday that Jesus looked at his disciples and then announced the blessings and the woes. Did he mean to say that he wanted...

Curses that Turn Out to Be Blessings

by Ross Dizon | February 8, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus became a curse to free us from curses and fill us with blessings. He became sinner and poor to make us just and rich. Those who are to catch men and women have much to learn still. And today the one who has called them teaches them about curses and blessings....

Fishers of Men and Women, Sinners All

by Ross Dizon | February 1, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

Jesus is the leading fisher of men and women. Those he calls are also, though sinners, to be fishers of other sinners. Jesus tells Simon, “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” And Simon answers, “Teacher, we have worked hard all night and have...

Lover of Sinners and Outcast

by Ross Dizon | January 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is a lover of those whom religion and society shun: sinners, widows, orphans and strangers. They are dear to true Christians too. It seems the leaving out of “vengeance,” when Jesus read Is 61, 1-2, did not bother his fellow Nazareth citizens. For they still...

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...

Lowliness, Simplicity, Truth and Freedom

by Ross Dizon | Aug 23, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the poorest of the poor on whom God looks with favor due to the simplicity, lowliness and awe of him that...

Meal of Salvation, Meal of Judgment

by Ross Dizon | Aug 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the meal to which we are all invited, so that we may not perish but have eternal life. Do we come to it...

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...

One Are Jesus and His True Followers

by Ross Dizon | May 7, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus and the Father are one. And so are Jesus and his true followers. Needless to say, then, true followers cannot but be one in heart and mind. One with us in every way, but in sinfulness, the Word made flesh feels the cold of winter. So, he walks about in the...

Together as Followers of Jesus Christ

by Ross Dizon | May 1, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus gives us the perfect example of love. He wants us, who call him ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ to do together also what he has done for us. Together are some followers of Jesus. They are less than twelve. The group, then, is not meant to represent Israel with its...

Go forth in Peace with Faith and Courage

by Ross Dizon | Apr 23, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

The risen Jesus is with us always. He gives us his peace and strengthens our faith, so that we may go forth to share the Good News.

Living through the Death of Jesus Christ

by Ross Dizon | Apr 16, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus wears the crown of glory because he died for everyone (Heb 2, 9). If we share his death, he will have us living with him in glory. The wicked, true to the plots they were hatching against Jesus, cut him off from the land of the living (Jer 11, 19-20). But God,...

Fill Up What is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions

by Ross Dizon | Apr 9, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

On the cross, the one who bears our sufferings carries out fully our redemption. And to gaze at him mournfully and prayerfully is to pledge to fill up in our flesh what is lacking in his afflictions (see Col 1, 24). It is not that the work of Christ is not enough...

Dignity and Responsibility of Women

by Ross Dizon | Apr 2, 2019 | Formation, Reflections

The new that God is doing springs forth now in Jesus. Those with chauvinist mentality do not see this newness that acknowledges the dignity and responsibility of women (Benedict XVI). Joseph finds out that Mary is carrying in her womb a child that is not his. But...