Ross Dizon

Program of the One Anointed with the Spirit

by Ross Dizon | January 18, 2022 | Formation | 2 Comments

Jesus is Good News to the poor. To be such news is his program as the One that the Father has anointed with the Holy Spirt and sent. True to what the voice from heaven told him at his baptism, the Son takes up the Servant’s program. We heard two Sundays ago that...

Traditions, Customs, and Habits

by Ross Dizon | January 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus makes all things new. Hence, he questions traditions and customs, most of all, those that veil his true face. Jesus and his disciples are at a wedding. There too is his mother. And the wedding, no doubt, follows the traditions and customs of the Jews. But as...

Baptize with the Holy Spirit and Fire

by Ross Dizon | January 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the one the Father has anointed with the Holy Spirit. Hence, he cannot but baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire, and do good. The baptized are to do the same. John the Baptist is simple and humble. He does not want to let down those he has baptized or...

Manifestations, Revelations, Apparitions

by Ross Dizon | December 30, 2021 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments

Jesus is the best and the fullest of God’s manifestations to us humans. It is enough to see and know him to see and know God. The word “epiphany” comes Greek and means “manifestation,” “revelation,” “apparition.” And there are manifestations and manifestations. ...

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...

We Should Do as Jesus, Our Teacher and Master

by Ross Dizon | Dec 11, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

The Word is mightier than we. But, becoming flesh, he shares in our weakness, so that, baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire, we may share in his might. The people who have come to John are beginning to repent, for they ask, “What should we do?” The crowds in...

Personally Seeing and Receiving God’s Salvation

by Ross Dizon | Dec 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the salvation of God in person. Only those who repent and renew themselves personally will see and receive God’s salvation.

Hopeful and Watching at All Times and Praying

by Ross Dizon | Nov 27, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

The same Jesus who has gone into heaven will come back with power and great glory. Those who, hopeful, watching and praying, wait for him will never be disappointed. Jesus speaks of signs in the sun, the moon and the stars. These signs, along with the roaring of the...

Kingship That Jesus Christ Wishes for All of Us

by Ross Dizon | Nov 20, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus Christ is King. But his kingship, the one he wants to share with us, is not just like any other. For it does not come from this world. Those who make up the Sanhedrin bring Jesus before Pilate. One of the charges they bring against Jesus is that he keeps...

Good News of Jesus in a World of Bad News

by Ross Dizon | Nov 13, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus embodies the Good News that he brings to those who live in a world of bad news. He expects Christians to do likewise Sadly, women, children and those with disabilities often do not count. But the good news is that Jesus protects women against heartless and...

Surrender Freely, Joyfully, Holding Back Nothing

by Ross Dizon | Nov 6, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Trusting in his Father, Jesus musters the courage to surrender for us everything he has and all that he is. To belong to him and to his kingdom entails such trusting surrender. Jesus praises the intelligence of the scribe who has asked, “Which is the first of all the...

First and Greatest of All the Commandments

by Ross Dizon | Oct 30, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus teaches that the first and the greatest of all the commandments is to love God and the neighbor. The Teacher practices, moreover, what he teaches. According to Jewish teaching, there are 613 commandments. Of these, 365 are prohibitions and 248 are positive...

Leap of Faith, Hope and Great Joy in the Dark

by Ross Dizon | Oct 23, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Beset by weakness himself, Jesus understands those who sit by the roadside. Calling them, he makes them leap, so that they may come to him and follow him on the way. Bartimaeus hears that Jesus is passing by. There is no indication that the blind feels his heart...

Enthusiasm to Serve to the Bitter End

by Ross Dizon | Oct 16, 2018 | Formation, Reflections

Jesus is the model of determined and enthusiastic service. His true followers also serve to the end with determination and enthusiasm. One can rebuke Zebedee’s sons for not understanding and for being ambitious. But we cannot accuse them of unwillingness, indecision...