Jesus is the only one that his disciples need to know and speak of. From the cross, he proclaims that those who are...
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Lover of Sinners and Outcast
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Program of the One Anointed with the Spirit
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 18, 2022 | Formation | 2 Comments
Traditions, Customs, and Habits
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Baptize with the Holy Spirit and Fire
by Ross Reyes Dizon | January 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Cut off from Us All Self-Sufficiency
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 20, 2022 | Formation
Jesus is “God-with-us.” And that is why disciples should not cut off God and their neighbor from their lives. The man...
Money That Is Not Deemed Righteous
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 13, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus teaches us to worship the Father in Spirit and truth. He also warns us that we cannot serve God and money....
Deaf People Hear the Word, the Mute Proclaim It
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 4, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus makes the deaf hear and the mute speak. He wants us to hear clearly the word of God and to proclaim it rightly. Those who have witnessed the healing of a deaf-mute recognize that Jesus brings in the new creation. They proclaim that the healer of the deaf and...
Inside the Heart Lies What Is Crucial
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 28, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus invites us to learn from him, for he is meek and humble of heart. We show that we are true or false disciples by what comes out from inside our hearts. The Pharisees and the scribes question the religious observance of Jesus’ disciples. And he, who...
Hard Times of Crisis and Decision of Faith
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 22, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus has the words of eternal life. True disciples hear and do his words, even though they may find them hard and painful to swallow. Those from Judea, who grumble against a Galilean from Nazareth and later quarreled among themselves, spread unbelief. For, soon...
Flesh and Blood of the New and Everlasting Covenant
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 14, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus Christ offers us his flesh as true food and his blood as true drink. If we eat his flesh and drink his blood, we have life within us. This time, Jesus does not spark murmuring but a quarrel. They quarrel among themselves those who do not understand how Jesus...
Hungry for the Living Bread, the Word Made Flesh
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Aug 7, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the living bread that came down from heaven. The hungry who eat him, the Word made flesh, will live forever. They murmur about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They behave as those hungry people who complained against God...
Signs for Those Who Are Insatiably Hungry
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 31, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
No one feels more for us in our needs than the one who lays down his life for us. Those who, seeing signs, go to him and believe in him will never hunger. The crowd finally finds the one they are seeking. But he does not seem to be as welcoming as when he fed them. ...
Little, but More than Enough for Everyone
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 24, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus feeds us. He wants us to do for others what he does for us, giving him the little we have, so that we all may have our fill. The disciples think that to answer for those who have nothing to eat means not to answer for them at all. That is because, according to...
Responsible to a Higher Authority
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 17, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the shepherd that God has raised up in these last days. He responds to the needs of those who are like sheep without a shepherd. Are we that responsible? The rulers of the people are not responsible. So, they are condemned by the one who has appointed them...
Repent and Believe in the Gospel
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Jul 10, 2018 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, though without sin, embodies what it means to repent. He calls us to preach repentance and become the visible and effective sign of what we preach. Jesus begins his public ministry, proclaiming: “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the...