Jesus is the leading fisher of men and women. Those he calls are also, though sinners, to be fishers of other...
Ross Dizon
Sap of Life, Strength and Fruitfulness
by Ross Dizon | April 23, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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
Lover of Sinners and Outcast
by Ross Dizon | Jan 25, 2022 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is a lover of those whom religion and society shun: sinners, widows, orphans and strangers. They are dear to...
Program of the One Anointed with the Spirit
by Ross Dizon | Jan 18, 2022 | Formation
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...
Forgive as our heavenly Father Forgives
by Ross Dizon | Sep 12, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus calls us to repentance and forgiveness. And we heed his call in so far as we are ready to forgive our brothers and sisters. The Gospel teaches that we are to avoid those who refuse to listen even to the community. But the teaching is no reason not to forgive...
Name that Is above Every Other Name
by Ross Dizon | Sep 5, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Christ is the reason why his followers bear the name of Christians. They are other Christs, then, anointed to announce repentance and the kingdom of God. Jesus assures those who gather in his name and pray together that they will receive what they ask. And it will...
Strongly Following the Ways of God
by Ross Dizon | Aug 29, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Christ himself is the fulfillment of God’s strongly expressed intent to do something new. Those who are one with Christ are the new creation. Jesus shows that he must suffer greatly, die and then rise. Peter strongly disagrees and rebukes him. But who could blame...
Knowledge for Christian Service
by Ross Dizon | Aug 22, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Knowledge of Christ is what matters above all. Those who know him receive in trust keys of authority to serve others faithfully and caringly. The Father, Lord of heaven and earth, gives to the childlike the knowledge he hides from those who are wise. Peter is among...
Caring for Those in the Outskirts
by Ross Dizon | Aug 15, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
To see Jesus is to see the merciful God who is caring towards those in the outskirts who cry out to him. Jesus is a Jew. It seems he is even portrayed as siding with those who show their contempt for the Gentiles by calling them dogs or swine. This closed and...
Astounding Very Much Indeed!
by Ross Dizon | Aug 8, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus, the astounding Son of Man, will astound us even at the last judgment. He wants us to put him in the center. Among other things, the way Jesus teaches is astounding. He teaches with authority. This means, says St. Gregory the Great, that his authority does...
Figure of God and of the Disfigured
by Ross Dizon | Aug 1, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Even without a figure that would draw us, Jesus is still the epiphany of God. The figure of Jesus makes appear above (epiphanein in Greek), that is, on the surface, the mystery of God. But it is hard for us who are still in the world to welcome Jesus. The ambivalence...
Treasure without Price and wholly Gladdening
by Ross Dizon | Jul 25, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
In Jesus Christ is hidden the priceless treasure that can make us wholly happy. In him begins and ends, therefore, the search for the true treasure. Jesus starts his public ministry by announcing that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. He points out in some way that...
Patience like the Patience of a Farmer
by Ross Dizon | Jul 18, 2017 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is the patience of God. God is, undoubtedly, great and does wondrous deeds. Yet he is merciful at the same time. We need patience, those of us who are in a hurry. So, little wonder we love fast food. We do not like, besides, long lines of people at the bank...