Ross Dizon
Agree and Disagree in the Church
by Ross Dizon | September 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Lose and Gain, Die and Live with Christ
by Ross Dizon | August 25, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven
by Ross Dizon | August 18, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Strangers, Foreigners, There Are No More
by Ross Dizon | August 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
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Fresh Start in Life for Us Men and Women
by Ross Dizon | Aug 24, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus shows us the new that one has yet to see or hear or think of. To be his disciples, we have to make a fresh...
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Rise or Fall, Live or Die, Yes or No
by Ross Dizon | Aug 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus comes down from heaven and dwells among us. He takes up our flesh of death to give us spirit and life. He...
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Bearers of Joy and Hope That Flows Over
by Ross Dizon | Aug 10, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus’ is the power that frees us from the sadness and hopelessness of death. He wants us to be bearers of joy and...
Not settling for less
by Ross Dizon | Aug 11, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), August 16, 2015 – Prov 9, 1-6; Eph 5, 15-20; Jn 6, 51-58 Understand what is the will of the Lord (Eph 5, 17) Jesus invites us to a shocking life, which, however, guarantees everlasting life and the resurrection. Jesus does not...
Am I my own worst enemy?
by Ross Dizon | Aug 4, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), August 9, 2015 – 1 Kgs 19, 4-8; Eph 4, 30 – 5, 2; Jn 6, 41-51 Live in love (Eph 5, 2) Jesus lifts up and strengthens those who are crushed, and wakes up and disturbs those who are self-complacent. God encourages us who feel...
Dissatisfied Socrates
by Ross Dizon | Jul 28, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), August 2, 2015 – Ex 16, 2-4. 12-15; Eph 4, 17. 20-24; Jn 6, 24-35 Put on the new self (Eph 4, 24) Jesus fully reveals God’s will for us. Those who are looking for Jesus do something good. The only thing they lack is a better...
Many a mickle makes a muckle
by Ross Dizon | Jul 21, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 26, 2015 – 2 Kgs 4, 42-44; Eph 4, 1-6; Jn 6, 1-15 One body and one Spirit (Eph 4, 4) Jesus is our shepherd. We will lack nothing if we remain united to him. Jesus goes with his disciples to a foreign territory. A large...
“I love humanity, it’s people I can’t stand” (C. Schultz, Peanuts)
by Ross Dizon | Jul 15, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 19, 2015 – Jer 23, 1-6; Eph 2, 13-18; Mk 6, 30-34 He is our peace (Eph 2, 16) Jesus embodies the divine compassion that reconciles people. He expects those he has reconciled to reflect his compassion. God has seen enough. He...
Your mission, should you accept it …
by Ross Dizon | Jul 7, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 12, 2015 – Am 7, 12-15; Eph 1, 3-14; Mk 6, 7-13 Sealed in Christ with the Holy Spirit (Eph 1, 13) Jesus seeks first the kingdom and righteousness of God. His disciples prove themselves by doing the same. The first disciples...
Still a stranger?
by Ross Dizon | Jun 30, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 5, 2015 – Ez 2, 2-5; 2 Cor 12, 7-10; Mk 6, 1-6 When I am weak, then I am strong (2 Cor 12, 10) Jesus came to his own people, but they did not accept him. Is he not a stranger to us who claim to be his own? God reveals to...
Life insurance
by Ross Dizon | Jun 23, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), June 28, 2015 – Wis 1, 13-15; 2, 23-24; 2 Cor 8, 7. 8. 13-15; Mk 5, 21-43 For your sake he became poor (2 Cor 8, 9) Death no longer has power over Christ. Does it still have power over us who have been baptized into his death...
Sleeping soundly
by Ross Dizon | Jun 16, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), June 21, 2015 – Job 38, 1. 8-11; 2 Cor 5, 14-17; Mk 4, 35-41 Whoever is in Christ is a new creation (2 Cor 5, 17) Those who are truly new in Christ do not lose sleep even over life’s most violent storms. They put their trust in...