The wisdom of God made flesh dwells with us. He is delighted to be with us. But he wants, first of all, to delight...
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Guests at the Kingly Wedding Feast
by Ross Reyes Dizon | October 6, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Trustworthy and Fruitful Tenants
by Ross Reyes Dizon | September 29, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Bond with God and with Human Beings
by Ross Reyes Dizon | September 22, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Equal Treatment of Everyone in Need
by Ross Reyes Dizon | September 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Constitutive, Indispensable, Crucial
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 25, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus is constitutive of the Christian community. Do we say and live this as St. Vincent? Moises makes clear what...
Zealous for the House, the Kingdom, of God
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Sep 21, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Jesus burns with zeal for the house, for the kingdom, of God. Needless to say, the disciples are to be as zealous as...
Not settling for less
by Ross Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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 Reyes 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...