In life we do kind things for people or help others and it isn’t always appreciated the way we hoped. We may not get a “thank you” or even an acknowledgement for whatever it is we worked to do. This hurts, because we want them to know how hard we worked to share our gifts with them. Jesus is aware …

The betrayal of Jesus is always before us. Immediately we think of Judas as the betrayer, but there are two different people that fit that description in today’s Gospel. In the case of Judas, he struggles with selling out Jesus for his own personal greed. However, Peter is the other figure who feels so confident in his faith that he …

If you are following along with daily scripture readings, you will see that the prophet Isaiah begins to describe who the savior would be and what He will have to endure. He is telling the people all of these things hundreds of years before Jesus would ever walk the earth. When we read it now, it is part of the …

Every year I offer the same reflection on Palm Sunday… yet, every year it is going to be different for you. Why? Because we change, our role in the Passion changes, and we desire to one day not have to see ourselves on this hard journey with Jesus. This is the beginning of Holy Week and the moment everything changes …

If Jesus was before you in this moment, would you recognize Him if he didn’t come in the appearance that our pictures depict Him. Even in my life, I work SO HARD to find God and to see Him that I get to the end of the day and realized how many times I missed Him when He was present. …

Do you ever feel like telling God, “This is not what I signed up for!?” I do lots of times… and little secret, there are times I actually tell Him that. I call them my Jeremiah moments. In today’s reading, we hear Jeremiah telling God of all the awful things that are happening to him since he started proclaiming what …

We have learned that there is a difference between a promise and a covenant. A covenant isn’t just a verbal agreement, but there is an exchange of goods. Each party is giving something of themselves so the bond cannot be broken. God makes a covenant with His people… it goes far beyond the promise. With what we are just reminded …

Take me O Lord I give you all my liberty My understanding and my will All that I am Show me your love Give me the grace that with your gifts I know I am rich enough To want for nothing more I surrender everything I place all my trust in you I live in accordance with your will Take …

Why did I have to lose my job? Why did my loved one have to suffer? Why won’t God answer my prayer? These are questions we can find ourselves asking in any moment. There is no explanation during the moment of pain, but there can be revelation if we allow God to be God and then we see things in …

When your sworn in during testimony not only do they ask you to tell the truth, they want the whole truth and nothing but the truth. They say the word truth three times to make sure you really get the point. Truth is hard because it is not popular. We don’t want to hurt a friend’s feelings, or we feel …