God Merciful and Compassionate
The First reading at a glance, feels like God is bent on destroying the Israelites because of their worship of the Golden Calf. An interesting question that can be asked here is, ‘Did God not know what was going to happen, once He rescued them and brought them to Sinai?’ In fact He did. And […]
I Will Never Forget You!
Today’s readings tell us of a good, patient God, who loves us. Has always loved us, even though we have been horrible to Him, and rejected/pushed Him out of our lives.
Jesus the New Temple
For the Israelites water was a source of life. Mostly so in the light of their experience in the desert, where wanting for water, God satisfied their thirst by bringing forth water from rock.
New Life!
Experts say, the book of Isaiah was written by 3 people, owing to the time span it covers. But even if written by 3 people, thematically the book is divided into two; chapters 1-39 and 40-66.
God Still Loves You!
God loves the world just as it is, God loves this broken world with all the broken people in it but he doesn’t want to condemn the broken world to ruin. God wants to repair the brokenness through love.
Heart of the Prayer
The heart of prayer is what is spoken of in today’s Gospel.
Love
Why do we have to love God? Love was the reason that we were created, created in God’s own image, reflecting Him in all sense….
Our Aversion To Self-Truth
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” Lets this verse a little differently.
Whoever is not with Truth is against Truth, and whoever does not live by Truth scatters.
Jesus Spirit and Life
God had commanded Adam and Eve, if they ate from the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, they will die. Did anyone die? Is God a liar? Actually there was a death, the spiritual death of humanity. Spirit means everything connected with God. And human-God connection died. There was a disconnect. But God did promise to put everything back in order (Gen 3:15).
Forgiveness and Relationship
“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. Let us all agree; we have […]