Going Deeper and Wider: New Year Message
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL NEW YEAR MESSAGE GOING DEEPER AND WIDER January 1, 2020 New Year’s Day New year. New theme. New name. New challenges. Renewed zeal for the Kingdom. We grow older, but vibrancy increases. This is because we walk each day with Jesus, and we are supposed to be growing in holiness and […]
Living in the Light
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THE CALL TO HOLINESS (Part 21) LIVING IN THE LIGHT December 28, 2019 Today’s reading: 1 John 1:5-2:2 We are called to holiness. To be holy is to be set apart. It is to be totally different from the world we live in. We are in the world but are not of […]
Our Theme for 2020 (Part 26): In the Way of Stephen
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2020 (Part 26) IN THE WAY OF STEPHEN December 26, 2019 Today’s readings: Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59 Psalm 31:4-5,7-9,18,22 Matthew 10:17-22 All the more in these dark and deeply troubled times, we as Missionary Families of Christ must be built on the Rock that is Christ. Our name reflects […]
Happy Feet
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL ON EVANGELIZATION AND MISSION (Part 120) HAPPY FEET – 2 December 25, 2019 Today’s reading: Isaiah 52:7-10 The work of evangelization is the most important work of a missionary Church. The work of evangelization is the proclamation of the good news of salvation in Jesus, who is the Prince of Peace. Those […]
A Family on Mission: Christmas Message 2019
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2019 A FAMILY ON MISSION December 25, 2019 This is our first Christmas as Missionary Families of Christ. It is so appropriate, because Christmas is all about being missionary, being family, and being of Christ. All these are wondrous and mysterious aspects of the work of God in us. […]
Our Theme for 2020 (Part 25): In the Way of John
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2020 (Part 25) IN THE WAY OF JOHN December 24, 2019 Today’s gospel: Luke 1:67-79 We as children of God and disciples of Jesus are destined for greatness, but only if we are built on the Rock that is Christ. God intends to use us to do His divine […]
Our Theme for 2020 (Part 24): In the Way of Paul
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2020 (Part 24) IN THE WAY OF PAUL December 22, 2019 Today’s reading: Romans 1:1-7 Paul’s greeting to the Romans contains so much of what we are called to be and to do, and is a summary of what it means to be built on the Rock that is […]
Mary and Elizabeth
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL ON MARY (Part 23) MARY AND ELIZABETH December 21, 2019 Today’s gospel: Luke 1:39-45 God had done a miraculous wonder in the lives of Elizabeth and Mary. Elizabeth had conceived in her old age and barrenness. Mary had conceived by the action of the Holy Spirit. Now Mary, awed by all this, […]
ANNOUNCING A NEW BOOK: “The Inscrutable Wisdom of God”
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL ANNOUNCING A NEW BOOK December 20, 2019 God is God and we are mere human flesh. Isaiah says that our thoughts and ways are as far from God’s as the earth from the heavens (Is 55:8-9). But wonder of wonders, God does want to use us to accomplish His will in […]