Our Theme for 2020 (Part 52) – In Jesus’ Name We Pray – 2
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2020(Part 52) IN JESUS’ NAME WE PRAY – 2 May 23, 2020 Today’s gospel: John 16:23-28 We have looked at praying in Jesus’ name. It is not an automatic formula for getting what we want. Rather, it is an assurance that is based on three things about what […]
Our Theme for 2020 (Part 51) – In Jesus’ Name We Pray
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2020(Part 51) IN JESUS’ NAME WE PRAY May 13, 2020 Today’s gospel: John 15:1-8 We are to build our house on the Rock that is Christ. We do so by listening to Jesus’ words and acting on them.1 We listen to Jesus’ words and let his words sink […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 30) – Knowing God – 3
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 30) KNOWING GOD – 3 May 12, 2020 Today’s psalm: Psalm 145:10-21 “he hears their cry and saves them.”(Ps 145:19b) Many are praying to God for relief from COVID-19. But while God is mindful of everyone and would like everyone to be saved, manifesting His great mercy, […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 29) – Knowing God – 2
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 29) KNOWING GOD – 2 May 10, 2020 Today’s psalm: Psalm 33:1-2,4-5,18-19 God chastises, God lifts His chastisement. Our only hope for relief from COVID-19 is God. This is whether He just miraculously stops this pandemic, or whether He enables humanity to find a cure. But here […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 28) – Acting and Praying in Jesus’ Name
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 28) ACTING AND PRAYING IN JESUS’ NAME May 9, 2020 Today’s readings:Acts 13:44-52Psalm 98:1-4John 14:7-14 As COVID-19 is God’s chastisement on a world steeped in darkness and evil, it is also to God whom we turn for relief and redemption. This pandemic has made us helpless and […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 27) – Longing and Waiting for God
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 27) LONGING AND WAITING FOR GOD May 4, 2020 Today’s psalm: Psalm 42:3-4; 43:3-4 “As the deer longs for streams of water,so my soul longs for you, O God.”(Psalm 42:2) COVID-19 has caused the lockdown of our churches and the cancellation of Masses. Catholics have been cut […]
The Call to Holiness (Part 23) – The Basic Things
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THE CALL TO HOLINESS(Part 23) THREE BASIC THINGS April 30, 2020 Today’s readings:Acts 8:26-40Psalm 66:8-20John 6:44-51 Christians are called to be holy as God is holy. How can we be holy? God gives us three basic things that are our foremost ways or means to growing in holiness. These are prayer, […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 25) – Knowing God
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 25) KNOWING GOD May 1, 2020 Today’s psalm:[1] Psalm 90:2-16 “Relent, O Lord! How long?Have pity on your servants!”(Psalm 90:13) Psalm 90 is a communal lament that reflects the community’s distress. For COVID-19, we as MFC have been praying Psalm 91, looking to security under God’s protection, […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 24) – Persecution
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 24) PERSECUTION April 29, 2020 Today’s reading: Acts 8:1-8 After the martyrdom of Stephen, “on that day, there broke out a severe persecution of the church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria” (v.1). Aside from death and imprisonment, people’s lives […]