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Good News to all creation.” Mark 16:15
“My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.” John 10:27 In olden days, shepherds would sometimes pool their flocks together on one common ground to better safeguard them through the night. That way, they could take turns keeping the…
“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart.” Psalm 90:12 Imagine having a bank account where money is automatically deposited each morning. Now, imagine the sum deposited each day is a whopping $86,400! Let that sink in. Each day, you are given $86,400 to do with as…
“Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for my yoke is easy and my burden light.” Matthew 11:28–30 Every Sunday…
Building on last week’s meditation, Fr. Michael guides us through a litany of prayer needs anchored by the same five most powerful words in the English language: Jesus I Trust in You. In the meditation, he references this worksheet to use: Yesterday’s Video Homily – Jesus says, “Come to me” Friday’s Seeds…
On the moment of his 70th birthday and inspired by the prayer, “Prophets of a Future Not Our Own” by Bishop Ken Untener, Fr. Michael reflects on his life and ministry and the awareness that God is God, and we are not. Read the full text and history of Bishop Untener’s prayer below. Prophets of…
“Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for my yoke is easy and my burden light.” Matthew 11:28–30 When a…
“See what love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be called children of God!” 1 John 3:1 In 1988, an earthquake hit Armenia, killing an estimated 25,000 people. Just after the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school only to find it had been flattened. There was no sign…
“Wherever your treasure lies, there your heart will be.” Luke 12:34 There is an old-fashioned technique that has been used by farmers in third-world countries to capture monkeys who might be stealing from their crops. This time-tested trap is to cut a small hole in a log or gourd which has been affixed…
“Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you worth than they?” Matthew 6:26 Sometimes we can see the value in other people or other things, yet we struggle to find it in ourselves. This…
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord. “As high as the heavens are above the earth, so are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 During World War II, amidst the intense smoke of crossfire, a Marine became…