If God is for us, who can be against us? ~ Rom 8:31 . Reflection: Over the last 34 years of my own pro-life commitment, I have been reminded over and over of this when I question. Is what I'm doing really making any difference? Why not just...
Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. ~ Mt 10:16 . Reflection: This passage is well-known among Christians and it represents solid guidance to help us navigate the modern world in which we...
"I obey the command of the law given to our ancestors through Moses." ~ 2 Mc 7:30 . Reflection: I find it easy to stand up every Sunday and profess our Creed. I know that in the graced moment I hope; no, I pray, that I would stand...
"And as John was completing his course, he would say, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.'" ~ Acts 13:25 (full readings) . Kevin's Reflection: I often...
"Jesus looked at them and said, 'For men it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.'" ~ Mk 10:27 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: As an overachiever, I always pushed myself excessively to do the best that I could. I created so much pressure on myself to...
"To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "I will not obey the king’s command. I obey the command of the law given to our ancestors through Moses." ~ 2 Mc 7:30 (full readings) . Diane's Reflections: This entire first reading leaves me in awe at...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "Jesus said in reply, 'Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?' Then he said to him, 'Stand up and go;...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "If God is for us, who can be against us?" ~ Rom 8:31 (full readings) . Stephanie's Reflections: After St. Paul presents and exhausts his defense of the Gospel in his letter to the Romans, he concludes with...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "And Jesus went with them, but when He was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, 'Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop--a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." ~ (Mt 13:8) (full readings) . Pastor Ron's Reflections: In Jesus' Parable of the Sower a farmer goes...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "And they complained to Moses, 'Were there no burial places in Egypt that you had to bring us out here to die in the desert?'" ~ Ex 14:11 (full readings) . Rich's Reflections: Moses led the Israelites into the desert rescuing...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "But now do not be distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you." ~ (Gen 45:5)...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "She said to herself, 'If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.'" ~ Mt 9:21 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: In the Gospel reading today, Jesus set out to resurrect the daughter of Jarius. Before He could arrive...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "Then the boy’s father cried out, 'I do believe, help my unbelief!'" ~Mk 9:24 (full readings) . Rich's Reflections: In today's Gospel, the faith of the father of a possessed boy is severely tested. The father tells Jesus, "If you...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, 'If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,' and she prevailed on us." ~ Acts 16:15 (full readings) . Rich's...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, 'If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,' and she prevailed on us." ~ Acts 16:15 (full readings) . Rich's...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "He listened to Paul speaking, who looked intently at him, saw that he had the faith to be healed, and called out in a loud voice, 'Stand up straight on your feet.' He jumped up and began...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion(FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. . "Jesus said to him, 'Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.'" ~ Jn 4:48 (full readings) . Rich's Reflections: You have probably heard the idiom, "seeing is believing." As Christians though, we should understand that "believing...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "For those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood." ~ Lk 21:4 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: It must have been scary for the poor widow to offer...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. LIFE Minute radio. "And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, 'Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. "We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith flourishes ever more, and the love of every one of you for one another grows ever greater." ~ 2 Thes 1:3 (full...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Guest Authors. "Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, 'Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.'" ~ Matthew 12:38 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: In today's Gospel, the scribes and Pharisees request that Jesus show them a sign....
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Leaders. Guest Authors. LIFE Minute radio. "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father."...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "Mary said, 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.'" ~ Luke 1:38 (full readings) Rich's Reflections:...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "Jesus told him, 'Have sight; your faith has saved you.'" ~ Luke 18:42 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: In today's Gospel, Jesus healed a blind beggar in Jericho,...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners(FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "Even before a word is on my tongue, Lord, you know it all." ~ Psalm 139:4(full readings) Rich's Reflections: It is so comforting to be around the presence...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners(FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "Even before a word is on my tongue, Lord, you know it all." ~ Psalm 139:4(full readings) Rich's Reflections: It is so comforting to be around the presence...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB).Guest Authors schedule.LIFE Minute radio. "Then he said to the host who invited him, 'When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "While still more people gathered in the crowd, He said to them, 'This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided byLIFE Runners (FB). Upcoming Guest Authors. "The Lord said to her in reply, 'Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need for only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Guest Authors schedule. LIFE Minute radio. "And Jesus went with them, but when He was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, 'Lord, do not...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). Upcoming Guest Authors. "At once (Jesus) spoke to them, 'Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.'" Matthew 14:27 (full readings) . Rob Reflections: Whenever I read about courage, I am reminded that courage is...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). "Jesus answered them, 'Do you believe now?'" John 16:31 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: Every week at church I profess my faith with all of the other parishioners by reciting the Creed. In the...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (FB), provided by LIFE Runners (FB). "Jesus answered them, 'Do you believe now?'" John 16:31 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: Every week at church I profess my faith with all of the other parishioners by reciting the Creed. In the...
Welcome God today with this LIFE Group Devotion (website, Facebook). "Jesus said to Thomas, 'I am the way and the truth and the life.'" John 14:6 (full readings) Rob's Reflections: I sympathize with Thomas. His name "Didymus" means "Twin" and he appears to be of two minds...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (website, Facebook). "Jesus said to him, 'If you can! Everything is possible to one who has faith.'" Mark 9:23 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: In today's Gospel, Jesus appears upset after the father of a demon-possessed boy pleads with Him,...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (website, Facebook). . "Once I said in my anguish, 'I am shut out from your sight,' Yet you heard my plea, when I cried out to you. Love the Lord, all you faithful. The Lord protects the loyal, but...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (website, Facebook). . "Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him." Mark 1:20 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: Today's Gospel is a story of faith and evangelization. In...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (website, Facebook). "Mary said, 'Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.'" Luke 1:38 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: We should all be very grateful that Mary, the virgin mother...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (website, Facebook). . "When he saw their faith, he said, "As for you, your sins are forgiven." Luke 5:20 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: After reading the above verse from the Gospel, I reflected on whether or not Jesus could see...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (website, Facebook). "The centurion said in reply, 'Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.'" Matthew 8:8 (full readings) Rich's Reflections: The centurion in today's...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (archive, Facebook). "He said, 'I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole...
"Through you all nations will be blessed." Galatians 3:8 (full readings)Steve's Reflections:* First off, I give thanks this day for my mother, Kathleen Rose, whose birthday I celebrate. Whose life has left a lasting legacy and impression on my own. As I reflected on today's...
Welcome God now with this LIFE Group Devotion (archive, Facebook).Blessed be the LORD, my rock, my mercy and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, my shield, in whom I trust. Psalm 144:1-2 (full readings)Steve's Thoughts: The imagery of this Psalm stirred my soul as I...
Welcome God today with this LIFE Group Devotion (archive, Facebook).And he said, "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place." Luke 4:24 (full readings)Rich's thoughts: In today's culture, it is difficult to recognize a miracle. We are always in...
Let's welcome God today with this Living In Faith Exchange (LIFE) Group devotion (archive), anchored by Living Faith. Prove yourselves doers of the Word, and not merely hearers. James 1:22You will not abandon my soul to the nether world...
Let's welcome God today with this Living In Faith Exchange (LIFE) Group devotion (archive, Facebook), based on Living Faith. Prove yourselves doers of the Word, and not merely hearers. James 1:22Then [the jailer] said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" And [Paul and...
