Judas’ Rejection of Love

Love bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things. I Corinthians 13:7 Today is Spy Wednesday, which is the day Judas betrays Jesus by sneaking off to tell the high priest when and where Jesus would be so they could arrest him. Judas’ betrayal of Jesus was a rejection of love. St Paul teaches

Free From Fear

There is a spirit of fear that is plaguing our world today. It is attaching to each and every person’s deepest insecurity and it is creating a frenzy of emotions among all of God’s people. It is interesting because the thing with fear is that it leaves you with two options: fight or flight. Typically

A Kingdom Divided

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. Luke 11:17 Too often we fall into judgement of others. It is a tendency that all of us have, but Jesus tells us plainly that he is the Judge. This authority to judge was

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

You will be consoled according to the greatness of your sorrow and affliction; the greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward.   -St. Mary Magdalen de’Pazzi The world today is filled with so much fear. Fear of death is a real worry for so many of us. I recently had an experience of fear,

To Sit at my Right Hand and at my Left

About two years ago I was reading the gospel reading when Jesus tells James and John, “you will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father” (Matthew 20:23).