Browsing the July 2023 archive of PARISH BLOG - INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK
Following Christ
Posted by Lenny Ricciardelli on 7/27/23
Following Christ will take everything we have. Are we ready to give it all? At the end of our lives, let us hope we can say truthfully that we sold all we had in order to purchase the field which contained the great treasure.
When the disciples cannot understand something
Posted by Lenny Ricciardelli on 7/20/23
When the disciples cannot understand something, they approach Jesus, and beseech him to explain. Let us be this forthcoming when we are discerning the will of God or struggling with a decision. Let us ask him to explain in words we can understand.
We are all sowers in the field.
Posted by Lenny Ricciardelli on 7/13/23
We are all sowers in the field. Our time, our money, our attention: these finite resources are the seeds, and the choice is ours where we scatter them. Do we focus our efforts on soil that will bear fruit for the kingdom?
The Christian life does not require wisdom, charisma, or strength
Posted by Lenny Ricciardelli on 7/07/23
The Christian life does not require wisdom, charisma, or strength — no, quite the opposite. To be Christian, we must embrace our faults, our littleness, our shortcomings — gather them up, and lay them all at the feet of Jesus. There, they will be transformed.