by Greg Beben | Aug 17, 2019 | Meditations
The Christian life is a joyful and fulfilling journey. However, since we follow on this journey a King who revealed his glory through the suffering and injustice of the Cross, we cannot expect to be free of all sufferings. The Cross of Christ, which will always appear...
by Greg Beben | Jul 6, 2019 | Meditations
Sometimes our call as missionary disciples is truly challenging. It is, after all, a call to follow Jesus in the way of the Cross. It demands detachment and firm commitment, as we saw last Sunday. But we should not conclude from all this that discipleship is all...
by Greg Beben | Mar 2, 2019 | Meditations
As a very timely preparation for the approaching holy Season of Lent, the liturgy on this Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time gives us great insight into the relationship between our exterior behavior and our interior life, between what everyone can see and what God sees....
by Greg Beben | Feb 9, 2019 | Meditations
This Sunday’s readings have a common theme running through them: the experience of a sinful person being called by God to do a particular task: Isaiah the prophet, Paul, “the least of the apostles,” and Simon Peter the fisherman. Each feels unworthy but comes to...
by Greg Beben | Feb 2, 2019 | Meditations
The call of a prophet comes purely from God’s free initiative. For his own purposes and glory, God calls and commissions. This is what he tells the prophet Jeremiah in today’s first reading: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated...
