Growing pains

It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities Today’s first reading (Acts 15:28) is all about growing pains.   With the conversion of many Gentiles to the faith, the Church had begun to experience dramatic...

If you remain in his love

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love Lots of people would pay a fortune for the secret to the complete joy that Jesus promises in today’s Gospel reading (John 15:10).   Shelves and shelves of self-help books in shops around the world are living...

God wants to dwell in us

I remain in you Throughout the Old Testament, we see times when God revealed himself to his people in a dramatic way.   He dwelled in a tent (Exodus 27), a pillar of fire and a cloud (Exodus 13:21), and the Temple (1 Kings 6).   There was no question that God was...

Undergo many hardships

It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God St. Paul must have made quite an impact when he spoke these words.   He had just returned from traveling to Derbe, Lystra, and Pisidian Antioch, preaching the gospel as he went.   But the...

To remind us

He will . . . remind you of all that I told you Have you ever visited a national monument or museum?   These structures and exhibits are there for a reason:   to remind us.   They might commemorate the work of great inventors or heroic leaders, the service of...

Love one another as he loved them

Love . . . one another That seems pretty easy, doesn’t it?   Be nice, take care of the people you’re close to, maybe give some money to the poor.   But is this all that Jesus means?   Or does he have a different idea?   Let’s look at the context of this command to get...

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