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If a child were to look at you with tears in their eyes and a plea on their lips:  “Please help me!”, would you turn away and ignore them?  Likely not! Yet consider that in some ways we are doing just that if we do not try to help the children in our world that are... Read More →

Have you ever suffered so much that you cannot bear it? All over our world there are people who feel this way.  Health challenges, tragedies, relationship breakdowns, violence, war all have a way of taking a toll on us that can be debilitating. In these moments let us recall the... Read More →

God provides a formula to bless us and to build us up and to allow us to become all that He desires, and that formula is described in “The Beatitudes.” In Matthew 5: 3-10 Jesus describes eight blessings that He will give to those that embrace His Holy Will.  Take your time... Read More →

God is calling us to be holy!  God is calling us to great dignity and honour, to lives that are pure and reverent. God says: “Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.” Leviticus 19:2 But what does it mean to be holy? Holiness is the central attribute of God. Holiness is... Read More →

Many people reject religion because they do not understand what they are rejecting.  True religion is about one thing:  a Divine Relationship.  This divine relationship begins when we invite God into our lives with faith and trust and that relationship grows as God nurtures us... Read More →

When Jesus was on earth “people were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom... Read More →

The extent to which human priorities match divine priorities is the extent to which we are living in communion with God, doing His Holy Will. The ‘bucket list’ is typically a list of experiences we want to have before we die, but God’s plan for us may encompass a different set of... Read More →

Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 Consider the little branch that falls off the vine, it can no longer live. It will no longer produce any fruit.  Let’s... Read More →

Are you brave if you are not scared? Courage is a gift of the Holy Spirit. I can only imagine how much courage the first apostles of Jesus must have had. So many of the first Christians died for their faith as martyrs because they did not want to deny their love for Jesus. “There... Read More →

Do you know that God has created you to do “good works”? “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 Every disciple of Jesus Christ is called to do good works and bear fruit that will... Read More →