FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THE CULTURE OF LIFE (Part GOD’S PLAN FOR CREATION May 1, 2012 Today’s reading: Genesis 1:26-2:3 We look at the very beginning and draw basic realities according to the plan of God for the life of the world. We see that in the beginning, “the Lord God [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2012 (Part 6) AN ABUNDANT LIFE IN JESUS April 30, 2012 Today’s gospel: John 10:1-10 In the beginning, God created and what He created was good. However, sin came into the picture and paradise was lost. But right at that terrible moment of judgment, as the protagonists in [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THE NEW EVANGELIZATION (Part 4) ASPECTS OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION April 30, 2012 Today’s reading: Acts 11:1-18 Today’s reading from Acts provides us some elements that would be proper to the New Evangelization. First, we must always soak our work in prayers. Peter said, “I was [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL ON EVANGELIZATION AND MISSION (Part 38) VICTORY AND JOY April 20, 2012 Today’s reading: Acts 5:34-42 In our work of evangelization and mission, there will be opposition. Certainly from the evil one. Certainly from secular forces in the world. Certainly from anti-life, anti-family, homosexualist groups. The [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THE CULTURE OF LIFE (Part 7) DEFENDING LIFE April 19, 2012 Today’s readings: Acts 5:27-33, Psalm 34:2-20, John 3:31-36 We are called to choose life. Life is God’s most fundamental gift. Choosing life that is from Him, and consequently looking to God’s plan for our lives, [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL ON EVANGELIZATION AND MISSION (Part 37) EQUIPPED FOR THE WORK April 16, 2012 Today’s reading: Acts 4:23-31 We are commissioned to evangelize. We do so through the power of the Holy Spirit. We know there will be intense opposition from Satan and his minions in the [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP (Part 13) EVERYTHING IN COMMON April 15, 2012 Today’s reading: Acts 4:32-35 Massive poverty is a scourge in the world. This is even more so considering God created a world of abundance. There is more than enough for everyone, even for double the world population today. The [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL ON EVANGELIZATION AND MISSION (Part 36) PERSISTING IN PROCLAIMING CHRIST April 14, 2012 Today’s reading: Acts 4:13-21 The religious authorities ordered Peter and John not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. The reply of the two was a classic. “Whether it [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL ON EVANGELIZATION AND MISSION (Part 35) PROCLAIMING CHRIST April 13, 2012 Today’s reading: Acts 4:1-12 Why did Jesus go to the cross? To win salvation for all. Why is every Christian supposed to be an evangelizer, proclaiming the salvation won by Jesus on the cross? So [...]
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THE WAY FORWARD IN CHRIST (Part 48) OPENING OUR MINDS April 12, 2012 Today’s gospel: Luke 24:35-48 Jesus tells his disciples, and thus us, “You are witnesses of these things.” (Lk 24:48). What things? Everything about Jesus’ life and mission, culminating in his sacrificial death on [...]