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The Red Corner of Fr. Luis

Each of us has the ability to gift another person with our care, love, and attention

Submitted by holyroodchurch on July 8, 2021 - 09:09

 

Reading: Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. Matthew 10:1.

 

Good morning, happy Wednesday, and many blessings my dear family.

 

Jesus is calling us to go out and care for the people who are in need

Submitted by holyroodchurch on July 6, 2021 - 08:13

 

 

Reading: Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9: 37-38.

 

Good morning, happy Tuesday, and many blessings my dear family.

 

Jesus came for us to have life, and life in abundance

Submitted by holyroodchurch on July 5, 2021 - 08:30

 

 

Reading: When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” Matthew 9:23-24a.

 

Good morning, happy Monday, and many blessings my dear family.

 

Today’s Gospel (Matthew 9:18-26) presents us with various circles of ‘distance from’ versus ‘depth of’ religious belief. On the outermost circle are the bystanders who could only scoff at even the possibility of a miracle.

 

Is there a critical scribe within us? I assume so.

Submitted by holyroodchurch on July 1, 2021 - 09:47

 

 

Reading: And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!” Matthew 9:3.

 

Good morning, happy Thursday, and many blessings my dear family.

 

In today’s passage from Matthew (9:1-8), Jesus returned to his hometown. When the townspeople heard that Jesus was home, they brought a paralytic to Him, carrying the man on a stretcher.  Clearly these people had faith in Jesus’ power to heal this man.  Jesus said to the paralytic: “Child, have courage; your sins are forgiven.”

 

Who is Jesus for me?

Submitted by holyroodchurch on June 29, 2021 - 11:45

 

 

Reading: When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” Matthew 16:13.

 

Good morning, happy Tuesday, and many blessings.

 

To follow Jesus means to be prepared to be with him in bad times as well as good

Submitted by holyroodchurch on June 28, 2021 - 10:47

 

 

Reading: Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Matthew 8:20.

 

Good morning, happy Monday, and many blessings.

 

In today’s Gospel (Matthew 8:18-22) Jesus challenges us with the seriousness of our decision to follow him. Notice too that the love that lasts is what matters in his commitment to you as it does in yours to him. He does not hide the implications of your decision to follow him and that your commitment to him must go beyond a short term emotional one.

 

What is your “leprosy,” your “disease?”

Submitted by holyroodchurch on June 25, 2021 - 18:12

When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” WhatMatthew 8:1-2.
 
Good morning, happy Friday, and many blessings.
 
In today’s Gospel (Matthew 8:1-4), Jesus comes down from the mountain. As always, a great crowd followed him. A leper approached Jesus. He paid Jesus homage and then said: “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean!” Apparently, the leper had heard of the miracles and cures that Jesus had done.

Have you ever been confounded by something that God has done in your life?

Submitted by holyroodchurch on June 24, 2021 - 11:12

 

 

Reading: When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. Luke 1:57.

 

Good morning, happy Thursday, and many blessings.

 

With today Gospel (Luke 1:57-66, 80), we interrupt the teaching on the Kingdom of God in order to celebrate the birthday of John the Baptist. His parents are models of faith and trust in God. It had been revealed to them that they should call the child John, and they do so, even in the face of criticism and misunderstanding on the part of their relatives and neighbors.

 

Are You on the right way?

Submitted by holyroodchurch on June 22, 2021 - 11:51

 

 

Reading: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you… Matthew 7:12a…

 

Good morning, happy Tuesday, and many blessings.

 

Today’s passage (Matthew 7: 6, 12-14) contains three apparently unrelated teachings of Jesus.

 

Am I quick to notice what others do wrong, but not so quick to recognize the same failings, or worse, in myself?

Submitted by holyroodchurch on June 21, 2021 - 10:10

 

 

Reading “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3.

 

Good morning, happy Monday, and many blessings.

 

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Ministry at the time of Coronavirus (Covid 19): Prevent, cure and accompany

Now we have to shape what some have started calling; The Church at Home. Although I keep asking myself; What do those who do not have a home do? For this reason, at the same time, I am declaring today in our Holyrood Church a Lenten day of prayer, fasting and reading the Bible in the Time of the Coronavirus.

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