Superior Priest

Attraction and Fear

9Feb25 (25cO5) The stars and mountains remind us of God. An encounter with his grandeur and our smallness. It should draw us to him and humble us to be afraid of him. He wants us to be purified and put out into the deep. God can make all things happen if we trust him.

Suffering Well

2Feb25 (25Presentation). There is a lot of suffering to be had at Marine training in Bridgeport, CA Mountain Warfare Training. This suffering is not an absence of God but an opportunity to grow closer to him. Help us to be like candles that give off light (charity) and lose our life for Jesus’ sake. Darkness can not overcome the light.

Science Seeking Truth

5Jan25 (25cEpiphany). Science and faith are often thought to be opposed in this modern world. That is just not the case. One who seeks truth, seeks Jesus Christ. May we always seek Jesus Christ and know him in the great revelation and security of the Holy Catholic Church.

Conflict and Obedience in Family

29Dec24 (24cFamily). Families bring some of the greatest joys and difficulties in life. The Holy Family may be perfect and without sin, but still experiences the conflict of family. Jesus’ response is obedience. Obedience to Mary and Joseph, which is ultimately learning obedience to the Heavenly Father. We learn obedience to God through obedience to our earthly parents and our mother, the Church. Also, spouses please remember that the most important person in your life, after God, is your spouse.

Christmas Bread

25Dec24 (24Christmas). Family traditions are important to form what is important about the season. My Grandmother also gave our family this beautiful poem about Jesus to meditate. Lastly was born in a manger (feeding trough), born in Bethlehem (House of Bread), He declares He is the Bread of Life, and says that we much eat His Flesh. He came to be present to us and he continues to do so in the Most Holy Eucharist.

JESUS

 

Manifest Infirmity, wondrous Humility,

in which all the greatness of God lay hidden:

He is both great in the nature of God

and small in the form of a servant.

But His greatness is not diminished by His smallness,

nor His smallness overwhelmed by His greatness.

He Himself with the Father and the Holy Spirit precedes all spans of time,

but on this day, issuing from His mother,

He stepped into the tide of the years.

 

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He who made man, was made Man;

He was given existence by a mother whom

He brought into existence.

He finds no room in the inn, but

He builds a temple for Himself

in the hearts of those who believe.

Unspeakably wise, He is wisely speechless;

filling the world, He lies in a manger.

He is wrapped in swaddling clothes,

but He gives us a garment of immortality.

John the Baptist baptized Christ, the Giver of Baptism,

in waters made holy by the One Who was baptized.

 

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In Him we see our God made visible,

and so are caught up in the love of the God we cannot see.

He came to pay a debt He didn’t owe

because we owed a debt we couldn’t pay.

Such is the love of our God!

Then let us be kindled with love,

that we may come to His eternity!

 

By Marie E. Barfknecht (1926-2019)

Be With Mary This Christmas

22Dec24 (24cA4). God wants Obedience out of love and not fear. Mary’s obedience of love brought about salvation to the world. Use the great gift of the Rosary this Christmas time to meditate on Jesus’ life with Mary and learn to love obedience to God with Mary.

Prepare for Christ

15Dec24 (24cA3). We prepare for Christmas and coming of Jesus. The most important preparation is the transformation of our life. We are living in the in between time of already but not yet. Jesus came, He is coming, and He will be coming.

Jesus is Truth

24Nov24 (24bKing). Jesus Christ is Lord of the Universe. Whoever listens to truth listens to Jesus. Let us listen to truth and follow Jesus. The world does not have the truth because God is truth. Jesus Christ endures beyond all these passing things of this world. Viva Christo Rey!!!

The End is Coming!!!

17Nov24 (24bO33). We need to prepare for the end of our life. This is not the worst time in history. History is always a bad time. He has a bigger plan that is not overcome by evil in this world, but brings about good in spite of it. He is coming and we need to be ready. Are you ready to die and meet your maker?

Our Brokenness is God’s Gift

27Oct24 (24bO30). We want physical goodness; God wants spiritual goodness. Our physical health can sometimes be a crutch that prevents us from having faith and trust in God. Let us remember the most important things of knowing Jesus Christ and seeing him through the eyes of faith. He just wants me to be with Him.