Come Away By Yourselves
"Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." These words of Jesus Christ are an invitation to personal and intimate prayer. The meditations offered in this podcast are intended to help the listener enter into his own prayerful relationship with God. By reflecting on scenes from the Gospel, on other passages from Scripture, and on the insights of saints and spiritual writers, we can strengthen our faith in Jesus and our love for God. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, "I have called you my friends." By regular meditation and dialogue with Our Lord in prayer, our life can be transformed into an ever deepening and loving friendship with God.
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"He who eats this bread will live forever." "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me and I in him." In the Bread of Life Discourse, Jesus makes wonderful claims about Eucharistic Communion. In Communion, we share in Jesus" resurrection and are intimately united with him. This should change the way we
In St. John"s Gospel, Jesus"s third appearance happens after a night of fruitless fishing for the apostles. Our Lord"s intervention makes up abundantly for the lack of success they had that night. Our lives too are often marked by apparent failure and frustration. Like the apostles, this can be made right by a new e
God"s power is especially evident in his mercy. There are no sins that he can"t forgive and his mercy waits upon the smallest opening of repentance and sorrow for sin. Receiving God"s mercy is also the result of being merciful ourselves. Forgiving others is a condition for being forgiven. Our own forgiveness and me
At the Easter Vigil, the Exultet tells us to rejoice with the joy of Christ"s Victory. Easter Joy is triumphant. Christ is a victor and conqueror of sin and death. We share in this victory in the sacraments and in charity. Living a sincere Christian life, we become the resurrection for the world. https://comeawayby
How do we make the most of these Holy Days? Keep Jesus company in his passion and death. To get the most out of Easter, let"s try to stay with Jesus from the Last Supper through his death, burial and Resurrection. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
At the Last Supper Jesus opens his heart to the apostles and to us. St. John shares Jesus" own description of the Father"s love for us: it is the same love that he has for his only Son, Jesus. If and when we truly believe this, it changes everything and serves as the foundation of our Christian life. https://comeawa