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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If you enjoy this podcast please leave a rating and review wherever you listen. Questions or comments? comeawaybyyourselves@gmail.com. Christ expresses his burning desire to "cast fire on the earth." This is a call to an intense Christian life. To be men and women on fire for the love of God and others, we should
By leaving the saving news of the Gospel and the saving power of the sacraments to the Church, Jesus put great things into our hands. The apostolic mission of Christians is an extension of Christ"s own love for souls. Apostolate, evangelization, becomes natural when we remember, or realize in a deeper way, just how m
To follow Jesus is to take up our cross each day. Pain, sadness, fear and suffering were all a part of Christ"s life and essential to his redemptive love for us. To follow Jesus in love is therefore also to share in his suffering. Our faith helps us to find meaning and solace in our most difficult trials.
Jesus is the "light of the world" who gives us the "light of life." Christian life is a process of continual identification with Christ. The effort to do this is not just behavioral modification but, perhaps more fundamentally, intellectual conversion. To convert is to see things as Christ does, to come to have "the
Jesus gives us very clear advice on how to deal with worries and anxieties. His advice is to replace worry with trust. This replacement therapy is something we can practice first of all in our mental prayer.
The Psalms and other Bible passages are full of encouraging claims about who and what God is for us. The Lord is our rock, our stronghold, our inheritance ... Faith makes these claims come to life. To be all that he wants to be for us, we must try to let God be our one and true God, whom we love with all of our sou