What is God’s Mercy?
Reflecting on the meaning of the Latin word merced, “price paid,” I cannot help but to think of redemptive work accomplished by the life and suffering of Jesus Christ. Jesus, Incarnate Divine, brought back what humanity lost: spiritual freedom.
Who is God’s family?
Being family with the Creator is neither an automatic status nor purchasable commodity. According to Jesus, we must earn this spiritual state of being by “living the will of God.”
Listen With Your Heart
Why would it be helpful to think with one’s eyes closed? The hopeful expectation is that one might be able to see what is in one’s heart, because seeing the physical and materialistic reality has been limited by closing one’s eyes.
When is God present?
We often keep God outside of our life or at a certain distance. But the problem with this attitude is that true happiness and inner joy also stay away from us because they come to us accompanied by God…
Celebration of Life
The resurrection of Jesus reveals that we are spiritual beings whose true life begins in heaven, as designed by God.
Searching for What is Already Found
People at the time of Jesus expected Jesus to be the king of their physical realm. However, Jesus is the king of the spiritual realm, which is already present within us…
Why do we make bad choices?
People choose things that are not helpful or even harmful to them despite having obvious, better choices. This could be due to greed, overwhelming emotion, or ignorance. Yet, there is a deeper challenge to humans: we are born in a materialistic reality and raised by its principles.