The Emmaus Pastorate’s Podcast

Walking on water is like skiing.  Look where you want to go, and point your feet!

You know what happens when you listen to God?  You become transformed!  Listen!

In the First Reading this weekend, God asks the King of Israel a simple question: What is it you truly want?  As king, he could have asked for anything, but instead he asks for the humblest of gifts: understanding!  Take a look at your life (and maybe your pocketbook).  What is it you really want?

 

And thanks to Msgr. Jim Miller for presiding this weekend in Fr. John's absence!

Be the good seed, the seed that falls on good ground, ground without any weeds, the seed that grows to produce much fruit!  We need good seeds in our parishes and communities today, perhaps more than ever.  Be that good seed!

 

And thank you, Fr. Ambrosy for filling in for Fr. John as he recovers!

What kind of soil are you?  What goes into your soil?  Are you monitoring it?  Keep it healthy, and it'll yield abundant fruit!

The yoke is on you.  Or is it?

When guests come over, usually our reaction is to offer a meat and cheese tray, maybe a vegetable platter, some fruit, and/or a drink or two.  We provide some nourishment!  That's all well and good, but there's more to being hospitable than dolling out some food and beverage.  Hospitality is making room for others in our hearts, just ask Christ has made room for us in the City of God.  In our self-centered culture, it's often hard to open space for others in our lives, and we're definitely not encouraged to do it.  But the Gospel call us - ALL of us - to make some room!

What are you afraid of??

HELP WANTED

Everyone has a role to play.  What are you gonna do?

By his divine authority, Christ renewed the sacrificial covenant between God and God's people at the Last Supper.  By giving himself as the Lamb of God, he not only established the Sacrament of the Eucharist but also renewed the relationship between we mortals and God.  By his authority - and by extension through all those ordained a priest - mere bread and wine transform into Christ's Most Holy Body and Blood.  These days it's easy to question those in authority, especially with all the ranker, divisiveness, and corruption in the world, but we can take Jesus at his word.  Let us all give a resounding "Amen" (meaning "I believe") when we come forward to share in the one loaf and one cup!