
Who Do You Say That I Am? A Meditation on Jesus
Jesus asks this of all his disciples. How do we respond?
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Jesus asks this of all his disciples. How do we respond?

To care for his people, Louis of France built cathedrals, churches, libraries, hospitals, and orphanages.

“God has a dream for you,” St. Ignatius of Loyola said. And best of all it accords with our own deepest desires.

God’s commandments are the manual of instructions about how we work best. They are gifts–not burdens–and they call for our gratitude.

We are often like Mary Magdalene and those early disciples—we are “in the dark” and don’t always understand what is going on. Our God can be mysterious.

In this Year of St. Joseph, it’s good to remember him was a real man who experienced all the ups and downs that go with those roles.

This week’s Gospel story recounts the tale of Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and fishes in order to feed the vast crowds that had gathered to hear him preach.

Beginning today, our Gospel readings for five weeks come from chapter six of John’s Gospel, where Jesus is portrayed as the “Bread of Life.”

More often than not the Israelites greeted God’s plans with skepticism. Yet over and over again God defended them and nourished them and guided them.

St. Francis understood that, by accepting our responsibility to care for water, we will say, “Thank you,” to God, the giver of water and life.