In anticipation of the feast day of Our Lady of Good Success, Fr. Dan Reehil goes into detail about what was revealed to Mother Mariana by Mary and Jesus.
Fr. Dan Reehil discusses the Gospel reading for today, Tuesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time. In this reading, Jesus displays His authority. Fr. Reehil reflects on this authority in light of our times today.
Fr. Dan Reehil discusses what the Lord meant by becoming child-like to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and the desire for a happy death in light of the gospel readings for Tuesday of the nineteenth week in ordinary time.
Ancient Israel had been under the influence of polytheistic Egypt for 400 years and it was rubbing off on them. Perhaps we are under a similar influence today. Have we forgotten that we are created? Have we forgotten that God created us with purpose, that He created us for all that is good? For Moses, God told him, “I am.” Personally He assured Moses – and each of us – that He existed before all things and is over all things. The gods of the Egyptian world (and perhaps of our lives too) – the gods of the Nile, of life, of the sun, of fertility…all these are distractions from the One, true God Who loves us. If we are similarly distracted or confused today, God comes to remind us that “He is”, that “I am” the God of your fathers – Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I am the God Who has given you life. I am with you. Do not be afraid.