Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Investing in God's work Matthew 25:14-30 It seems odd that Jesus would consider putting the money in the bank rather than entrust the talent to the lazy lout.  Even Jesus has a financial sense. Let's look at the faith in terms of investment and utilize financial sense to enrich the spiritual sense. There are three components to this: Capital - what we have that we can give Gain - what we want to attain in the future Time - how much time we spend It is simply the offering of our time, talent, and treasure that can make up for this.  And if we are truly intent on leading our children to heaven (gain), we would invest our time, talents, and treasure (capital) in doing God's work, not our own. When do we start? Future is already too late.  Past is long gone. What we have is now and invest our lives in doing God's work.

Assumption and discipleship Luke 11:27-28 What was described in the the book of Chronicles was how the people revered the Ark of the Covenant which contains the eternal relationship between God and man.  "You will be my people and I will be your God" is the core message of the relationship and all the duties and responsibilities that it implies.  This is the blueprint of our salvation now sealed in the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The gospel talks about being blessed, not because of the principle attribute of physical motherhood, but in discipleship, "Happy are those who heed the Word of God and keep it." All these are geared towards the perfection of that relationship between God and man.  It is who we are, where we have been, and where we are going. The Assumption prefigures what will also happen to us given the conditions of discipleship.  As Mary was assumed into heaven because she received the gift of the Immaculate Conception, so too we

God's power Matthew 14:22-36 God's power is manifest in fulfilling his promise to save Israel and restore its lost glory. In the Gospel, Jesus manifested his power over the storm and back on land, he cured the sick. Never doubt God's power.  He has power over all creation.  He even has power over our lives.  God's power is manifest in his desire to save us, forgive us, and bring us to everlasting life.  We cannot produce all these by ourselves.  But God can do them for us.  We just need to believe in God's power.