Meditate on the fifth sorrowful mystery, and discover that the darkness surrounding Jesus at the crucifixion was the presence of Abba Father. "Do you hesitate, man, to go this way, when this is the way that God came to you?" Saint Augustine

"I could easily have created men possessed of all that they should need both for body and soul, but I wish that one should have need of the other, and that they should be My ministers to administer the graces and the gifts that they have received from ...

“Others, again, seeing their own imperfections, become angry with themselves with an impatience that is not humble. They are so impatient with their shortcomings as if they would be saints in one day. Many of these make grand resolutions,

“But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery which they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me . . . then I will remember my covenant with Jacob,

"By accepting the sufferings ‘offered’ by life and allowed by God for our progress and purification, we spare ourselves much harder ones. We need to develop this kind of realism and, once and for all, stop dreaming of a life without suffering or confli...

By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret: God himself is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and he has destined us to share in that exchange (CCC 221). -  

"To reflect on this mystery ... is demanded by the pleas of many human hearts, their sufferings and hopes, their anxieties and expectations...Believing in the crucified Son means 'seeing the Father,' means believing that love is present in the world an...

The new study series, Healing the Father Wound, begins next week, and I am full of excited terror for us both! If you are new to Bible Study Evangelista, a warm welcome to you. Because there are several hundred new sign-ups for the new series,

I am traveling this week, with no recording capability except what's on my laptop (yuk!), so I am writing my personal message to you here. If you are new to Bible Study Evangelista, a warm welcome to you. - The new study series,

Now that we have learned how to LOVE the Word™, we're about to start practicing the method in our new series. The new study begins September 18, but until then, here's a LOVE the Word™ exercise and part one of my talk (audio below) on Healing the Fathe...