The Cross Is Not What God Demands
The Cross Is Not What God Demands—It’s What God Gives We have just heard the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and if we’re not careful, we can walk away with the wrong idea. We can walk away thinking that somehow God needed this—that God demanded suffering, that the cross was a kind of transaction […]
UNTIE HIM AND LET HIM GO
Untie Him and Let Him Go When life closes in and the air feels thick with grief, anxiety, or injustice, we can start to believe that nothing will ever change. We see “tombs” in our own community—flooded homes never repaired, families without housing, neighbors with mental illness sitting in jail instead of in treatment—and our […]
The Man Born Blind
Revealing Our Own Blindness: A Gospel Journey with the Man Born Blind Last Sunday, we read from the Gospel of John and met the woman at the well — the one who found living water in Jesus. This week, John brings us another powerful encounter: the healing of the man born blind (John 9). And […]
I Am The Living Water
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R-eZAJ7FU2I Living Water: Meeting Jesus at the Well When You’re Tired, Thirsty, and Rejected We’ve been journeying through the Gospel of Matthew this year, but every so often the Church invites us into the Gospel of John—a very different landscape. John is the last gospel to be written, and it is thick with symbolism, theology, […]
See As God Sees
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AAZ7rn_neJA Transfiguration and Sukkot: When You Change the Way You Look at Things Welcome, and thank you for visiting the Our Lady of Lourdes blog. I’m so glad you’re here. In this post, I want to share a bit of my story — and how God has used it to transform the way I see […]
Living Lent: Following Jesus Into The Desert
The Gospel of Matthew and the Desert Journey Matthew’s Gospel tells us that right after His baptism in the Jordan, Jesus is led into the desert for forty days. At His baptism, the Father’s voice proclaims, “This is my beloved Son.” For first‑century Jews, that phrase would immediately echo an older story: God calling Israel […]
What Does It Mean To Be A Christian?
What Does It Mean to Be Christian? Living the Gospel in Everyday Life This question sits at the heart of Christian discipleship. It’s not just about the cross around our necks, the church we attend, or the rules we follow. It’s about whether our daily choices, words, and reactions reflect the heart of Jesus. A […]
Salt of the Earth
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iny4iAHuSc8 Why the Gospel of Matthew Still Speaks Powerfully Today The Gospel of Matthew was written for a Jewish Christian community struggling to make sense of life after the fall of the Temple and under the weight of empire. It answers a burning question for them and for us: If we already know and love […]
Have a Blessed Day
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iny4iAHuSc8 What It Really Means to Be Blessed: Rethinking the Word We Use So Casually We say it all the time: “Have a blessed day.” “Wishing you a blessed week.” It sounds warm and spiritual — but have you ever stopped to ask what being blessed truly means? In today’s world, the word blessed often […]