Los personajes del evangelio son históricos, pero también son estados del alma. Todos somos Zaqueo en nuestro deseo de ver a Jesús, y lo hospedamos en nuestra casa. Para eso requerimos humildad: busquemos detectar el orgullo sutil y tenaz que se enrosca en nuestra alma. Nos servirá meditar y repetir la “Letanía de la humildad”.

2024-06-04 Orgullo sutil y tenaz

Originally published in 2021. &quot;Ask, seek, knock.&quot; Jesus gives us great confidence that God always answers our prayers.  Our Lenten penance can make them even more powerful. <a href='https://comeawaybyyourselves.com'>https://comeawaybyyourselves.com</a>

Lent - Day 8

Doug unpacks things you can say during a fight to calm the waters when things get heated. Plus: One minute to a Rekindled Heart. Listener questions and comments: <ul> <li>Dee - My husband and I are separated due to his drug addiction that he kept from me. I thought he was sober the last four years. There are anger issues and he's accused me of stuff. He wants me back. What am I supposed to do? (20:19)</li> <li>Al - My wife and I both work. The bill division is not 50/50. It's more like 95/5. What do you think? (26:53)</li> <li>Ron - My wife has gained a tremendous amount of weight. How do I bring this up without hurting her? I love her very much. (39:26)</li> </ul> Resources: Rekindled Hearts Marriage Bundle <a href="https://relevantradio.store/collections/books/products/marriage-bundle">https://relevantradio.store/collections/books/products/marriage-bundle</a>

Calming the Waters

In the discourse on the bread of life (John 6), some of the disciples are scandalized by the words of Jesus, and no longer go with him. "Will you also go away", he asks the apostles? Peter says: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." During hard times we realize we have made a commitment, and we must keep our word. Stay faithful, no matter what. Fidelity means a readiness to fight. To struggle. We do so now during the ups and downs of the pandemic. (Preached in Lyncroft centre by Fr. Eric Nicolai)
Music: Adrian Berenguer, Fall (Album Multiplicity, 2017)
Thumbnail: George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo (1924), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
See other meditations: https://www.youtube.com/c/EricNicolai/videos

Fidelity: Never Give Up

Doug looks at another case study from "Impossible Marriages Redeemed." When you are struggling with your spouse, how can you change your own actions instead of theirs? Plus: what do you do when your spouse is distant?

What Can You Change?

Estando inmersos en un mundo de pecado, procuremos mantener la sensibilidad para no acostumbrarnos a su presencia. La mayor desgracia del mundo es haber perdido el sentido del pecado, porque haciéndolo pierde también la contrición. ¿Para removernos, o para remover a otros? La contemplación de la Pasión del Señor: el amor que asume todo pecado.