The Amateur Christian

El Costo del Discipulado

Seguir a Cristo viene con un coste

Where God Is

Jesus tells us to look for the lowest places to be exalted. When we choose the lowly we will encounter the suffering. But we will encounter Jesus.

The Perfecter of Faith

When we fix our gaze in Jesus, he leads us deeper into faith, culminating in a faith that evangelizes others.

El Cumplidor de Fe

Cuando fijamos la mirada en Jesús, él nos guía a través niveles de fe; culminando en una fe que evangeliza a los demás.

Detachment

Detachment is that spiritual attitude of being free from concerns for worldly goods, power, or influence. It’s what Jesus encourages when he tells us to store up treasure in heaven and not here below.

Faith Bigger than Fear

The opposite of faith is not doubt or even atheism. The opposite is fear.

Interrupting Our Journeys

Everyone looks for the best ways to improve ourselves and to be “a good person”. Our readings this weekend tell us that it’s simpler than we think. But it will require our going out of our own way….

The Peace of Christ

The first thing that Jesus wanted the disciples to proclaim was “peace.” However, this peace is not simply the absence of conflict. Rather, it comes from a rightly ordered life and society. Yet, that sort of justice doesn’t stem from laws or power or fear. Rather, it comes from being in a rightly ordered life relationship with God and others - which is exactly why Jesus came.

Jesus is our “And”

We celebrate “Sts. Peter and Paul” today. But in that phrase, the most important word isn’t “Peter”, it isn’t “Paul”, it isn’t even “Saint.” It’s the “and” - and that is where we find Jesus!

Corpus Christi - Mass is Boring?

I find golf boring. Is it? Not to someone who knows golf. What about Mass? Maybe the key to getting more out of a Mass is to deepen our knowledge and love of the Eucharist. Perhaps that’s why we have Corpus Christi