Jesus wants us to remain in him and he wants to remain in us, and the most important thing is to stay with the one who loves and wants to be with us, allowing God’s plan to reveal itself.

• 00:00 Jesus wants us to remain in him and he wants to remain in us.
• 00:30 Youth at a boarding school in Mexico wanted to go with the speaker to make a phone call when the power went out.
• 01:01 The most important thing is to remain with the one who loves and wants to be with us, allowing God’s plan to reveal itself.

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2021 Archive / Recent Reflections

The importance of remaining connected to Jesus in order to have a personal relationship with God and bear fruit for the kingdom of God.

• 00:00 People express their faith in various ways, but the unwavering belief in mutual love between them and God is a common theme.
• 01:16 Belief in Jesus is the condition for salvation and there is a necessity of remaining with Jesus.
• 01:50 Jesus is the vine and we are the branches, emphasizing the importance of remaining in him for confidence in prayer and acknowledging the special relationship between Jesus and God.
• 02:23 Stay connected to God by committing to remain in Jesus, establishing a personal relationship, and bearing fruit for the kingdom of God.

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Our hearts are influenced by different voices, but through prayer and discernment, we can choose to listen to the voice of the shepherd and respond with courage, love, and joy.

• 00:00 Our hearts are like a choir with four main voices: the Holy Spirit, the good human spirit, the bad human spirit, and the spirit of evil.
• 00:53 Positive and negative voices impact our hearts, but prayer helps us discern which to listen to.
• 02:01 Listen to the voice of the shepherd, practice sacred silence, and respond with courage, love, and joy.

Jesus’ resurrection fulfilled scriptures and demonstrates that death is not the end, but rather a defeat that is overcome through God’s love and plan for resurrection and the kingdom of God.

• 00:00 Jesus’ resurrection fulfilled scriptures and sparked debate about the nature of death, with some viewing it as a release from suffering.
• 01:05 Death is viewed differently in Greek philosophical thought, with some seeing it as liberation and others as a bad thing, but the biblical view is that death is an evil that has entered into creation.
• 02:22 The concept of human immortality comes from the conviction that God’s goodness and love of creation cannot be defeated.
• 03:21 God’s love for creation is shown in the Old Testament through the belief in resurrection, with the idea of bodily life after death being different from the concept of life after death.
• 04:47 Jesus appears to his disciples after his resurrection, demonstrating that he is physically alive and not just a disembodied spirit.
• 05:56 God’s plan for resurrection was always present in scripture, even though it may not have been obvious, and Jesus helps us understand this.
• 06:53 God’s plan is to bring forgiveness and heal the world, and Jesus’s resurrection is tied to reigning with God and the real kingdom of God has already begun.
• 08:09 Keep God’s commandments, cling to the goodness of life, and believe that death is defeated.

We should persist in our faith and mission to spread the word of God, as the Risen Lord persistently guides and strengthens us in our journey.

• 00:00 The Risen Lord appears to his disciples, assures them, eats with them, and commissions them to give witness to him, showing divine persistence in renewing persons and the world.
• 03:26 Keep faith and persist in following God’s commandments, for His love is perfected in those who do so.
• 08:20 God’s persistence in saving us, as seen in Peter’s transformation and Jesus’s resurrection, is the promise of Easter, despite our ignorance or rejection.
• 12:13 Despite our sins, we have an Advocate in Jesus, so we should persist in turning to Him and learning to love as God does, as Jesus appeared to his disciples, proving he was not a ghost, and opened their minds to understand the scriptures.
• 16:34 God persistently saves us, even when we give up on Him, through the Triumph of the Risen Lord and the offer of repentance in Jesus’s name, as shown in the gospel of St. Luke.
• 19:54 Jesus persistently convinces his disciples of his resurrection, guiding them to be witnesses to his word and calling us to be persistent in hope.
• 24:49 The Risen Lord strengthens and guides skeptical disciples to proclaim his resurrection, opens the scriptures and breaks bread with us, and sends the Holy Spirit to assist us in our mission.
• 29:20 Pray for continued strength and support in fulfilling our mission to spread the word of God.