Saturday, March 23, 2024 – Day 39

I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. —Luke 15:7 Here’s another reflection day that strikes home to me on this life journey! As a shepherd,...

Friday, March 22, 2024 – Day 38

God, our heavenly Father, your Son has called me to love the lost. Save me from any self-righteousness or anger when it comes to people who are far from you. I repent of that self-righteousness and seek to join your Son on his mission to seek and to save all people....

Thursday, March 21, 2024 – Day 37

“We have a confession to make: As we reflect on the five STEPS to grow in a relationship with Christ, sharing our faith is the one we struggle with the most. This might sound strange coming from two church guys. In one sense, everything we do—preaching and teaching,...

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 – Day 36

As we move into the final week of the forty-day journey with Rebuilt Faith: A Handbook for Skeptical Catholics, sharing our faith is one of the biggest challenges to growing the church wider.   It’s private and frankly, I’m not qualified or...

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 – Day 35

God, our heavenly Father, thank you for your Son’s teaching about prayer. Thank you that he knows when I am tempted to give up and stop praying. Grant me a resilience and perseverance to keep on praying even when it doesn’t feel as if it is making a difference....

Monday, March 18, 2024 – Day 34

Then the Lord said: Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord; the Lord will pass by. There was a strong and violent wind rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the Lord—but the Lord was not in the wind; after the wind, an earthquake—but the Lord was...