A Christmas Eve meditation on the birth of Jesus Christ...
On the Second Sunday of Advent, we read the words of St. John the Baptist, "one mightier than I is coming after me...He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." By grace, a holy hunger and thirst is kindled in us as we travel towards Christmas knowing a new immersion in God is awaiting us...
Into the beautiful season of Advent, a meditation on preparing our heart for the coming of Christmas...
On the Solemnity of Christ the King we dive into the radical love of King Jesus and the Holy Spirit-filled life He empowers us to live in HIs kingdom even now...
The lovely testimony of Ilene, who received wonderful healing in her eye at an Encounter Ministries Healing Service, thank you Jesus!
In the eyes of Jesus, we find the history of His passion for us. Given at an Encounter Ministries Healing Service, this message focuses on the mighty love of Jesus always at hand, always reaching out...
In teaching us to be ready for the Bridegroom (Mt 25:6), Jesus is opening wide for us access to the precious grace needed for living in devotion and wisdom in His presence.
Asked what the greatest commandment in the law was, Jesus gives an answer full of potential to awaken the depth of our being to His presence...
At an Encounter Ministries Healing Service in Crystal Lake, IL, an invitation is made to give a full yes to Jesus, and His Blood shed for us...
The marvelous testimonies of Mary Ann and Connie, who received remarkable healings at and Encounter School of Healing in Crystal Lake, Illinois, praise you Jesus!
Lovely healing testimonies from a wonderful healing service in Grandville, Michigan...go Jesus go!!!
By the way we think (Phil 4:6-9) we can cooperate with the Holy Spirit to witness powerfully to Jesus...
This reflection was offered before the Blessed Sacrament at an evening of praise and adoration at Holy Family...it is an invitation from the heart of The Bridegroom Jesus to His beloved...
St. Paul's famous words, "Christ will be magnified in my body" (Phil 1:20) invite us into renewed awareness and participation in the amazing life of grace we have access to in the Holy Spirit...
Faced with the difficult truth that unforgiveness is not an option for disciples of Jesus (Matthew 18:21-35), we look to the Cross of Christ to drink from the fountain of mercy flowing from the Sacred Heart of Jesus to do what seems impossible sometimes...forgive.
The awesome testimony of Jenny, who received a remarkable healing of her long-time back issue while attending an Encounter Ministries Healing Service in Wisconsin, thank you Jesus!
The transformational power of the love of Jesus at work in our lives empowers to live radical lives of love...even to the point of loving enemies and working through conflicts in the grace of God. Full of the presence of God, we are meant to overflow with His love in a way that profoundly impacts the world around us...
In the stunning moment of Peter being called Satan by Jesus for thinking "not as God does, but as human beings do" we catch a glimpse of how critically important it is to follow Jesus...in our thought lives.
The testimonies of Rick & Tia, who received wonderful healing breakthroughs at a healing service at St. Isidore, thank you and praise you Jesus!
In a surge of faith, Peter responds to the question of Jesus (who do you say that I am) with heart full of truth, declaring, "you are the Christ, the Son of the living God." (Mt 16:18) Even from that moment...Peter still had a lot of growing in faith to do, and so do we. Yet, we are sure of this, our continued growth is God's plan unfolding in our lives...
The famous jostling between Jesus and the Canaanite in Matthew 15 led to a powerful statement of radical faith from the woman Her statement brought an exuberant response from Jesus...who knew exactly what He was doing in helping this woman bring forth golden faith from her heart!
After the feeding of thousands with five loaves and two fish, we read that "He went up on the mountain by himself to pray, when it was evening He was there alone." Receive the invitation to come and learn more about this intimate union with Abba, Jesus and the Spirit that is experienced in prayer, a gift that changes everything...
What Jesus showed Peter, James and John on Mt. Tabor (Mt 17:1-9) was a foreshadow of what was coming into the lives of His disciples...a life full of God's Magnificent Shining Holy Presence... (Acts 2:4 & 2 Peter 1:4)
In a dream, King Solomon was visited by God and given a life-changing grace of having a wise and understanding heart. (1 Kgs 3:12) Living as temples of the Holy Spirit, God wants to cloth us with a wisdom that endlessly values and cherishes the treasure of His presence...