Fr. Christopher Panagoplos, TOR, helps us understand what it means to be “Alive to God in Christ Jesus”.

“Such fidelity to relationships is the new life born of water and the Spirit, raised to new life with Jesus, to share that life and its responsibilities.  Alive to God in Christ Jesus as people in whom He lives, in whose hearts He dwells—lives that are poor in spirit, full of mercy, thirsty for justice, makers of peace—so that He might continue the work of giving mercy and peace, forgiveness and healing in a world still gasping in the pains of death.”

the full text of this Sunday’s homily here: Easter Sunday – Fr. Christopher (text)

View his homily here: Easter Sunday – Fr. Christopher (video)

https://www.secularfranciscansusa.org/2024/03/30/the-gospel-through-a-franciscan-lens-easter-sunday-fr-christopher/

Fr. Christopher Panagoplos, TOR, draws us in to Holy Week, inviting us to “Die a little, to live more fully”.

“The week of passion, of devotion, of suffering and death and life given over, begins.  The Paschal Mystery, our involvement in the dying/rising of Christ, is now.  Die a little, to live more fully.  We find the heart of Christ amid the turmoil of the Passion, inviting us to enter into communion with the Crucified.  To suffer with the Lord’s Suffering Servant, intent on bringing justice, love and peace to the world, speaking a word to sustain the weary, to listen and be a disciple, to suffer our share of the burden of the Gospel, and imitating Jesus.  Let us look violence, hate and injustice in the face—with the heart of Christ.”

the full text of this Sunday’s homily here: Passion Sunday – Fr. Christopher (text)

View his homily here: Passion Sunday – Fr. Christopher (video)

https://www.secularfranciscansusa.org/2024/03/23/the-gospel-through-a-franciscan-lens-passion-sunday-fr-christopher/