Catholic Cardinal Reflections

September 30, 2018 - What tent do you belong in? Are we critical of others and are stumbling blocks that hamper others from seeing Christ? Madi Kist, as student coordinator of Encounter Chrt groups, tells us that belonging to an EC group can be life-changing.

September 23, 2018 - As humans we often worry about asking "Who is greatest?", while Jesus taught that the little child is greatest beause they have innocence and are unspoiled by asking false questions. We should try to serve others as God would, not as the world does.

September 16, 2018 - Fr. Xavier asks: Who owns your heart- the world, or God? Like Peter, we sometimes don't hear God's words above the clutter. Teresa explores faith vs. works. We are fine with praying, giving, and listening to others but do we help the pathetic? Are we open to being broken, as Christ was, to bring hope to our neighbors?

September 9, 2018 - Jesus opened the ears and tongue of a sick person; our minds and hearts are often closed to Jesus' call for us to follow him. Our baptismal power should be used to make us priest, prophet, and leader. The world needs us to be all three.

September 9, 2018 - Danilio Leao has been a member of an Encounter Christ small group in the Catholic Community at Stanford, and gives his account of what this experience has meant to him, speaking at Mass on Sept. 9, 2018.

September 2, 2018 - What does Religion entail today? 1. Appreciating God's infinite love for us; 2. Pursuing Justice for everyone; 3. Putting good words into action; 4. praying, contemplating God and the many gifts he has given us.

August 26, 2018 - We are often reluctant to make commitments, but it is often through commitments that we grow, especially in our relationship with God. With so much of the world in turmoil, it is time to recommit to our loving God and to one another.

August 19, 2018 - Deacon John describes three elements in today's Mass: 1. We are collectively the Church; 2. Prayer must be our source of wisdom, our centrality; 3. We must constantly seek to reform, rebuild, tramsform our lives, in order to have the eternal life Jesus promises through His Bread and Wine.

August 12, 2018 - Jesus wanted people to take the bread he offered, eternal bread of life, but they only wanted bread and fish to eat. Fr. Bob reminds us not to yearn only for cheap prizes, and instead see all the graces that God gives us all day. Don't settle for too little of Jesus in your life.

August 5, 2018 - We often work towards increasing our wordly possessions, but sometimes complaining about what we have becomes our heart's desire, and we must be careful to appreciate God's good gifts. Teresa describes how, when growing up she didn't appreciate her mother's homebaked bread, and in order to fit in with classmates, insteead prefered "Wondewr Bread". Jesus offers us the true Bread of Life in him.