Gabriel's Trumpet

Balance is crucial in living a healthy physical and spiritual life. Eating, drinking, and clothing are necessary in the RIGHT WAYS. This episode discusses the PRUDENT way to balance our needs so they don't become our OBSESSIONS, our gods.

Disappointment is often connected to our expectations. Too often we expect from others and temporal things that which they CANNOT GIVE or SHOULD NOT GIVE. This episode discusses that alone which NEVER DISAPPOINTS!

This episode discusses the challenges and OPPORTUNITIES for living the Christian Life in a world divided.

We all have episodes when we have done or said things which are NOT reflecting our true selves. Do we let this episode define WHO we are for the rest of our lives? How do we respond when such events occur? Can we move past our past? How?

An earthen vessel is fragile. It must be handled with care. WE are earthen vessels. WE have been made with great love and care. WE also carry within us a TREASURE of infinite worth, an eternal treasure. This episode discusses both the fragile vessel we are and the TREASURE we carry.

This episode discusses Jesus among the sinners! What"s more, he eats with them. Why? What is the meaning for such a shocking act? What does it mean fof US?

The new can be both exciting and anxiety producing. The new fills us with hope anc new opportunities. It can also make anxious about the unknown. This episode reflects on faceing the new with hope, courage, and trust in God's faithful presence.

We are beings in time-- past, present, and future. We learn from the past but we DON'T LIVE IN THE PAST. We live toward the future in HOPE! Our present in lived in FAITH! Today is a sacred time to reflect, be grateful, and look to the future with HOPE! We travel in LOVE with the God who is LOVE!

It is easy to become discouraged. The world around us and within us can leave us disspirited. This episode discusses the importance of encourageing each other DAILY! Such is a Spiritual Work of Mercy.

A lonely place does NOT mean we are lonely. We need alonely place, a place of solitude to commune with God. The everyday world can be too much with us and in us. We need time alone with God. This episode reflects on the need to be alone with God so we can be with and for others.