Prayer: O Jesus, call me into your Kingdom because I am a sinner. Imagination: Picture Jesus at table with Levi and his friends. Context: When these scribes and Pharisees complain about Jesus’ table companions, Jesus announces that he is a physician whose ministry is to sinners. Jesus’ Kingdom changes social …
Prayer: Come, Holy Ghost. Help me to seek first the Kingdom of heaven. Imagination: (Picture Jesus teaching His disciples about the Father’s care for them.) Context: Jesus has been explaining the eight beatitudes and all that is demanded of a disciple. He ends his talk on a different note. Disciples …
Prayer – O Jesus, in time of trial, do not let me turn my back on you. Imagination- (Picture Jesus teaching his disciples.) Context: Having told the disciples that he will suffer, die and rise, Jesus gathers the crowd and explains that they also will suffer if they follow him. …
Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit. Teach me to act in secret so I do not lose my reward. Imagination (Picture Jesus teaching the disciples how to gain their reward.) Context: Jesus contrasts Christian goodness with the goodness of the Pharisees. He focuses on almsgiving, prayer and fasting. All of these should …
(John 13:6-11) (Note: The gospel for today is so similar to yesterday’s that the following scene from the Last Supper is used). Prayer: Jesus, bathe me in your cleansing waters. Imagination: (Picture Jesus washing Peter’s feet). Context: Peter is so special to Jesus that even in the washing of feet, …
(Luke 5:27-32) Prayer: O Jesus, call me into your Kingdom because I am a sinner. Imagination: Picture Jesus at table with Levi and his friends. Context: When these scribes and Pharisees complain about Jesus’ table companions, Jesus announces that he is a physician whose ministry is to sinners. Jesus’ Kingdom …
(Matthew 9:14-17) Prayer: Come, Holy Ghost. Help me to seek first the Kingdom of heaven. Imagination: (Picture Jesus teaching His disciples about the Father’s care for them.) Context: Jesus has been explaining the eight beatitudes and all that is demanded of a disciple. He ends his talk on a different …
(Luke 9:22-25) Prayer – O Jesus, in time of trial, do not let me turn my back on you. Imagination- (Picture Jesus teaching his disciples.) Context: Having told the disciples that he will suffer, die and rise, Jesus gathers the crowd and explains that they also will suffer if they …
(Matthew 6:1-4) Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit. Teach me to act in secret so I do not lose my reward. Imagination (Picture Jesus teaching the disciples how to gain their reward.) Context: Jesus contrasts Christian goodness with the goodness of the Pharisees. He focuses on almsgiving, prayer and fasting. All of …
