Padre Rick Thomas, S.J.

We need to guard our minds above all else. When we die, we won’t have hands or feet or a body. All we will have is our minds. What is going to be in them? The trash we watched on T.V. or the Word of God? The day we die is the most important day of our lives, and we need to prepare for it every day. Tenemos que vigilar nuestra mente por sobre todo.  Cuando muramos, no tendremos ni manos ni pies ni cuerpo.  Lo único que tendremos es la mente.  ¿De qué estará llena ésta?  De la basura […]

Given on Ash Wednesday. Lent is a time to remind us to prepare for death. The day we die is the most important day of our lives, and we need to prepare for it every day. El día de nuestra muerte es el día más importante de nuestra vida y tenemos que prepararnos para ese día todos los días. Scriptures/Escrituras:

Jesus told His listeners that the people of Nineveh and the Queen of Sheba would condemn them because they had a greater than Solomon in their midst. Who is going to condemn us at the General Judgment? We don’t have to travel far like the Queen did to hear the wisdom of Solomon – we have it right there in our Bibles.  Jesús les dijo a los que lo escuchaban que los habitantes de Nínive y la Reina del Sur los condenarían porque ahí, entre ellos, había alguien mayor.  ¿Y nosotros?  No tenemos que ir muy lejos como la reina […]

Jesus healed the blind man in stages as a parable of how the disciples learned – slowly and gradually. We usually learn slowly and gradually also.    Jesús curó al ciego por etapas como una parábola de la forma en que aprendían las cosas los discípulos: lenta y gradualmente. Generalmente, nosotros aprendemos de la misma forma. Scriptures/escrituras:

Sin unleashes evil forces. It doesn’t just affect us, it affects those around us and our descendants. Sin will keep on destroying because that is its nature. Jesus came to […]

How does the Kingdom of God look? One example is in Acts 2:44-45, everyone sharing everything according to need. What we have is lent to us from God for a […]

Jesus came to bring the Kingdom of God. We can’t accept the values of the Kingdom unless we allow God to change our minds. God made everything. It all belongs […]

Jesus says we will be judged by the words He has spoken. This is why it is so important to dedicate time to studying and obeying the Scriptures.