Caminando with Jesus

"CAMINANDO WITH JESUS" ("Walking with Jesus") is a weekly reflection series featuring voices from around the Diocese. Delivered to inboxes every Wednesday morning, each reflection focuses on the Gospel readings for the upcoming Sunday, and the text is shared in both English and Spanish.

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Opened Minds

Jesus said to his disciples, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you-- that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then he opened their minds to understand the...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Need a Hug?

Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said ...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Abide in Jesus

Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: "I am the Good Shepherd"

J esus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatc...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Turning Down Stress by Turning Up Jesus with Silence

J esus himself stood among the disciples and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in ...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Forgiveness and Resurrection

W hen it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed t...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: The Trial of Jesus

Due to it's length, today's Gospel is included after the meditation. Meditating on John’s description of Good Friday in the fourth Gospel strikes a deep wound amid this pandemic. Although we know that this is not the end of the story,...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Tears and Joy at the Tomb

E arly on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said t...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Fulfilling the Divine-human Covenant

W hen they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a co...

CAMINANDO WITH JESUS: Break Us Open, O God

N ow among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went...

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