Comments on: Sunday, April 7, 2019 – Let Jesus Lead the Way

By: A

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 22:53:32 +0000

Felice, you and your family are in my prayers.

Joe, it was either here or in Living Faith (or perhaps Word Among Us, which I haven’t read in a long time) that I read that the Gospels are too weird to be propaganda. There are just too many loose ends that, if it were mere propaganda, would have been neatly tied up.

This episode of Jesus writing something that is not known is one of the examples the author gave. Propaganda would have told us neatly what He was writing.

By: Skip

Skip — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 18:56:24 +0000

Thanks for the journey Joe. I’ve heard a couple of scenarios of what Jesus was writing in the dirt. The latest one I heard today was he was writing all the ways the Jews were comiting adultery against God. I thought that interesting enough to share. I guess we’ll never know what he was writing – at least in this life.
I’ve never physically been to the desert but have been there many times in my life. God bless you Joe, keep up the good writing.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 15:40:09 +0000

Dear Joe,

Thank you for this beautifully written article. Your writing uplifted me today. I am grateful. God bless you.

By: Felice

Felice — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 12:49:43 +0000

Dear Joe, thank you for your beautiful, inspiring, spirit filled reflection today. It comes at such a perfect time in my life right now. Two weeks ago yesterday I suffered through a 5th miscarriage. I have birthed two young sons whom I adore but my heart does long to kiss and hold my 5 other babies. Yesterday my family said farewell to my mother in law as her struggle with ALS ended. It’s a horrible, cruel disease. We have spent the last three days here with her in her home as she slowly slipped away. I have never prayed so many rosaries. I am the only Catholic present here. My husband and his family are Presbyterian. My mother in law was an amazing woman. She had such a big heart. I don’t have one complaint about her. During the first few years of my marriage I was struggling to settle into this new life and aching for the loss of my babies. I could have been more loving to my mother in law. I regret those moments where I didn’t bask in the love she poured on me. I have since apologized to her. Prior to her diagnosis. She was just diagnosed in October. Her health declined rapidly. We are all taken aback by how quickly this disease took over her body. But not her spirit. She was tough. Her way to your heart was through your stomach. She made the best cookies. Anyways. Extreme sadness came over me yesterday. I miss her. My boys miss her. My heart aches for my boys. Your reflection today reminds me though that I must simply step one foot in front of the other through this desert. I grew up in the desert. I do love the desert. God is here. We are not alone. We will be reunited. And now I must figure out how to keep her memory alive for my boys. God bless you Joe. Thank you for your reflection. God bless everyone here.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 12:32:42 +0000

Thanks Joe for taking me up the mountain with a new perspective. The beauty, the ups and downs, the idea of always looking ahead…amazing. I feel I need to walk that trail more often and take it all in. I think you just described the path of life…beautifully.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 04:30:10 +0000

You have Truely looked at different types of challenges but we shouldn’t relent in seeking for more grace, sharing it with the love of God and remaining steadfast in His presence..
May the Lord continue to fill you up and the Priests afresh in His presence, through Christ our Lord, amen.

By: Martha Minker

Martha Minker — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:30:05 +0000

I love the parallel of the dessert and mountains story to our Lord! I really think God speaks to us through examples like this and writers like you. God bless you.