Comments on: Thursday, 11/9/17 – Church: House of God? Living Body?

By: T.M.

T.M. — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:45:13 +0000

Your first sentence is a powerful exercise. Made me think lovingly about our faith and church, and it also made me think of why others may struggle with it. Thank you.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:11:51 +0000

Thanks Mary for your lesson for today. It has really been wonderful when it comes to the history of the church

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:17:51 +0000

Thanks be to the Holy trinity.amen

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:20:51 +0000

Thanks for sharing your deep questions and this reflection. I also enjoyed the historical information. I thought Latern referred to a cit. I like the idea of a family donation of land better. Then, to think that mighty church was built in only eleven years! I understand it is a small sized church but so significant. Also, I did not realize it was over 300 years before the early Church could practice openly. Thank you!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:05:28 +0000

Greetings from Denmark. What a wonderful reminder to know that my body is a temple of God and that I am called to keep the temple Holy. What a wonderful reminder to know that I in communion with the rest of my brothers and sisters all over the world make up a community which is the body of Christ. This reflection reminds me and encourages me to raise my gauge to Jesus on the cross and ask the Holy Spirit to come into my temple, sanctify it, and make it holy for the glory of God.

Once again thank you for those beautiful words of enlightenment
God bless you

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:04:07 +0000

Thank you, Mary. Your reflection helped me to remember that the Church is the living body of Christ. Jesus’ passion and zeal for it shows me how much he loves his Church. How much passion and love am I showing his Church? Is my home a domestic church? Hard points for me to ponder.

By: Tochukwu

Tochukwu — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:36:46 +0000

Thank you for this wonderful reflection and,especially,for adding to my knowledge about the history of St. John Lateran and the situation of the early church.That the earlier Christains could not express their faith openely for 313 years and here I am taking the Church for granted.Lord,forgive me for those occasions I have taken the Church and her activities for granted…..

By: Uchenna

Uchenna — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:11:16 +0000

Your reflection is always soothing and I look forward to it every week. Thank you for this reflection about ‘Church’. May we all truly be living examples of Christ on our earthly sojourn,Amen.