Deacon Bill's Blog

Our readings remind us that we must not undervalue God’s love for us and what Jesus did for us, thinking that his death and resurrection alone is a ticket to heaven. We tend to neglect our need to humble ourselves under the need for daily redemption. How loudly do our actions preach the truth about Jesus and demonstrate that we’ve been bought back?

Today’s Gospel compels us to think of two of God’s greatest gifts to us, his love and our free will. The two go hand in hand. We hear, “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son”, and then we’re encouraged to use our freedom to choose the light as a response to God’s love.

Even in the worst of times in our relationships, we all long to be understood and accepted, to be made whole, and that we matter. And one of the ways that God sends healing to us is through the aid of that one person here on earth who knows us the best. It is God that ultimately does the healing, but a good marriage is one of his very best tools.!