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The Israelites grumbled against God in the desert, and God heard them and sent manna. Fr. James Marchionda, OP thus reminds us to be honest in our prayer, praise when we can, and grumble when we have to, because God hears and responds to it all.

The mother of James and John asked Jesus to sit at his right and at his left in the Kingdom. Fr. James Marchionda, OP asks us to think about what we ask God for? Is it riches and fame, or to be fruitful in our ministry?

Jesus said "woe to you" to those who witnessed his great deeds but did not heed them, so Fr. James Marchionda, OP reminds us to pay attention to the great deeds that people are doing around us each day, because these loving and often heroic actions of individuals are a living sign of our loving God.

Jesus talks about how we must love God more than your father or mother. Fr. James Marchionda, OP reminds us that we need to find a balance in our lives between faith and all our responsibilities.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP advises us to take our troubles to God in prayer. God will answer them. Even if we do not get an answer just as we expected, but we will know that God is with us, helping. So bring your burdens to the Lord.

Jesus tells us, "Come to me all who labor, and I will give you rest." Fr. Jim Marchionda, OP explains that Jesus does not promise to take away our burdens, but to lighten them. Our burdens might remain, but they will feel lighter with the help of Jesus.

Echoing the words of Jesus, Fr. James Marchionda, OP challenges us to love God as much as we love our own family (love God more, not your family less), and to carry the cross of Jesus even as we deal with the others crosses that life gives us.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP speaks of God's extraordinary generosity. God goes out of his way to reach us. In the same way, we should be reaching out to those who need us.

God called Abraham to uproot himself and go to a foreign land when he was 75. Thus, Fr. James Marchionda, OP lets us know that in God's eyes, we are never to old to change and to become more than we are today.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP invites us to bask in God's love, banishing fear and insecurity. God knows us intimately, and has "counted the hairs on our head."

Fr. James Marchionda, OP comments on Paul's insight about Jesus, "that while we were still sinners Christ died for us," asking if we can do the same and be on the forefront forgiveness,

Fr. James Marchionda, OP reminds us that we are not only to receive gifts from Christ, but we are meant to share these gifts as his ambassadors.