Fr. Dominic Holtz, OP reminds us that none of us really know what our life is worth or what it ultimately means, because our story is never finished. It keeps going even after we die.
Fr. Dominic Holtz, OP reminds us that Jesus shared everything that he knew of the Father with us in order to deepen our friendship with God, because, friendship deepens the more we know about the other.
Fr. Dominic Holtz, OP reminds us that to embrace new life in Christ requires that something inside of us must die, such as the poisonous malice living in our hearts.
In today's Gospel, Jesus tells the people of his day who claim to have God as their Father, that if that were true, they would be living as God would have them live. Fr. Dominic Holtz, OP asks us to apply this same lesson in our own lives.
Fr. Dominic Holtz, OP, recalling the lifting up of the bronze serpent in the desert to heal the people bitten by serpents, is not a cruel joke of God. Rather, it teaches us that our sins are not to be overlooked but redeemed, because even our worst rebellion, when joined with God's mercy, can be a source of salvation.
