Come Away By Yourselves
"Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." These words of Jesus Christ are an invitation to personal and intimate prayer. The meditations offered in this podcast are intended to help the listener enter into his own prayerful relationship with God. By reflecting on scenes from the Gospel, on other passages from Scripture, and on the insights of saints and spiritual writers, we can strengthen our faith in Jesus and our love for God. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, "I have called you my friends." By regular meditation and dialogue with Our Lord in prayer, our life can be transformed into an ever deepening and loving friendship with God.
Come Away By Yourselves
A Shortcut to Loving God: The Humanity of Christ
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Fr. John Grieco
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Season 2
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Episode 29
The Gospels reveal to us the richness of Jesus's humanity. Jesus is interested in all sorts of people and all kinds of activities. He deals with people personally, respectfully and with tenderness. His human experience is fraught with all that we ourselves experience in life: fatigue and frustration, sadness and joy, friendship and loneliness, anger and, in his own way, even sin. Getting to know Jesus's humanity makes it easier for us to talk with him in prayer. Knowing that he lived a human life like ours assures us that he "gets us", that he understands what we are going through in our lives.
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