Let's Be Saints!

"Do I live as if God is alive?" Stop telling Him everything…start listening, trusting, and receiving the God who still speaks.

"Who do I praise?" Freedom begins when you stop chasing the approval of others…and start living from what the Father says about you.

"Who is coming first today?" Every other love finds its right place when Jesus comes first…will you let Him reorder your heart?

Do you believe love is still speaking to you? The voice you need most is already calling your name…whoever has ears ought to hear.

Do you trust the Lord more than you trust yourself? The harvest is abundant…have you asked the Master to send what you need?

"Am I looking at Jesus or am I looking at me?" Your wounds can make you a victim—or they can become the place where mercy begins to see as Christ sees.

"Come to me." Stop asking Jesus to get you out…will you let Him into the very place that hurts?

Is America free because it does whatever it wants…or because it knows who it belongs to? Freedom begins when you remember whose you are.

Is your identity shaped by the noise of the crowd…or by the Father's voice in silence? Only one of those lights reveals who you really are.

Am I listening…or just talking? The Word of God is not merely words on a page—it is a Person calling your name.

"Where does love desire to enter anew into your story?" Fear keeps Jesus out—but love is never afraid to walk into your mess.

"Jesus built his church on top of a weak man." Stop hiding your weakness—it's the very place where Christ desires to build something that will last.

Do you live with him…or without him…in the hidden moments no one else sees? Your identity is not found in being noticed—but in being with the Father.

“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” Will you let Jesus touch the place you hide from everyone else?

“Daughter, your faith has saved you.” She touched His cloak and was healed. What would happen if you stopped hiding…and reached for Him?Fear keeps us hidden. Faith falls at His feet.

“The way to greatness is found through being little.” The world says make yourself great. The Christ Child says become small enough to enter the narrow gate.

"What in your life today is worth the cost of your life?" The saints were free—even from the fear of death—because they knew Who was worth giving everything for.

Do I have the freedom from fear to be faithful to Jesus first? The saints didn't win arguments—they simply loved the truth and lived it.

Where your treasure is, there also your heart will be. What do you treasure most—and what is your heart becoming?

“Prayer is not something that we do. It is something that we receive.” Do you know about the Father's love—or do you rest in it?

“What am I in it for?” The saints are not in it to perform—they are in it for love. Have you met the One who calls you His child?

"The Eucharist is not a witness of Christ's love. The Eucharist is it." What could happen if you began to believe that God thinks you are worth dying for?

“You don't have yourself figured out. He has you figured out.” So why are you still trying to run your life instead of letting Him love you?

“You don't have Jesus figured out…He has you figured out.” So why are you still trying to counsel God instead of letting Him love you?

“Amazed and afraid.” Is that how you stand before Jesus—or have you reduced Him to a historical figure you merely know about?

“Do you know the Holy Spirit?” The one who made saints, enlarged Philip Neri's heart, and raised up martyrs…is there space in you to receive Him?

"Pain is temporary. Glory is forever." Will you sacrifice the temporary for the eternal—or keep trading away peace, freedom, and communion for what fades?

“It was not you who chose me, it was I who chose you.” Are you living in communion with Jesus—or retreating to your own place?

“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” The victory has a face—and He has a mother.

“Praise is the water in which my enemies drown.” What do you reach for when you feel trapped, beaten down, and powerless…yourself, or Him?

“Remain in my love.” You can stay busy around Jesus…and still not stay with Him. Are you abiding—or just visiting?

“You are not of the world.” So why are you still asking the world to tell you who you are…or what your life is for?

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” Jesus doesn't promise comfort—He promises Himself. So why are you still looking everywhere else for peace?

“Father, love them through me.” Every father, every priest, every Christian loves others with the love they first receive from God. Are you letting Him love you first?

"I'm going to be with Jesus." What if your whole life—your ministry, your family, your vocation—became fruitful because you finally chose to become His disciple?

"Do I have an awareness of what God is doing?" You track everything else—why not Him? Look again…can you testify to where He's moving in your life?

"Are you listening to you or are you listening to him?" Obedience begins in listening—turn from idols and hear the One who speaks life, peace, and freedom.

Does the Word of God have space to live in you—or is your life too full? He's not a what…He's a who.“Show us the Father.” Will you finally let Jesus introduce you?

“We would rather be comfortable than great.” Is that you? What are you avoiding that God is asking you to give your life to?Work won't save you—only Jesus will.

“I know those whom I have chosen.” He knows you—and still sends you. So why do you keep doubting…or rejecting the ones He sends to you?

Is your life about you—or about Him? The Holy Spirit can't fill a heart already full…what needs to be emptied?

You were worth His life—then and now. Will you finally believe Him?

“I have come that they might have life…abundantly.” Why are you still stepping over the Gate and going your own way?

“Saul, why are you persecuting me?” Do you see Jesus in you—in His Church—even in your mess…or are you still blind?You are not alone—He lives in you. So why do you keep living like He doesn't?

“Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.” Do you actually listen—or just talk when you pray?

Jesus loses nothing that is given to Him. So why are you still holding back—your heart, your future, your life?

“I am the bread of life.” He doesn't just want to do things for you—He wants to change you. Will you let Him…even in how you see your enemies?

“He has not come to make you wealthy…He has come to make you holy.” Are you a fan of Jesus—or are you actually following Him?

“Awe came upon everyone.” Thomas is a great model of honest prayer. Jesus met Thomas' honesty with His own. This brought Thomas to live an awe-filled life. He wants the same for you.

My heart becomes anxious and fearful; it becomes troubled when I am distracted or forgetful. So He places His heart close to mine. “A prophet like me will come…to him you must listen.”

“Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.” It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness. Who/what are you looking for?