"It has always been God's desire to live with His people."--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Revelation chapter 22. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/Facebook…

Friends, this Sunday we begin five weeks of Gospel readings from the sixth chapter of John, which is all about the Eucharist. Jesus will get into a lengthy discourse about the Eucharist, but it commences narratively with the familiar story of the multiplication of the loaves, which is an iconic presentation of the Mass.…

Friends the readings for this Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time are interwoven with each other in a very interesting way. I want to start with the first reading from Jeremiah, then look at the Gospel from Mark, and then circle back to the second reading from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, which I think sheds the most light on the thematics here—na…

"The Bible says ask and you shall receive...but what do you do in the interim between asking and receiving?"--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Matthew chapter eight. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/…

Friends, on this Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, our Gospel from the sixth chapter of Mark is Jesus sending the Twelve out on mission. These are the very earliest moments of the Church—in a way, the “pre-Church”—so it’s important for us to pay attention to what the Lord tells them.โดย Bishop Robert Barron

"God is very aware of our unmet needs. His word for us today is...just ask!"--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Matthew 7:7-8. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/Facebook…

Friends, on this Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our second reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. The focus of the reading is “a thorn in the flesh” that was given to Paul “to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.” What was it? We don’t know, but whatever it was, it wasn’t trivial. We all have something like this—some ph…

"Paul often used figures from the arena of competition, at least 12 different times in his letters, including runners, boxers, gladiators, chariot races, and trophies."--Elder Brenda Lawrence.Let's open our Bibles to 1 Corinthians 9. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (8…

Friends, there’s something Hemingway-esque about Mark’s Gospel—something very direct and uncomplicated. But in another sense, he shows great literary sophistication, and you see it especially in this famous passage for today: the story of the daughter of Jairus, which is interrupted by the story of the hemorrhaging woman. Of course we read these as…

"There are some challenges, saints, that only God can get us through. Our call is to seek God. We don't just run to God when we have problems. We seek God now!"--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to II Chronicles 20:1-5. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (84…

"I am going to believe that I am going to see the goodness of God in the land of the living!"--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Revelation 22:1-5. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/Facebook…

Friends, our Gospel for today is Mark’s account of the stilling of the sea. We know the basic structure of the story: Jesus is in the boat with the disciples; when a storm kicks up, he’s asleep in the stern. The disciples are panicking and wake Jesus up, and once he’s awakened, he calms the storm. Then he says, “Do you not yet have faith?” What I'm…

Friends, people of faith just see things differently. They see what the nonbeliever sees—they read history and watch the news and see what’s going on in the world—but they see more than that. They see the world according to God’s plans and purposes—an ample and even peculiar vision that can often make spiritual people seem a little crazy. All three…

"God does a work collectively that He doesn't do individually."--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Joel 2:24-27. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/Facebook…

Friends, we return now to Ordinary Time, and this Sunday, the Church gives us such a fundamentally important reading from the third chapter of the book of Genesis, which is about the fall. To return to this story—written, under God’s inspiration, with stunning perceptiveness—is to discover again the nature and basic dynamics of sin.…

"The Bible is full of promises for restoration. Today we are talking about soul restoration. How many of you need restoration, soul refreshment?"--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Psalm 19. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imita…

"Our kids are going to college and coming back unsaved. What's going on? Our children are being attacked by the devil. What can we do?"--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Second Corinthians 21:1. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: …

Friends, we come to the great Feast of Corpus Christi—the Body and Blood of Christ. This year, as the Church in the US is going through a lengthy Eucharistic Revival, it’s good for us once again to turn to this greatest of sacraments. What I want to do today is to talk about a spiritual practice that has become very dear to me in the course of my l…

Friends, we come once again to Trinity Sunday. The Church has reflected very deeply on who God is, and this great doctrine of the Trinity has emerged from that speculation. What I want to do is give you, appropriately enough, three ways of approaching this profound mystery.โดย Bishop Robert Barron

"God says, 'Behold, I set before you an open door'...and no man can close that door!"--Apostle Cheryl WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to First Corinthians 16:9. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/Facebook…

Friends, we come to the Feast of Pentecost, the great celebration of the Holy Spirit. I want to focus on our second reading from the fifth chapter of St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians, which I’ve used for years in spiritual direction. What you find there are what Paul calls “the fruit of the Spirit,” which he contrasts with “the works of the flesh…

"I would not be the man that I am today without my mother."--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to Titus 2:5. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/Facebookโดย Emmanuel Williams

Friends, today we come to the wonderful Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Like the disciples in our first reading, we often want to ask the Lord, “When is all of this going to come to fruition? What’s it all about? When is all of this going to make sense?” Reasonable enough questions. And we hear the same answer: It’s not for you to worry about. …

"We cannot put distance between people and God. God has been trying to stop that for years."--Pastor Emmanuel WilliamsLet's open our Bibles to John chapter eight. +++++++ Ways to Give: CashApp: $IOGM Pay Pal - www.imitatorsofGodministries.com Text to Give - Text the amount to (844)940-2781 Follow us: imitatorsofGodministries.com/Facebook…

Friends, we’re getting very close to Pentecost, the great feast of the descent of the Spirit. And on this Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Church gives us three readings that are hinting at the Holy Spirit—a kind of foretaste of that descent.โดย Bishop Robert Barron