Gaithersburg
Team Blog Posts
Let Your Light Shine Before Men
"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light" (Ephesians 5:8) The Holy Spirit wanted to impress on my heart that we are shining lights in the darkness, and just our…
Read More →Freely You Have Received, Freely Give
As God has been so merciful to us from rescuing us from the kingdom of darkness and bringing us into the Kingdom of God of His beloved Son (Colossians 1:13), we need to share the good news of the kingdom…
Read More →Tell Everyone About this Life (Acts 5:20)
I was very much struck about the words in Acts when the angel freed the apostles from jail and told them to go into the temple area and tell the people everything about this life. I think of what my…
Read More →God Hears the Cries of the Poor
I love the passage from Hebrews 10:23 - Let us hold unswervingly to this hope that we profess, because he who promised is faithful. I met this lovely couple five years ago when I first started attending the Gaithersburg Chapter. …
Read More →The Harvest is Ripe
It says in Matthew 9 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness... He said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful but…
Read More →Where Sin Abounds Grace Super Abounds
Despite all of the confusion and anxiety of the world, God is working overtime to touch the hearts of many people. As was stated in last Sunday's first reading from Ezekiel, God himself will rescue his lost sheep from every…
Read More →Extravagant Love of the Father
I was very much struck by the gospel this past Sunday about the parable of the landowner who planted the vineyard If you know the story, he leased it to tenants and when vintage time came, he sent his servants…
Read More →"You, my Child Shall Be Called the Prophet of the Most High"
This prayer that the church prays together every morning in the Liturgy of the Hours is the prayer of Zechariah prophesying about his son St. John the Baptist. It is a call to the whole church also that we too…
Read More →His Mercies Are Renewed Every Morning
The reading from Lamentations 3:22-23 is very comforting to me, as God's mercies are renewed every morning. "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness Oh…
Read More →God is So Faithful!
About four years ago, Joanne Portzer (then Joanne Fields), the SPSE Gaithersburg Chapter Leader, had met a sweet lady, Laurie Martini, at the Lake Forest Bus Metro. She spent a good deal of time with her. At that time I…
Read More →