Jesus’ death was not a bad thing that we should have tried to prevent; it was His will to die to save us and a tremendous act of love.

Even Jesus was afraid of His Passion, so don’t feel like you’ve sinned if you’re frightened of doing something difficult. Just turn to God for strength.

Sins is deadly, as it destroys our union with God, but Jesus loved us enough to pay the price for our sins and restore us to Him.

Here is a talk I gave at St. Denis Parish as part of our Lenten discussion series. I did not have anyone on hand to tend to the camera and move it with the action of the talk, so I apologize that every once in a while I end up walking out of the picture. I hope you appreciate this discussion.

When a sinner returns to the Lord, do we rejoice for his salvation or get annoyed that he’s “getting away with sinning and still being saved?”

We often think we’re being punished by God when bad things happen to us, or we pray for God to destroy evildoers. But God has a better plan!

By turning away from sin and reaching out to others, we are transfigured now in little ways and will be completely when Jesus returns.

Lent is the time for us to acknowledge that Satan lies to us to try to tear us away from Jesus. Reject his lies and say yes to Christ.

We cannot change the world if we don’t first change ourselves and admit we are sinners.

If you want to change the world, truly be a Christian in fact and not merely in name.