Christ in our Neighborhood

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood commentary asks us is: What does your spiritual odometer look like? On a scale of 1-10, where do you land? Do you feel the need for Eucharist? During the pandemic, when churches were closed during the spring of 2020, it all seemed so surreal. How could all the churches be closed? At the time, we didn’t really know how long they would remain closed. For many of us, the loss was keenly felt.

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood commentary asks us is: Jesus died for you, knowing you might never love Him back. When do you die to self for others, knowing they may not ever appreciate your selflessness? How many parents, throughout the centuries, have risen in the middle of the night to feed or console a child; have worked at a dead-end job to pay the bills; have eaten the burnt toast; have worked through pain and grief and hardship, all for the love of their children? This is what parents do. They take on the burdens and the suffering in order to spare their children.

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood commentary asks us is: In what way are you Christ to those around you? In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus breathes on the Apostles and gives them the power to absolve sins.

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate Ascension Sunday. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood commentary asks us is: Recalling the richness of the Church’s history, what does it mean to you that Jesus will be with us, always, until the end of the ages? Our Church is 2,000 years old and thus has quite a history marked by millions of faithful. We’ve had glorious moments, amazing saints, incredible achievements…and also persecutions, scandals and failures. Through all of it, Christ has never abandoned the Church He established. Again and again He calls us to reform our lives and follow Him, to rest in Him and surrender to Him.

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Sixth Sunday of Easter. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood commentary asks us is: How did you recognize Jesus’ presence during your most difficult time? How did it help you to know that Jesus is with you? As Catholics, we know that Jesus is truly present — Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity — in the Holy Eucharist. Receiving Him in Communion and sitting with Him in Adoration can be tremendously consoling.

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood commentary asks us is: Which shepherd are we listening to?

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Third Sunday of Easter. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood Commentary asks us is: Do we recognize Jesus in the breaking of the bread or is it just some ritual we repeat? When was the last time our heart was on fire?

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood Commentary asks us is: Think of a time you experienced Jesus’ peace. How do you share that peace that was given to you?

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood Commentary asks us is: How has Christ’s resurrection changed your life?

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home weekly to prayerfully discuss the upcoming Sunday Mass readings. It’s easy to form a community and you can find out more by searching “Christ in Our Neighborhood at the Diocese of Phoenix website, dphx.org. This coming Sunday, we mark Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. The question the Christ in Our Neighborhood Commentary asks us is: How has my Lenten season given me hope?