The Deacon Dave & Layperson Lisa Show

When we are immersed in Jesus, we realize that being a disciple is not something we do, but it is who we are. Jesus wants to immerse Himself into every aspect of or life because He knows this will help us to BE Jesus to the world. The word for today is "immersion."

God achieves everything but it is done when we wait for him in silence and recollection. The development of grace usually comes from silence. Think about the decisions we make that are important – we take time to consider them in silence. We do not rush to decision making and when we do it often does not turn out well. The Sacraments, for example, make visible what is invisible. Silent yet with gr...

Jesus is the Word made flesh. In this episode we talk about the person of Jesus and how His life is the ultimate example of how we too are to live. He is the Logos. He poured Himself into our humanity elevating who we are as well. We talk about the power of speech as a double-edged sword. Are we speaking the Word which is Jesus OR are we speaking the word which is not of God? The word of the day i...

We must leave our inner turmoil in order to find God. Even in the greatest of commotion, we can remain silent because of the depth of our relationship with God. I thought of an “opposite analogy” whereby when we are going through a period of sadness, we do not hear what is going on around us – everything else seems to stop. The same is true even in the everyday busyness of life. God can keep us ke...

Jesus would often withdraw to the desert. This was so he could spend time in prayer with the Father. Often we have deserts in our life that we did not choose, but Jesus is still there and He awaits us in our perceived loneliness or isolation - where we find Him is a place of solitude and peace. Our word of the day is "desert."

Welcome to Day 4  of Silence in a Year. The word for today is solitude. Solitude is different than being alone or lonely. Solitude is quiet, peaceful one on one time WITH God. It is important for us to recognize the need to withdraw during times of difficulty to hear the voice of God or to draw into deeper relationship with him by actually placing ourselves in the scriptures.

Hello and welcome to day 3 on The Power of Silence. The word for today is discover. Webster defines discover as “the action or process of finding/locating/uncovering” something. How do we discover God in the silence of our heart? Well, let me answer that question with another question; How do you discover a friend? You would spend time with them, getting to know them, their likes/dislikes, what th...

Hello and welcome to day 2 on The Power of Silence. The word for today is love and I would like to start today with a question: Do you know love? If you do, you know God because God is Love. Love lives in the silence of our heart and if that is where love is, that is exactly where God will live, if you make room for Him. We are all created in the image and likeness of God. God created and adopted...

Have you ever heard someone say, God told me, Or I heard God say, or maybe God spoke to me? And did you wonder, well how does that happen? And why have I not heard God speak to me? Does God love you more than me that He speaks to you and not me? To those questions I would say, Yes! God loves us ALL totally and unconditionally. And yes, He speaks to all of us. But are you listening with an open hea...

In this episode, Deacon Dave completed the second of two podcasts leading up to Silence in a Year starting on January 1, 2023. Deacon Dave reflects on the birth of Jesus and the two homilies he heard today.