Jesus stretched out his hands toward his disciples and elevated them precisely because of their discipleship.
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Christ’s mysteries are the foundation of our faith
This woman, who was the first to discover the empty tomb and who loved Jesus profoundly, leads us to this “love of Christ that compels us.”
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With the living word of God, there is nothing you should want
These readings make it quite clear that the most wondrous things have been done and are being done again by the Lord for us and to us.
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God encourages us to listen deeply to his voice
In today’s scripture we recognize the long history of God speaking to us, especially through the prophets. We also recognize his call to us to proclaim his prophetic word today to one another and to the world.
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The prophets constantly call us back to God
Have we experienced the same call of the apostles? Do we hear ourselves responding like Isaiah, and saying with his same clarity, “Here I am! Send me!”
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God is exhorting us all the time with grace, love
We have only to listen and to hear.
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Nothing diminishes the word of God
The Gospel intensifies also as Jesus gives multiple instructions as to what and how the new apostles were to go into the towns and villages to proclaim the kingdom of God.
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God dwells in our weakness
There we discover God. There we discover ourselves. There we end up realizing and believing Jesus’ words.
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We parcell out our own measuring lines
Now we must appreciate exactly what Jesus was doing, his purpose.
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The ‘untouchable’ becomes healing, life
Today’s biblical stories bring a resounding “yes” to the power, love, and hope that is Jesus!
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