Today’s readings talk about our dedication to God, husband to wife, wife to husband, children to parents, and each person to the whole community.
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Let a little more light in
We are finally fully prepared in this Advent Season to welcome the Christ into our hearts and lives so that we can birth him to others.
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We should be joy-filled
Change of heart always shows itself as authentic and real when lives also change. “Rejoicing in the Lord always” is a way of living that allows the Spirit of God to fill us and to burst forth from us in actions that are God-like. Rose-colored vestments and candles are a sign of something that has hopefully happened to us during our Advent; hopefully, we have heard the good news of God’s mercy and love.
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Advent is a liminal space
These readings speak of glory, power, dominion, joy, and the fulfillment of all the peoples of all nations and generations.
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The Lord is here to meet you and me
We prepare for the coming of Jesus in his birth (Christmas) and the coming of Jesus at the end of time (the second coming).
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Are we willing to allow the Lord to call us to faith?
On this Divine Mercy Sunday, perhaps we will experience the love and mercy of God in a way that transforms our faith and gives to us new life!
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God’s covenant with us is fully revealed in the death, resurrection of Jesus
Because he has been raised, we are irrevocably changed and promised life eternal. For that reason alone we joyfully sing our Easter song — ALLELUIA!!
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The Passion of Christ helps shape our way of thinking
This is why the church seeks to think through and attempt to communicate logical, thoughtful and wise ways to live our lives as Christians.
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Embrace dying within so that new life may emerge
This, of course, goes far beyond Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We are a Paschal people who embrace this not on just a couple of days, but as a way of life.
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We must truly look to him, look at him, and discover his look of love at, for us
“God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved).”
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