The forbidden, Lenten “A” word returns in all its glory at the Easter Vigil, and will be our Easter Song!
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Our ‘yes’ to Jesus is ‘yes’ to seeing
That “yes,” however, means that we believe in his teachings, his example, his way of life, his values, his surrendering to God, his unequivocal “yes” to loving always, his preference for the poor and marginalized, and his refusal to be blind followers of the law.
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So that we may be truly fruitful
This is what turns an admiration for a faith into a fully lived and transforming faith. We are all “that woman” at the well. This is what makes true disciples.
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Do we ever experience the voice of God clearly speaking to us in the ordinary?
Visions of prophets, a glorified transfiguration, bright lights, and voices — all streamed together to “call” the disciples deeper into the mystery of God revealed in Jesus.
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Like Jesus, are we capable of and open to emptying ourselves?
Let us do Lent so we can do Easter and be renewed as disciples of Jesus Christ!
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Jesus captures within his teaching totality of love, beyond what ‘you have heard’
His reason is simple: that is what God does: “he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.”
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The fulfillment of the law calls us to love, reconcile, heal, peacefully coexist with our neighbor
Jesus sees the law as “calling us to be holy as God is holy.”
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We discover the power, grace of God in our own lives, actions
Becoming light and salt is a dual thing. We do it because it seasons and brightens the lives of others. But we also do it because in the becoming of light and salt, our own lives are changed.
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What would be considered ‘our treasure’?
Or would you finally admit: “I am full. No more! One more bite and I will burst!”
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The great teacher continues to guide our lives to justice, love
His healing power still makes us whole.
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