The greatest love of all is great enough to love us all, if only we will accept that love. Will we accept it from him? Will we accept it from one another, and will we grant it to one another? Will we allow Jesus to bridge the gaps in our relationships with others … in our relationship with him?
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Let us die with him, so that we might also rise with him
So, we carry our palms to get into it not just with our brains, but with our hearts, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors.
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Praying as children of God
Jesus teaches his followers to pray because only by praying can we come to know ourselves and know what God desires for our lives.
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We are all sinners and in need of God’s mercy
How have we grown? How have we changed? Did we experience God’s mercy and forgiveness in any noticeable way this Lent? Were we a little less judgmental of others this Lent?
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No longer servants, but friends
We can be friends with the living God! All we need to do is accept his request. Jesus is inviting us to be his follower and friend. He is inviting us to share in his holiness, in his divine nature. He is calling us to be like him here on earth so that we will see our Father’s face in heaven.
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The father of the prodigal son is our Father
This is not so much the story of the prodigal son as it is the story of the Father of endless and unconditional love.
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Why we serve
Jesus came to serve and he gave his life serving others. We lead others by serving them. In our service of love, we grow closer and closer to Jesus Christ, until the day we can say, as St. Paul did, that is not we who serve, but Jesus who serves through us.
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We all get our Moses chance each day to stand before our burning bush
We all get our Moses chance each day to stand before our burning bush — God — who remarkably gives light, life, power and grace to us.
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A burning love for souls
Jesus lived with a burning desire for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. We see his compassion, his excitement to share God’s love, on every page of the Gospels.
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The gift of Lent calls us to the mountaintop
We, too, have been invited to the mountaintop. We, too, know of the transformation of Jesus through his death and resurrection. We, too, have been forever changed by the promise to share the same, to experience new and eternal life through a sharing in that same death and resurrection.
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