The lesson for us is clear: listen, open up, change hearts and ways! Repent!
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We can never stop being graced by God
Here we are, 12 days away from the celebration of the birth of the Christ into the world. Twelve days away from welcoming anew and still more deeply into our lives — truth, freedom, wisdom, peace, love, eternity — and so much more.
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Our Advent journey is almost over, but what has happened to us on the way?
Together, may we discover what the journey has been about. Together, may the journey helps us to discover who we have become.
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God’s law is much more than ‘Thou shalt’ and ‘Thou shalt not’
There are consequences to hearing or not hearing the voice and the message of Jesus the Christ.
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I’m nothing. And I’m amazingly great
It can’t get much lower than worms and maggots, and yet God tells them, “I will take you by the hand, I will not forsake you, I will redeem you.”
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‘“Who’s my equal?” There ain’t one’
The Lord will infuse us with love and grace, and claim us as his own. And God will give us rest and lighten our load and lift our burdens.
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Mother of healing and hope
Especially in this moment, we need to take to heart those words of healing and hope that she spoke to St. Juan Diego: “Do not fear any sickness or suffering. Am I not here, I who am your Mother? Are you not in my shadow, under my protection? Am I not your health?”
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Mary inspires us to see who we will become
Each day in preparation for the nativity of Christ we say “YES” to God. We say, “We are your servants. Do with us whatever you will.”
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Jesus invites us to Get up and walk!
Is this Advent faith our faith? Have we been freed from our many ways of being paralyzed — spiritually, socially, within our relationships, intellectually, emotionally?
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It falls to us to announce the second coming of Jesus Christ
And even though we cannot pinpoint a day or exact time, nevertheless, we continue to proclaim the kingdom that is here and now, and the fullness of that kingdom to come.
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