Later today, we will celebrate with the ringing of bells, the singing of alleluias, and the rising of Jesus the Christ.
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Be the disciples, apostles you’ve been baptized to become
As you are called, now you are sent!
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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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Lent means going into the desert and letting go
It is precisely in our nakedness and emptiness, weariness and loneliness that we most find our God.
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Our faith is so present; it is the now, where we are at
What if someone were to write the story of our lives, beginning with right now — “in medias res”?
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There is no question about God’s promise of fruitfulness
In this particular family story, prophecy and grace and the beginning of redemption surround this ordinary family event.
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Mission means preaching by example
But our Christian faith is not something we do, it is who we are. To be a Christian is to be a missionary.
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Born for a second time
As Jesus did, we need to have a true “fire” in our hearts for the salvation of others, beginning with those who are closest to us. We need to love Jesus with a love that longs to bring every person to love him, too.
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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.
Continue readingA Lenten return to Jesus
In these 40 days of Lent, I want to call us — myself first of all — to deepen our sense of the mystery of our lives in Christ. I want us to try to go deeper in our personal conversion, deeper into the heart of the Gospels and the New Testament writings.
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