It is up to us also to pay keen attention to the quality of our soil and its openness to hear that word of God and the teachings of Jesus.
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Eternal life today, tomorrow, forever — the richest thing of all
It does not get any better, more direct, more specific or more clear than that.
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Jesus’ call to sinners is true then, is true now
A reflection on the daily readings, for the Feast of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist, by Father Perry. By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor + In Jesus‘ own words, he proclaimed: “I did not come to call the righteous but […]
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Recognize that we are called to live as faith-filled people
And, no doubt, Sts. Andrew Kim and Paul Chong could echo the same words of Paul and Jesus.
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From death comes new life — the early church was built upon that
Today, more than 2,000 years later, we continue to believe and to preach and to experience the same Lord and the same love and the same life.
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Having faith, a good attitude is amazing grace
And even Jesus was amazed.
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Jesus showed us the way back to humanity
On that cross, he loved and forgave — nothing short of divine love.
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The cross shows us the way to live and love
And like Paul, we, too, become aware of God’s amazing grace in our lives.
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The cross shows us two very different faces
But we must look up and see. We simply must see, especially with the eyes of our hearts, so that we, too, can confess that “Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
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When the rubber hits the road
In that deep inner space within, where there is struggle and lack and want and need, Jesus promises that God will fill and care for and lift up and love them.
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