A reflection on the daily readings, for Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, by Father Perry. By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor “Levitated Mass” is the name of an art piece by Michael Heizer at the La Brea […]
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God’s kingdom calls for dedication over everything else
And this is the kind of language that Jesus uses as he proceeds forward toward Jerusalem, where he will die ignominiously on the cross.
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The scriptures make us look at our own journeys of faith
We don’t need to be condemning, but rather to be deeply identified with the Christ, and welcome others to come to know him through us.
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Living in trust, humility before God
Entering into the kingdom of God requires this kind of openness to and before God, so that this kingdom can come alive in us, and God’s power and covenantal love can produce its fruit within us.
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Conversion is the Gospel, and salvation
The Gospel speaks exactly the opposite truth of the world.
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The ‘greatest story ever told’ continues today
And that glory will have eternal meaning!
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Angels bring us closer to God
The hope is that they are doing their job.
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Longing for the life Jesus offers us
But let us face it — curiosity is not enough.
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Be formed by the Gospel, and share the life of the kingdom of God
This, also, may have been a favorite Gospel passage of St. Vincent de Paul, who formed the Congregation of the Mission religious community of men and women, and priests and nuns who were formed to form others.
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Finding God within, among others binds us more deeply than anything else
For us all to discover being true brothers and sisters in Christ, to become the body of Christ in the world is, I think, what Jesus was talking about then and is just as true today.
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