In answer to the tortuous complaints, criticisms and judgement of the Pharisees, Jesus the Christ puts it all into context again — covenantal love.
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Like MLK, do we answer God’s call to transform the world?
Lord, we apologize for those who never heard him, who were mired in their ugly and sinful past and refused to go forward to a better future, who participated in and perfected the art of hatred and racism, who were capable of and actually committed murder actually or complicity.
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Do we appreciate the life that the Christ has won for us?
As we begin, on this second day of 2021, there has never been a more urgent need for followers of the Christ — the Holy One — to know who we are and why we are fellow disciples of the Lord.
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Mary’s words are for us, always
And for all of this we give thanks.
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We are called to testify to the light in all that we say and do
We should beware, be careful and do all that we can to never, never, never go back into the darkness.
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Once you ‘know’ the truth, it is essential to put it into action
To not “do” the truth that we have come to know makes us liars and sinners, and erodes our spiritual integrity. To “do” the truth that we have come to “know” transforms us and makes us fully alive!
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Do we see Christ inviting, alluring us to love?
But if we listen to Jesus’ teachings, there is nothing serendipitous, lucky, average or surprising at all because he insists that the most important thing to do in life is to love.
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Jesus invites us to know the Father through the Son and in the Holy Spirit
Jesus, the “light of the world,” came precisely to eradicate the darkness and to expose all to “the light.”
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Christ has entered our humanity never to leave it
At the same time, grace, power, Spirit, truth, joy, and enduring strength can get us through any calamity — anything, even death itself.
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Advent prepares us to stay alert
A birth beyond all births that have ever been is about to be realized in the great birth of Jesus the Christ. This is more than an angelic moment that comes upon us. This is a “God moment,” the moment from which has come salvation.
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