No wonder, then, that even unclean spirits could recognize with such clarity and just had to shout out: “You are the Son of God.” In our best of liturgies, our simplest of prayers, our most harmonious songs, and in the quiet of our hearts, we are invited both communally and individually to come to that recognition.
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This Gospel is a plea on our behalf to seek out the good, a response that will bring life
Today, let us put an end to hardness of heart and seek to open our hearts to compassion and love.
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God’s covenantal love that he has made with us is eternal, will never break
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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