Casting out demons was not enough.
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Prayer has potential to change us — if only we would ask
And in the end, how curious that Jesus says that the Father will give his Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
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There are lessons to be learned in Jonah’s adventures and the prayer Jesus taught us
Jonah was slow to understand; sometimes, perhaps, we are, too. This prayer of Jesus has much to give us. We have much to receive.
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Like Mary, we cannot turn away when God speaks deeply within us
And so as individuals, as well as communities of faith, we are open to that voice. We listen. We truly become intrigued. We respond and even seek for more.
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A fantastical journey in the belly of whales
And not today, but in the very near future, we will hear the fantastic conclusion!
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Are we willing to produce good fruit for the ‘long haul’?
If indeed humans have existed on this planet for 160,000 years, God definitely has “hung around” around with us, put up with a lot, loved us in spite of ourselves, and continues to grace and gift us without conditions and without limits.
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Listen, be open to God like little children
And we say as the Gospel verse said, “Alleluia! Alleluia! Blessed are you Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom. Alleluia! Alleluia!”
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The heart has nothing on woes and lamentations
And there is something in our human condition that is kind of broken. We might do good — in fact, really well — and then we trip and fall.
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Letting understanding fill our lives
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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