And Jesus, “quacking” like the great teacher that he was, told them, and quite directly: “Come, and you will see.”
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Humility is like a door that keeps the mind, heart, spirit open
Pride is such a pernicious attitude and way of being that deceives at fundamental levels and helps to allow that deception to convince us of non-truth.
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We esteem and honor Mary for the singular privilege given to her by the call to bring God in the person of Jesus into the world in the Feast of the Incarnation — Christmas!
Continue readingSprout new life
This is not a one moment thing, but rather a radical change and call that grows and grows and grows and continues to transform into a Living Truth and is truly “of God.”
Continue readingGod’s wisdom flows like a river and gives life to all who would listen
Imagine a whole family — all together, doing that — walking in the ways of the Lord together, listening intently to the Wisdom of God, holding the Lord in fear (that is, in enormous awe), and together discovering who they, together, could be and could become in God!
Continue readingThe one who hates still lives in darkness, no matter how much they claim to love the light
Not unlike the prophecy to Mary that a sword would pierce her heart, the glory of the light that Jesus would bring would involve the cross, and that pain and ultimate total emptying of self out of love.
Continue readingBiblical storytelling at its very best
What’s more, the murderous plot to destroy Jesus would come, but not just yet. It would be incubated for 33 years, and then it would be a communal tantrum of, yes, the jealous leaders — not just one king but many tantrum-filled adults.
Continue readingWe give thanks for all who discover the invisible God
But in Jesus the Christ, who was clearly visible in his human nature, we experience God, the word made flesh — not only as visible in himself, but also making the invisible God very much visible to our eyes.
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Clearly, God entered into our world and our lives — and things, as they say, would never be the same.
Continue readingThe Christ, crib, and cross — tightly connected, completely intertwined
And how darkness and sin would be conquered by light and love.
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