This should cause us to have confidence to scrutinize our lives, to see what remains as obstacles to full faith in Christ Jesus, then allow his love and mercy to overwhelm and envelop us.
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Our ‘yes’ to Jesus is ‘yes’ to seeing
That “yes,” however, means that we believe in his teachings, his example, his way of life, his values, his surrendering to God, his unequivocal “yes” to loving always, his preference for the poor and marginalized, and his refusal to be blind followers of the law.
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God’s covenant with us is fully revealed in the death, resurrection of Jesus
Because he has been raised, we are irrevocably changed and promised life eternal. For that reason alone we joyfully sing our Easter song — ALLELUIA!!
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Embrace dying within so that new life may emerge
This, of course, goes far beyond Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We are a Paschal people who embrace this not on just a couple of days, but as a way of life.
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Jesus offers us a ‘life’ that is beyond the physical
This “life” Jesus offers may be hard to define, but we clearly know when it is there and when it isn’t. Jesus promises Martha — and us — that whoever “lives and believes in me will never die.”
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