Jesus is talking about something completely different and completely the same.
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Speak the wonders of God’s glory and peace
“Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.”
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Woes and delights stand out equally
The first reading, an explosion of blessing and grace; and the Gospel, an explosion of condemnation and revilement — what a cataclysmic set of opposites today!
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Jesus is our endless everything — our endless potential
This potential depends upon the rich gift of the unity of the Spirit. Jesus, clearly, is our eternal source of unity and peace.
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Looking at Jesus, we discover his look of love for us
This is the good news of the word today.
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Do we, like Mary’s ‘fiat!’, say yes to God’s grace and blessings?
For after all, Paul tells us quite clearly that we, too, have been filled with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
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Today, the readings keep it ‘short and sweet’!
And as so many like to say at a moment like this, “Let the church say amen!”
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Jesus’ call to sinners is true then, is true now
A reflection on the daily readings, for the Feast of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist, by Father Perry. By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor + In Jesus‘ own words, he proclaimed: “I did not come to call the righteous but […]
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Do we bring our Gifts and in the giving discover that we have been far more gifted?
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I’m your servant, Lord. Use me, use me, use me!
The only thing I can say — and I say it with as much gumption as I can muster: If we are going to believe these mystical and wondrous thing said of Mary, then we must believe also the mystical and wondrous things said to the Ephesians and equally to us.
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