The hope is that they are doing their job.
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Be formed by the Gospel, and share the life of the kingdom of God
This, also, may have been a favorite Gospel passage of St. Vincent de Paul, who formed the Congregation of the Mission religious community of men and women, and priests and nuns who were formed to form others.
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The cross shows us two very different faces
But we must look up and see. We simply must see, especially with the eyes of our hearts, so that we, too, can confess that “Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
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Love, like God
God loves everyone, everywhere, always — equally, without limits, without distinction, without conditions, with a generosity unequaled.
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Jesus Christ sends us forth to respond to this world with compassion
Anyone can judge it, but a true disciple sees it with compassion and loves as Christ loves.
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This Holy Week is our week
The forbidden, Lenten “A” word returns in all its glory at the Easter Vigil, and will be our Easter Song!
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Get up and dance to the song who is God
These waters are (metaphorically) flowing from the temple of God’s grace — everywhere!
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We rejoice in his complete openness through marital and parental near-catastrophes and rejoice in Joseph’s faithful response to God.
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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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Those who are wise listen when Jesus speaks
And we are led to discover wisdom and life, and living and goodness and Godness through the truly simple and ordinary.
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