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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Heaven is glad and the earth rejoices
To experience healing forgiveness — to receive it and/or to offer it to another — brings “soulfulness” into our lives; we are “made new.”
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The coming of the Lord is not “just another day.” This is the event, the moment, the day, the “we’ve never seen anything like this before” time!
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These readings speak of glory, power, dominion, joy, and the fulfillment of all the peoples of all nations and generations.
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And even when judgement and destruction should come your way, he will bind up and heal your wounds.
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All of the messianic language of the scriptures would not prepare for this kind of messiah. Because this messiah was to “save us from ourselves.” This messiah was to heal us from our “sin,” the part of us that could keep us from being truly human and, therefore, also recognizing the divine within us.
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Communion with God in all things and in every way is the way to peace and happiness of the profound kind.
Continue readingGod works at the deepest parts of our souls
There is some necessary “knowhow” and needed “determination” to open our spirit to receive. It isn’t magic, but it is spiritual.
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And quite frankly, Andrew became an apostle of Jesus the Lord because Andrew heard the words: “Come, follow me.”
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And we, for even just a liturgical moment, are invited into profound humility, profound faith, and profound trust!
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