If we ready our spirit for the celebration of the birth of Jesus, we should have a spirit that is open and ready to meet Jesus Christ any way he comes.
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Jesus raises the bar of expectation of our lives even higher
Jesus is seeking nothing less than total transformation of our thinking and acting.
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Giving, sharing talents is the gift given, received
Giving and sharing is in itself the reward. This is the great secret revealed by Jesus. This is the key given to open the doors of inner peace and happiness.
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Wisdom is a promised gift of the Holy Spirit
All who have received the gift in the sacrament of confirmation must never presume it, but rather, engage it.
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These are the Paschal realities that through death, resurrection give us new life
Amazingly, these are pathways into grace, and transformation, newness of heart and of life.
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Love God, hate God? He loves you — unconditionally
How does God love us? No conditions, and no limits. God loved us first, and loves us always. The Lord loves for eternity, and he loves us when we do not love him.
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To be in relationship with God means giving all to him
To be in relationship with Caesar involves giving him certain things. To be in relationship with God means giving all to him, since all comes from him and belongs to him and shall return to him!
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Reject the invitation of the ‘kingdom’ and you reject God himself
The kingdom of God is offered, and there are those who will not receive it, who cannot recognize it, who reject the offer.
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God is ‘in it’ for the long run — without conditions, without limits
If indeed humans have existed on this planet for 160,000 years, God definitely has “hung around” with us, put up with a lot, loved us in spite of ourselves, and continues to grace and gift us without conditions and without limits.
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A change of mind, heart and will is what conversion is all about
Admitting “I am wrong” and changing one’s ways — that is conversion, that is the Gospel, that is salvation.
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