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Jesus call us to faith, just as he once called his disciples
And even in the midst of our “lack of faith” and our “fear” — and even “terror.” He gently, probing, lovingly, insistently — and in a way that beckons us to open up and “believe” — asks us: “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?”
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Our faith is not to be hidden — he is the light
So let us take the light we have received (as if an inner lamp) and put it on a lamp stand to “give light to all.”
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The mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to us; we must seize it
Do we understand these parables? If so, can we say that the seed planted in us and in our personal faith hearts has produced 100 percent?
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We must ask, ‘Who is he?’ and deliver our own answer
The inner answer that bubbles up in us is crucial to our faith; it is crucial to how we will be engaged by the Christ and how we will engage him. It is crucial to the way we will experience God’s grace.
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This High Priest has invited us to share in this new covenant, written in our lives
We are called to give everything, also — our love, our ministry, our lives.
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Christ is the prefect representation of God in our midst
No wonder, then, that even unclean spirits could recognize with such clarity and just had to shout out: “You are the Son of God.” In our best of liturgies, our simplest of prayers, our most harmonious songs, and in the quiet of our hearts, we are invited both communally and individually to come to that recognition.
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This Gospel is a plea on our behalf to seek out the good, a response that will bring life
Today, let us put an end to hardness of heart and seek to open our hearts to compassion and love.
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God, present in our humanity, invites us into his divinity
No wonder this word, in the person of the Christ, comes particularly to sinners and those in need, and not the righteous.
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Our faith is so present; it is the now, where we are at
What if someone were to write the story of our lives, beginning with right now — “in medias res”?
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