A reflection on the daily readings, for Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, by Father Perry. By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor + “O, woe is me …” This famous saying is thought, by many, to have originated in Shakespeare. […]
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You must wash the feet of everyone
Jesus predicts, in a very indirect way, his coming death and shows this act of love as awareness and appreciation of his love and presence experienced in the now and predicted as a love and presence that would be eternally given.
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Letting the good bless us
Don’t perform in order to be praised and noticed. Do the good; serve others.
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God gives good advice, but do we take it?
Since everyone at some time or another needs healing, presumably we are very lucky and no doubt very comforted with Jesus’ words.
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Fasting much go much farther than just ‘giving up something’ for Lent
And fasting, the kind the Lord wants, repairs the heart and opens the heart to see with love, to be truly human and even divine.
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We discover the power, grace of God in our own lives, actions
Becoming light and salt is a dual thing. We do it because it seasons and brightens the lives of others. But we also do it because in the becoming of light and salt, our own lives are changed.
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The great teacher continues to guide our lives to justice, love
His healing power still makes us whole.
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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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Wonderful diversity
And Jesus’ inclusive invitation is not just into a group, but an invitation to discover new life and love eternal in the now and then forever.
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‘I did!’
Jesus made it quite clear that he was the one who was to come, and indeed who has come and has fulfilled the prophecies of old.
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