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With John’s help, we grow in our understanding of God
He does not know what we shall be, but then proclaims we will see the Lord “as he is.”
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A final call to remain in him!
Like Sts. Basil and Gregory, who learned God’s truth and practiced it faithfully in charity, may we welcome the anointing that keeps one faithful and away from falsehood.
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Like Stephen, we are called to know, believe in the incarnation
Apparently, Stephen found this out for himself as he was being stoned to death, and cried out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
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The past is celebrated, proclaimed by us at Christmas
We will rejoice with the angels that the messiah has been born and hear the good news proclaimed in their song.
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Be ready, but have repentance for your sins
And a thorough opening of our spirit.
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Today’s ugly Gospel story becomes a mirror for us
Especially of what others may think of us.
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An extraordinary story is promised
Uh oh! This, undoubtedly, would one day be his downfall.
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We are broken, but Jesus leads us back to God
And further, this will be done divinely by Jesus on the cross as he loves and forgives, and gives us the model of what and how to do that in total pain and rejection, and human failure, but Divine Redemption.
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Looking for Jesus in all the eternal places
Maybe Jesus was introducing them to something eternal even then. And so, even and maybe especially for us, is that not the same? When we discover what we are looking for within ourselves, should not that help us to find it?
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