By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor A reflection on the daily readings by Father Perry. + Sweet and simple today. On this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, why don’t we sweetly and simply just focus on Mary’s response, but […]
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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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The experience in the empty tomb is an incredible response of faith
The Easter testimony of the scripture reveals an incredible experience in the empty tomb, an equally incredible response of faith, and hints at the road ahead. The disciples “saw and believed” then spent the rest of their lives growing in their understanding and preaching what they believed. This is the same journey we are invited to make as today’s disciples of Jesus, our risen Lord!
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Jesus’ ‘Follow me!’ puts a final stamp upon the Easter story
If mission and meal and recognition and professions of love and faith are not enough, this story puts the final stamp upon all that has happened here in just two words: “Follow me!”
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We can believe and not always understand
Perhaps, full comprehension — the ability to explain everything, claiming to know all — is not as important as some would think.
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No longer servants, but friends
We can be friends with the living God! All we need to do is accept his request. Jesus is inviting us to be his follower and friend. He is inviting us to share in his holiness, in his divine nature. He is calling us to be like him here on earth so that we will see our Father’s face in heaven.
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Why we serve
Jesus came to serve and he gave his life serving others. We lead others by serving them. In our service of love, we grow closer and closer to Jesus Christ, until the day we can say, as St. Paul did, that is not we who serve, but Jesus who serves through us.
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The gift of Lent calls us to the mountaintop
We, too, have been invited to the mountaintop. We, too, know of the transformation of Jesus through his death and resurrection. We, too, have been forever changed by the promise to share the same, to experience new and eternal life through a sharing in that same death and resurrection.
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