This should cause us to have confidence to scrutinize our lives, to see what remains as obstacles to full faith in Christ Jesus, then allow his love and mercy to overwhelm and envelop us.
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Act like our Father who art in heaven
“Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you.”
Our Lenten journey should be deeply interwoven into the rhythms of our lives
Let us surrender. Let us be opened up to learn and follow.
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An opportunity to learn about God’s mercy and love
And, obviously a teaching story accounting for the absolute need for we little beings to change our ways — especially of sin and evil deeds — to make things right, and to benefit from good living and grace-filled living. Right?
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Lent means going into the desert and letting go
Let us not be afraid to do something new, pray a little more, forgive or ask to be forgiven, give something away, and finally to be found by our God.
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For this early Lent, be converted and ‘go further’
This is what our life is meant for. We are here to be changed, to be transformed, to be converted.
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This day, we enter fully into such woe
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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No cost too great when one is in service to the Lord
Jesus was the message, the messenger, the servant, the lover, the teacher, the master — and he paid the price with his very life. In this Gospel scene, those to whom he had poured out his love and teaching gave his very self to them; it was there among them that such rejection would take place.
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Embrace the darkness
Light and darkness — opposites, and yet inextricably connected to one another. Once the dawn appears, the daylight grows stronger and stronger until it is brilliant. And in the daylight, one can work and play and perform and affect so much for one’s self and for others.
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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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