One wonders, after hearing these passages from scripture today, if some amount of suffering of some type necessarily accompanies sharing the Gospel.
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Woes and delights stand out equally
The first reading, an explosion of blessing and grace; and the Gospel, an explosion of condemnation and revilement — what a cataclysmic set of opposites today!
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Paul, Jesus speak of fullness of blessing and grace
Hopefully, we listen and hear!
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Like Mary, do we really see, hear, know this Christ?
Is and does our discipleship keep turning, and growing deeper and deeper each day?
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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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See and appreciate your gifts and talents
To bury, as if dead the person and the personal qualities we have been given, is an unimaginable sin against our very selves.
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Sharing faith in Christ
Paul wanted so much for his fellow Jews to accept Jesus as the Christ, the messiah.
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Longing for the life Jesus offers us
But let us face it — curiosity is not enough.
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Let a little more light in
We are finally fully prepared in this Advent Season to welcome the Christ into our hearts and lives so that we can birth him to others.
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All are welcome to our Thanksgiving Day Mass
For the first time in over a year, we will be finally celebrating Thanksgiving Day inside our church.
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