St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s path took many unexpected turns because she followed God’s will rather than her own. In her obedience lay the source of the wisdom with which she taught others to follow in God’s ways. Like Elizabeth, do we begin to get the idea that Jesus the Christ wants to get into us and through us to reach others?
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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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Again, Jesus speaks with authority
Was this Jesus announcing that he knew who he was and, in a certain sense, was self-declaring that the Messiah had indeed come?
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Is Jesus too much for us? Do we want him to stay? Do we welcome him in?
Does he take our unclean and sinful stuff and make us new, whole, well, loving, and living members of his kingdom and his life?
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We’re invited to bring about the kingdom of God
And then the gifts of the Spirit will be poured all over and into that tiny, tiny, tiny shoot and blossom. The effects, though, are what is astounding.
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Praying as children of God
Jesus teaches his followers to pray because only by praying can we come to know ourselves and know what God desires for our lives.
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