When I was merciful to Nineveh you complained. You were more upset that the plant died and you had to endure the heat then if I had wiped away 120,000 people!
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Today is a simple story: Listen
Well, today is a simple story, a simple truth, a simple way to live.
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Like St. Francis of Assisi, let us discover the love of Jesus
Francis heard in his heart Jesus’ call and lived that call fully.
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Our Father is home and invites us to share in his love, constant care
If we had the same total dependence on and trust in God our Father, we would know, experience, grow in and thrive upon the power of the kingdom of God that is in our midst.
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In our own reflection of the word, we invite God into our hearts and souls
Jesus invites. Jesus encourages. Jesus shows the way. And Jesus acknowledges that some will reject him and he who sent him.
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In the precepts — laws — of the Lord, we find contentment
The people were in the presence of and were hearing the law — the precepts of the Lord — and their reaction was awe in the presence of the Lord.
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Through the eyes, words, heart of Jesus, we will see greater things
When Jesus looks and sees, he also invites us to look and see.
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Jesus’ invitation is the acceptance of the kingdom into our lives
God, through Joshua, in his own way said: “Come to me.”
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More than ever, we need to hear Jesus speak
We need his healing touch. We need his promise of the kingdom. We need our hungers and thirsts (deep within our individual and collective spirits) satisfied.
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God knows what is just right — if only we would accept it
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor A reflection on the daily readings by Father Perry for Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. + In the story of the three bears, Goldilocks grows tired and goes to lie down […]
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