All who have received the gift in confirmation must never presume it, but rather, engage it.
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It’s too easy going through life, not practicing what we preach
That is the starting point, or the jumping off point; the real conversation includes all.
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The ‘hound of heaven’ never lets us go
Once again Jesus aptly describes that “kingdom stuff of God” that appears upside down and inside out, but when practiced reveals that grace and blessing stuff that is the gift of God.
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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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Jesus identifies with eternal life, promises it to us
We die with Christ — and, therefore, do not fear it. And we also rise with Christ into a forever life; and death has no more power over us!
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God grants us holiness, saintliness
It is a process. A lifelong process.
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Hope and the kingdom of God give us life
Are these realities for us that truly give us life and allow that life to flow into and through us for others?
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Doing cartwheels on our way to a freedom from bondage
Some would choose to remain in bondage, or set themselves in bondage, while a woman and many observers were clearly set free. Are we?
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Lovelessness is a danger of a different kind
Do no one harm! Love your neighbour as you love yourself!
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Today, the readings keep it ‘short and sweet’!
And as so many like to say at a moment like this, “Let the church say amen!”
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