There is nothing that says the first attempt at prayer is the best or only possible request. Are we willing to be persistent with our God?
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Take care how you hear and listen
And although this (what I am about to say) is not a literal translation of that, one could perhaps say, use it or lose it!
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Jesus is our endless everything — our endless potential
This potential depends upon the rich gift of the unity of the Spirit. Jesus, clearly, is our eternal source of unity and peace.
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Through the Eucharist, Christ calls us to deeper unity with him
At every celebration of the Eucharist we utter those same words just before the Eucharistic Christ comes under “our roof” as we consume the Eucharist
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Like St. John Chrysostom, we’re compelled to follow, become like Christ in every way
That was his calling, and that is our calling.
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God encourages us to listen deeply to his voice
In today’s scripture we recognize the long history of God speaking to us, especially through the prophets. We also recognize his call to us to proclaim his prophetic word today to one another and to the world.
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God dwells in our weakness
There we discover God. There we discover ourselves. There we end up realizing and believing Jesus’ words.
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The word increases the intensity of two heartbreaking departures
But Paul said it with much tears and hugging and kissing and loud weeping. Jesus said it in deep prayer, visibly raising his eyes to the heavens, and invoking God’s care over and love for his disciples.
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Believers believing for the first time
And what Jesus had said some years before was indeed coming true in them, and before them, and among them.
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An amazing journey of faith and prayer
The entire Mass is a prayer to the Father through Jesus, his Son.
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