In two parables today, Jesus teaches that one can be saved. Is that not that what all true religion should be teaching?
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Look up at the cross, it’s where we find redemption, new life
For it was at Jesus’ most humbled and vulnerable moment in his life — on the cross — that he so purely and divinely revealed his love for all to see.
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This word would be spoken, and human and crucified and loving to the end, and resurrected and eternal and yours and mine, and there for all and forever.
Continue readingAdvent is a time to prepare for the second coming of the Lord
Advent, then, is a “preparation time” for more than Christmas day, which is filled with tremendous sentiment and feelings; the season itself is a time for us to judge how well we prepare for the second coming of the Lord by examining how well we live Jesus’ Gospel teachings and preaching.
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Jesus came to serve and he gave his life serving others. We lead others by serving them. In our service of love, we grow closer and closer to Jesus Christ, until the day we can say, as St. Paul did, that is not we who serve, but Jesus who serves through us.
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