And to be sure, the sinners knew with all their heart that Jesus was calling them and loving them into goodness. The fact that Jesus did it in spite of all those who criticized his words and actions gave the perfect proof.
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We are broken, but Jesus leads us back to God
And further, this will be done divinely by Jesus on the cross as he loves and forgives, and gives us the model of what and how to do that in total pain and rejection, and human failure, but Divine Redemption.
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Being ready, being alert; opening eyes, ears, hearts to meet the Lord
Let us hope so! Let us plan on it! Let us finally prepare ourselves! Let us be ready with our alleluias!
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Preparing the past, and celebrating the future
When we hear and sing those words, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord,” we know clearly what is and what was being said by those words, and what and how we must prepare right now.
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In proclaiming God’s kingdom, his love gushes from him to us
And also to us? Me thinks that is so!
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A brief commentary on death
King Antiochus faced his coming death with questions and answers that left him in dread.
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Prayer is a demonstration of our faith, hope
It is our praying and our constant willingness to engage and be engaged that keeps our spirit open and searching and seeking and waiting, and looking for that grace and love of God always present, but not always recognized on our part.
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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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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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The ‘greatest story ever told’ continues today
And that glory will have eternal meaning!
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