It opens the way for grace, spirit, and the power of love to guide the process and help bring about a graced conclusion.
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Unburdened and comforted by Jesus’ love, we rest
This is all spoken as divinely wise language — spoken in a prayer to the Father. It is referred to as “hidden things,” known not to the “wise and learned,” but rather to the “little ones.”
Continue readingThe kingdom of God is the reality of dying, coming to life
The kingdom of God is the reality of dying and coming to life: letting go and grabbing on to something bigger, better, deeper, more loving, and more wonderful.
Continue readingEmbrace the kingdom of Jesus and overcome limitations through trust
The cost of discipleship is great; the rewards are even greater, and fear is one of the only things that can prevent one from trusting fully in the ultimate saving power of God.
Continue readingJesus Christ sends us forth to respond to this world with compassion
Anyone can judge it, but a true disciple sees it with compassion and loves as Christ loves.
Continue readingI am thankful
We have worked together. We have become more united — more one, and more the Body of Christ.
Continue readingCovered by the love of the cross, covered by the love that is God
We will never fully understand it, and yet we touch the mystery countless times every day in prayer, allowing this mystery to guide and to change and to love us!
Continue readingA ‘Pentecost Church’ — our inner life of the Spirit comes from the Spirit of God
When we listen attentively to these scriptures today, we hear the wonders of the Spirit of God as forgiveness abounds, tongues are loosened, understanding and proclaiming is everywhere, and people’s hearts and souls and lives go through profound conversion.
Continue readingOur ‘yes’ to Jesus is ‘yes’ to seeing
That “yes,” however, means that we believe in his teachings, his example, his way of life, his values, his surrendering to God, his unequivocal “yes” to loving always, his preference for the poor and marginalized, and his refusal to be blind followers of the law.
Continue readingSo that we may be truly fruitful
This is what turns an admiration for a faith into a fully lived and transforming faith. We are all “that woman” at the well. This is what makes true disciples.
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