You know not when the Son of Man is coming.
Where is your treasure?
There is your heart!
Have you considered that God’s will is your treasure for you?
Come, follow Him!
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How enjoyable to sit and talk with a friend. How vocational to sit and talk with your friend Jesus. Take time to BE WITH Jesus.
God knows what we want before we ask.
God knows who we are before we discern.
God invites us to pray: to ask and to discern.
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Your servant is listening; you have the words of everlasting life.
Can you imagine Jesus, facing his fate in the Garden of Gethsemane, deciding,
“No, I’ll not go through this?” No, vacation means perseverance.
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Human beings establish lasting loving bonds. But Trinity shows us perfect love: you, God and neighbor. There’s nothing more than love.
Our Spiritual Life is a Journey- following the Call of the Mater to “Go and teach all people my Gospel.” Say “Yes over and over again.
Like sun through a stained glass window, the Spirit of [...]
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‘Today we celebrate Pentecost, the third holiest celebration of our Christian Faith. But what means do we have at our disposal for speaking about the Holy Spirit? None, other than Sacred Scripture, and “spiritual experience”. By spiritual experience I do not mean only our own personal experience, though that this is a good starting place. [...]
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Big life decisions come and go in everyone’s life. I’m not talking about deciding on taking phentermine to solve a weight problem. No matter how big that is, a life decision is going to be tens bigger than that. A life decision of course will affect the course of your life. [...]
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Not too many people serve grille fish for breakfast – smoked maybe, but not grilled. But who wouldn’t turn it down if Jesus was the one offering it? Bread and fish. Not unlike the meal he earlier served to the large crowd on the mountainside (John 6:9-11). Both times he astonished the disciples. Unfortunately we [...]
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Who would have thought that the crowd which welcomed Jesus with such enthusiasm during his entry into Jerusalem would turn against him so quickly within days and demand his crucifixion and the release of Barabas, who had been condemned for murder? Their welcome and shouts for Jesus were superficial. Their support for him was only [...]
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Each Lent should bring us closer to our God. There is no failure, except that of no longer trying. You can still follow Jesus more closely.
There was a common belief in the Old Testament that all suffering and death was caused by sin. The worse the sin, the worse the disaster. Jesus rejected this idea. [...]
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In our busy technological society we are often expect things to happen instantly. We have instant food, instant news, instant results, instant gratification. But, do we allow ourselves to take the time to appreciate God’s gift to us. We do take time to appreciate a fine meal, work of art or music recital. The word [...]
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