Savor This Day of Rest
Ragan Sutterfield
May 5, 2024
Christians have often been poor at practicing the Sabbath, imagining it to be a Jewish practice for which Jesus showed apparent disregard.
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God Lifts the Anguish from Our Hearts
Pope Francis
September 20, 2018
Today Jesus says to each one: “Take courage; do not give in to life’s burdens; do not close yourself off in the face of fears and sins. Come to me!” He awaits us; he always awaits us. Not to magically ...
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The Power of a Changed Heart
Pope Francis
September 19, 2018
Love is the greatest power for the transformation of reality because it pulls down the walls of selfishness and fills the ditches that keep us apart. This is the love that comes from a changed heart, from a heart of ...
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God Is With Us
Robert J. Hater
September 17, 2018
The circumstances surrounding Jesus’s birth into an imperfect world contain implications for contemporary families. God is present to all kinds of people—abandoned spouses and children, families who leave their countries because of political or economic turmoil, the poor, the wealthy, ...
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Where Does Jesus Send Us?
Pope Francis
September 16, 2018
Where does Jesus send us? There are no borders, no limits: he sends us to everyone. The Gospel is for everyone, not just for some. It is not only for those who seem closer to us, more receptive, and more ...
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Alive with the Spirit
Stephen J. Binz
June 8, 2018
Saint Junipero Serra had a vision that did not turn out as he originally conceived, after human sinfulness overwhelmed the design, as it did in the Garden of Eden. Yet the Holy Spirit succeeded, and the missions he founded today ...
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Solitude with God
Roch Niemier, OFM
June 5, 2018
One does not go into solitude just to be there, or to be alone, or to struggle with one’s false self or demons. That would be sadism. A person builds a rhythm of solitude into life because of a need ...
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