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Grace and Understanding

These days, compassion seems to be in short supply. In truth, now is when we need it the most.
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Blindness and the World

Reflect One of the recurrent messages the Gospels is the blindness of the world, perhaps even the unwillingness of the worldly to open their eyes and truly see. Echoing the prophets, Jesus cries out against those who have closed their ...
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Adjusting Our Lens

Reflect The way we see others is determined by the lens through which we look. Maybe our own limitations and biases cloud the picture. Perhaps a previous experience shades this one, or the other person is influenced by some other ...
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Peace in the Storm

Reflect Caught in a fierce storm on the Sea of Galilee, the disciples are panic-stricken until they remember that Jesus is in the boat with them. Although I suspect that the storm continued for a while before Jesus calmed the ...
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Like a Deer Who is Longing

Reflect Reflect on the opening of Psalm 42, “As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you.” What do you picture when you read these lines?  Pray Today I recognize the beauty: the truth that I ...
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Don’t Let Your Anxieties Choke You

Reflect In Matthew 13:22, we hear Jesus say, “The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word, and it bears no fruit.” Do I let ...
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Maria the Merciful

Reflect St. Maria Goretti’s life was short but her legacy looms over the Church and its people. She forgave her killer before she drew her last breath. Could you be so forgiving? Pray God of martyrs,Maria Goretti only made it ...
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