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Use Your Words

When children are little, we tell them to use their words to express their feelings. We do that because it’s important to speak up and be heard.

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Radical Amazement

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel believed that “radical amazement” was at the heart of spirituality. What amazes and inspires you today?
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Enter Into

Walking through a doorway means you exit one place and enter into another. You have to be willing to leave the old place in order to enter a new one. You have to be willing to let go so God ...
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‘A Very Complicated Tree’

As you say a prayer for all those in distress today, open your heart as wide as you can. Let your prayer grow and grow, touching all the branches of our common tree.
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A Humble Offering of Turtledoves

When Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the Temple, they brought a small offering of turtledoves. This humble offering was one that poorer families could afford to bring with them. The Holy Family brought the little they had when consecrating ...
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Revealing the Love of Jesus

During World War II, Fr. Maximilian Kolbe was arrested and taken to Auschwitz. During his imprisonment, a prisoner escaped, and as a result, the commandant announced ten men would die. In cell block 11, there was no screaming--rather the prisoners ...
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With a Prodigal Heart

Henri Nouwen’s book "The Return of the Prodigal Son" was inspired by a chance encounter Nouwen had with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s famous painting.
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