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Planting a Mustard Seed

Reflect  According to the parable, the mustard seed is “the smallest of all seeds…” (Mk 4:30-32). What does it mean that Jesus says that the …

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Growing in Holiness

Reflect  How often do you grow frustrated and impatient with those that God has placed in your life to instruct? Those difficult “students” are often a “thorn in the flesh” to help us grow in holiness.  Pray  Heavenly Father, you who ...
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Christ the King

What kind of king gets nailed to a cross for a throne? What kind of king gets buried in a borrowed tomb? What kind of king was Jesus? And what kind of kingdom does he rule?
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A Lesson in Forgiveness

Josephine Bakhita said that if she met her torturers she would kiss their feet, for without them she would not have become a Christian or a woman religious.
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The Elevation of the Cross

Reflect When we pray the Our Father and ask God for our daily bread, what are we really asking for? In John 4:34, Jesus tells His disciples that His food is to do the will of God. It is what ...
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Songs of Roses

Reflect  Recently, in honor of St. Therese of Lisieux, I bought a dozen pink roses, and as the buds have blossomed, I’ve been captivated by how soft and full they are, awakening several times to finding them wider. I wondered ...
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Redirecting Our Appetites

Reflect  A friend recently compared heaven to an all-you-can-eat buffet. He said he got the idea from Dante’s Paradiso. His theory is that the buffet table is always open, and we have all of eternity to get all we can eat. Have you ...
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