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If we want to follow Jesus, we must let go of our hopes and expectations, our visions for the future, our demands for the present, and remain radically open to what God is doing right in front of us.
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If we want to follow Jesus, we must let go of our hopes and expectations, our visions for the future, our demands for the present, and remain radically open to what God is doing right in front of us.

Reflect The human experience is littered with messiness. In our homes and around our neighborhoods we encounter conflict, clutter, commotion, disturbance, confusion. Disorder and chaos

Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time February 18, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Hebrews 11:1-7 We’ve been hearing about the primeval history of

Our prayers—whether for our adult children, grandchildren, siblings, spouses, parents, nieces, or nephews—will bear fruit. Perhaps not the exact fruit we would like to see, but God will hear and answer the prayers in his way and in his time frame.

Christ calls us to the here and now. He wants us to be present to people and things that actually make a difference.

Reflect In the hustle of daily life, how often do you take a pause to appreciate the now? How present are you in this moment?

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time February 17, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 11:1-9 Human assertiveness strikes again. We saw it in

We are, indeed, the living body of Christ, always becoming one in him who is our Lord and salvation.

Reflect Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, writes: “We move toward God because God has first moved toward us—this is the Franciscan path of prayer.” Pray God,

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time February 16, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 9:1-13 The flood is now over and creation has