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Rather than just talk about the problems of the day, the Seven Founders of the Servite Order did something about it─they consciously left all and formed a new religious congregation to address the issues. They put their money where their mouths were.
In the Christian community there must be no discrimination based on position or wealth. Authentic worth consists in God’s election and God’s gifts.
God wants useable instruments who will carry the mystery, the weight of glory and the burden of sin simultaneously.
Along with our losses, we are invited to find holiness and health amid the broken circumstances of our lives.
This week’s Gospel reminds us to love our enemies and do to others as we would have them do to us.
Our world is as violent as David’s world. Had King David heard Jesus’ message, how would he have responded? More importantly, how will we?
Christian life is complex. It’s not something we can execute without focus and attention. The author of today’s reading insists we must be clear about our purpose–not merely responding superficially to the Lord in our lives.
We move to a deeper level of Being ourselves when we genuinely receive the being and the gaze of the self-giving Jesus.
Saint Claude de la Colombière met Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and eventually became her confessor. Together they advanced devotion to the Sacred Heart at a time when God’s mercy needed emphasis. God raises the right people at the right time to keep his Church on the right path.
The Pharisees didn’t understand Jesus. His disciples didn’t, either. Jesus responds with frustration. Even now, Jesus keeps after us too, to deepen our grasp of him.
