Do I accept my own perception of myself, or do I believe that God’s more positive view of me might be the one to trust?
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the pathway
The cross does not mean that I should simply put up with suffering, becoming co-dependant on a grossly unfair situation
inclusivity
The church is not called to be a place where every person easily feels effortlessly at home, but an environment of growth for people who seek maturity of faith.
even at night
And best of all, this happens for the disciple not only throughout every day, but “even at night”
yes YOU !
Paul is not too interested in who they think they themselves are. Instead he wants them to know who they are from God’s point of view.
the way together
So the work of the preparation of the homily, and the work of listening, and the work of communicating, belongs to all the people
it’s not boot camp
Let’s turn away the fundamentalists who propose a life of artificial asceticism, far removed from Christ
mystery revealed
Too often I catch myself in action wrongly thinking and living as if the life that I seek is hidden from me.
rhubarb & homilies
Even if the priest just repeated the word “rhubarb” the person with open mind and heart would hear God
THE encounter
Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but an encounter
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telling THE story
Write about your personal experience of God
experiencing
Jesus is for us today a real and living presence able to be experienced and verified in our own experience today.
at table
Some of our best family laughs happened at the table and some of our biggest fights too
frontiers of hope
too often we are determined by the painful events themselves, the abuse, the abortion, the betrayal
remotest people
Yes, God keeps his promises. Yes In Jesus God lives at and in the peripheries.