In Lent, we fast, we pray and we give to the poor. God does not love us more for doing these things. God cannot love us more. So why do we bother?
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Ash Wednesday reminds us that nothing (except God) stays the same
We know that nothing stays the same, yet we live as though nothing ever changes.
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God doesn’t let us pick our origins. But he gives us the freedom to choose our destiny.
To be a creature is to have an origin, one we neither fashioned nor chose. To be a child of God is to have a destiny, one we freely choose, a gift we are given to cherish.
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What if you finally meet God, and God looks like your worst enemy?
That may indeed happen, and if it does, you will immediately, intuitively know this: You are going to be purified.
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The revolutionary meaning of Christian hope
If revolt against injustice, oppression and sorrow begins in the heart, it will not die. The broken heart is the tomb from which Christ rises.
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Thomas Aquinas fell silent when he learned this truth: The mystery of God is impossible to grasp
St. Thomas never wrote again, though much has been penned about this great theologian’s descent into silence before his death in 1274. What should we make of it?
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Rejection is part of life—even for God
The people of Nazareth thought that they were putting a local upstart in his place. The sad irony is that they were rejecting God.
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Left on the shelf, the sacred Scriptures can do nothing
The greatest act of reverence we can give to the Scriptures is to prayerfully read them.
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Sin can never cancel out your baptism
Your sins cannot cancel the identity you were given in your baptism. But it is possible to forget who you are.
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Look back on the past year. Where was the Holy Spirit at work?
A Reflection for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.