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Jesus, the Passover Lamb, gives his disciples a way to enter into communion with the Father and the Son. This is the fulfillment of the Promised Land.
“Life in the world can be like a little monastery.” So said one of my monk mentors. My hope in writing this book and continuing its reflections in this blog is to show how the lessons of the monastery can give light to family life. This means talking about Lectio Divina, the psalms, sports, theatre, mistakes, breakthroughs, special meals and moments of exquisite tenderness that break through sometimes, like sunbeams on a cloudy day. Or cardinals streaking low, across a lovely meadow.
Jesus, the Passover Lamb, gives his disciples a way to enter into communion with the Father and the Son. This is the fulfillment of the Promised Land.
His heart goes out to him. He stops what he is doing. He gives him his time. He treats him like family. He binds his wounds.
What does money have to do with the Kingdom of God? More than you might think – and less.
What kind of bridegroom brings a wedding feast with him while he travels about at night?
“I believe. Help my unbelief.” (Mk. 9:24) It is the perfect prayer, the perfect way of responding to this revelation that a prayer of deep faith can move that which seems immoveable.
In today’s story, Jesus draws Simon Peter from his day-to-day tasks to the deep waters of an encounter. Christ’s glory breaks through the ordinary and Peter is changed.
The same transfiguration of humanity in the Father’s love that happened to Jesus on the holy mountain can happen to us. It is what we were created for.
Do you ever feel like God has asked of you what is impossible? That you are facing the impossible and somehow God has left you in this situation? You are not alone.
We all know Jesus healed the sick. But were healings the most important thing to Him, or was there something greater?
The mind of Christ is a mind that is human but wholly abandoned, obedient and receptive to the light of the Spirit. A mind that grows in wisdom before God and before men, as we go through the experience of our life on earth
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