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Lead Us into Heavenly Rest
"It became known that He was home" (Mark 2:1). Jesus was home. He returned to Galilee, a lush and fruitful region. His friends must have been so happy to see...
The Heart of the Matter
"If today you hear [H]is voice, harden not your hearts" (Psalm 95). Today’s Psalm is one of those tunes that I often have stuck in my head after Mass. I...
Everyone Is Looking For Him
“Everyone is looking for you,” Simon and the Apostles tell Jesus in today’s Gospel. It’s still true. Everyone is looking for Christ. Some people just don’t know it yet—they think...
He Sees Me as Good
I can picture myself in the synagogue, standing by the wall. I can see the man with the unclean spirit cry out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus...
Exactly Where He Calls Me, Exactly Where He Sends Me
"This is the time of fulfillment. The Kingdom of God is at hand" (Mark 1:15). I wonder if the Kingdom is truly at hand sometimes. I hear about all that...
Great Expectations
There are phrases I've found myself uttering as I've moved through my young adult years: "Don't ask for that promotion; it would hurt too much to be let down." "He...
He Must Increase; I Must Decrease
"He must increase; I must decrease" (John 3:30). What if my life is meant to be smaller, quieter, and slower? What if God wants me to want less? We live...
A Vision of How My Sins Stab His Heart
It was an average, dirty snow, Minnesotan late afternoon where the sun that had hid its head all day and evening crept in early. I sat in the long, long...
More Than a Class-Ditching Cheerleader
It was my senior year of high school when the Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl. Not much of a football fan before that win, I became one on the...
Experience His Perfect Love
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear" (I John 4:17). This Scripture and I go around and around. I wonder if this love is even...
What Will You Do with That Food?
We want to see justice in our world, but do we act and speak with justice in our corner? When we encounter the outcast, the lonely, the broken, do we...
Testing Spirits in High School Religion Class
Have you ever had an experience where you needed to test the spirits, and discern: Is this of God or not? Is this truth or a lie dressed up and...
