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Life Hacks and Healing
[T]hey said to [Jesus], “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes...
Vending Machine Prayers
Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God,...
Don’t Wait Until Too Late
“Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away.” // Acts 3:19 In today’s readings—on the Third Sunday of Easter—we hear of the need for repentance and...
Exercising Our Spiritual Maternity
As the number of disciples continued to grow, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. // Acts 6:1 I often ask...
Safe With Him
The LORD is my life's refuge; of whom should I be afraid? // Psalm 27:1b Trembling inside, I walked into my employer’s office. I’d been to Reconciliation the day before...
Freedom Through Obedience
“We are witnesses of these things, as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.” // Acts 5:32 That morning during prayer I had that...
Let It Be Blinding
“For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes...
Born From Above
Jesus said to Nicodemus: "'You must be born from above.' The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where...
Mary’s Yes is Our Yes
“[A]nd we saw his glory.” // John 1:14 (From the Alleluia Verse) We had been walking for what felt like months. It was June in northern Spain, and the Camino...
Remembered In Mercy
Then [Jesus] said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”...
A Christmas Story (at Easter)
When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told...
Inflame Our Hearts
So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was...
