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Peace and Happiness, the Counterintuitive Way
“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father.” // Matthew 5:44-45 For Christmas last year...
Transform My Heart
Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no...
Our Littleness = His Greatness
“[A] mustard seed . . . when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs...
Yes, You Belong To Him
“Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.’ Anything more is from the Evil One.” // Matthew 5:37 Growing up, being deeply insecure, I had a hard time...
The Redemption of Marriage
Your presence, O LORD, I seek. // Psalm 27:8 “Amen,” I whispered as I opened my mouth to receive Holy Communion. My husband knelt at my side and received the...
Leave it at the Altar
“Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and...
Heard, Seen, and Loved
But there was not a sound; No one answered, and no one was listening. // 1 Kings 18:29 My four-year-old has been getting frustrated lately as he yearns for more...
The Flavor of Christ
“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown...
Our Heavenly Reward
Rejoice and be glad; for your reward will be great in heaven. // Matthew 5:12 I had been so discouraged that semester by how little fruit had come from the...
Who Told You That?
Then [God] asked, "Who told you that you were naked? // Genesis 3:11 My family still talks about my standing ovation in Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. I was in ninth...
Her Attentive Heart is Fixed On You
He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. // Luke 2:51 I was suddenly overwhelmed...
Make My Heart Like Unto Thine
Know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. // Ephesians 3:19 On this Solemnity of the Most Sacred...
