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Come Inside
While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. // Matthew 12:46 Last spring, I led a three-day parish mission for...
Turning Towards the Light
She turned around and saw Jesus there. // John 20:14 Several years ago, I made a month-long pilgrimage to the Holy Land and visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre...
Come Away and Rest A While
The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”...
Hope In His Name
“And in His name the Gentiles will hope.” // Matthew 12:21 I stood at the edge of the swimming pool. The pavement was warm beneath my feet, and the sun...
No Work On Sunday
“For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” // Matthew 12:8 “Mom,” my teenage son asked, “aren’t we supposed to rest and not work on Sunday?” I could...
Rest In Him
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” // Matthew 11:28 I walk a dusty old path full of towering oaks and...
Getting To Know The Father
“[ . . . ] and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.” // Matthew 11:27 I couldn’t wrap my...
Practicing Meekness
Take care you remain tranquil and do not fear; let not your courage fail. // Isaiah 7:4 My heart was smoldering, offended and angry at the words that had been...
Carrying Love’s Cross
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does...
Letting Go of Control
He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts. // Mark 6:8 I listened to my friend and...
Truthful Insults
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of God rests upon you. // 1 Peter 4:14 I was voted the next Mother...
Speaking With the Help of the Holy Spirit
“[D]o not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say.” // Matthew 10:19 I...
