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Living with Christ

Living with Christ provides a wide variety of resources that help to nourish your daily spiritual life, putting the richness of the Christian spiritual tradition at your fingertips. Use these for your personal growth, for your reflection and prayer, and for sharing your faith with others in your family, household, or community. Visit online at www.LivingWithChrist.us.

Sunday Gospel Reflections

Gospel reflection: Sing with Mary!

Living with Christ Aug 14, 2018 0

Luke’s Gospel today (for Mass during the day) beckons us to follow Mary as she eagerly sets out to the beautiful hill country of Judea in service of her cousin Elizabeth. Expectant mothers, both women are filled with the Holy Spirit as they…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Don’t dismiss God’s presence!

Living with Christ Aug 10, 2018 0

If you were looking for a successful prophet, you might be quite impressed by Elijah’s record: when he says there will be a drought, there is one; when he calls down fire from heaven, it comes. Yet, the fidelity to the covenant Elijah…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Be nourished by the bread of life

Living with Christ Aug 3, 2018 0

Have you ever asked yourself: is it worth it? Is all the energy that I’m investing in this relationship or this project really worth the struggle? Today we hear of a stressed-out and anxious, even desperate, crowd. They find Jesus to be…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: The miracle must continue through us!

Living with Christ Jul 27, 2018 0

The multiplication of the loaves and fish in today’s Gospel is a central part of Jesus’ teaching on the Bread of Life. When Jesus asks Philip how the people will be fed, Philip simply refers to the amount of money required. Jesus teases…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Look to the Good Shepherd as your guide

Living with Christ Jul 20, 2018 0

As Jeremiah reminds us, not all leaders have their people’s best interests at heart. Too often, the ones who long to control others seize positions of leadership. They care nothing for the people’s needs. Instead, they get carried away by…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Be willing to live the Gospel

Living with Christ Jul 13, 2018 0

Summer fills our senses with sights, smells, and sounds that are particular to the season. We hear many sounds, but we really listen only to some, to those that mean something to us. Today’s readings focus our attention on listening — on…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Our prophetic mission

Living with Christ Jul 6, 2018 0

I admire prophets when they challenge other people to change their attitudes and ways in face of a threatening reality. But when they invite me to see and live in a new way, I suddenly feel uncomfortable and resistant to their message.…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Jesus’ transforming touch

Living with Christ Jun 29, 2018 0

Most of us can’t imagine circumstances that would prohibit us from entering our parish church. But a Jewish woman of Jesus’ time who was menstruating was prohibited by Jewish law from participating in communal prayer, in violation of the…

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Sunday Gospel Reflection: Discover God every day!

Living with Christ Jun 22, 2018 0

Nothing provides more excitement and joy than finding something new. Discoveries are made every day — new plants, medicines, heavenly bodies. In order to talk and marvel about these new discoveries, we give them names. One of the greatest…

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Sunday Gospel reflection: Simple acts help grow God’s kingdom

Living with Christ Jun 15, 2018 0

If a small farmer in Puerto Rico wants a fence that will last, a strong limb from a roble tree will do the job. The branch, once placed in a post hole along a fence line, will come alive in the moist tropical soil. New growth will soon…

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