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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

Sunday Gospel reflections: Will you give cheerfully?

Living with Christ Oct 12, 2018 0

I remember racing home from school with my report card, blazing with great marks. After careful scrutiny, my dad would say there was still room for improvement. Today’s Gospel brings that memory back. I know that my dad was very proud of…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Keep the ideal of God’s plan in mind

Living with Christ Oct 5, 2018 0

Jesus regularly spoke of the ideals to which God calls us, rather than the accommodations we often make. His teaching on divorce is an example of that. In keeping with his usual approach, he challenged the Pharisees to aim for God’s…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Stop, listen, and see a new reality

Living with Christ Sep 28, 2018 0

We have so many ways of judging people —by wealth, education, religion, gender, appearance. I’ve caught myself being surprised by a word of wisdom where I least expected it and in doing so recognize my own prejudices. Today’s readings…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: The way to Christian greatness

Living with Christ Sep 21, 2018 0

When I was a young boy, I secretly wished — against all the evidence — that everyone would think I was the best player on our baseball team. I also had the secret desire that one day my teacher would say, “You are the best student in the…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: There is more to the story!

Living with Christ Sep 14, 2018 0

Come away with me to St. Peter’s Square. Look up and see the statue of St. Peter dominating the whole place. Walk around the basilica and try to count the references to St. Peter. Bend low in the caves and try to catch a glimpse of his…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Listen carefully for God’s presence

Living with Christ Sep 7, 2018 0

When Jesus heals the deaf man in today’s Gospel, he is clearly fulfilling what had been prophesied by the prophet Isaiah: when God comes, the ears of the deaf will be unstopped, and the speechless will sing for joy. This is all well and…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Learn God’s ‘heart’ language

Living with Christ Aug 31, 2018 0

Today we are offered two very different visions of right living before God. One is to blindly follow the letter of the law; the other is to follow its heart. It is tempting in daily life to hold others to the letter of the law and ourselves…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: A very special invitation

Living with Christ Aug 24, 2018 0

Coming together to share a meal is a custom as old and as widespread as humanity itself. When we gather to celebrate a festive occasion, to mourn the loss of a loved one, to discuss important issues or ideas, or simply to mark the passing…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Hear Jesus with your heart

Living with Christ Aug 17, 2018 0

Human beings are made for relationship; we long to be connected to someone. A young mother who had been adopted in infancy shared with me her experience of motherhood. She said that she finally felt biologically connected to someone. Even…

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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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