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Sunday Gospel Reflections

Daily Gospel reflections: Learning to patiently trust God

Living with Christ Mar 28, 2020 0

Like a trusting lamb led to slaughter. (Jeremiah 11:19) Unfortunately, I have known some people who have had their trust in others shaken to its core: a married woman with an infant is left by her spouse and left with no income; a child is…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: ‘Lazarus laughed’

Living with Christ Mar 27, 2020 0

He cried out in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!' The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, 'Untie him and let him go.' (John 11:43-44) My spirits soar when I…

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Daily Gospel reflections: Christ’s spirit is still with us

Living with Christ Mar 27, 2020 0

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. (Psalm 34:19) I was feeling discouraged after a speaker I know told a story that put women in a very negative light. Even though he later apologized, I wondered if he really understood the effect his…

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Daily Gospel reflections: Remembering that God loves us

Living with Christ Mar 26, 2020 0

They forgot the God who had saved them, who had done great deeds in Egypt. (Psalm 106:21) In an interview with a father whose only son had been convicted of mass murder and sentenced to death, the father told of the deep love he had for…

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Daily Gospel reflections: ‘How can this be?’

Living with Christ Mar 25, 2020 0

When I read these first chapters of Luke’s Gospel, I can’t help but compare and contrast. On the one hand, there’s Zechariah — John the Baptist’s father — being struck mute in the temple, a grand, glorious place where only a few could…

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Daily Gospel reflections: Seeing others as God sees them

Living with Christ Mar 24, 2020 0

‘It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.’ (John 5:10) It’s easy for me to shake my head in bewilderment at this response to Jesus’ miraculous healing of the paralytic. I want to shout that they are blind and…

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Daily Gospel reflections: God ‘cares about our pain’

Living with Christ Mar 23, 2020 0

See, I am creating new heavens and a new earth. (Isaiah 65:17) It would be nice if the most important questions in life had clearer answers than they do. Why are we here? Why do we suffer? What has God to do with it all? Why doesn’t Christ…

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Daily Gospel reflections: Finding self-renewal in the Lord

Living with Christ Mar 21, 2020 0

Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions. Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from my sin cleanse me. (Pslam 51:3-4) A few years ago during Lent, I began praying the…

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Sunday Gospel reflections: Making a difference

Living with Christ Mar 20, 2020 0

"It is so that the works of God might be made visible through him." (John 9:3) Jesus performed a great work in healing the man born blind. What a difference he must have made in that man’s life. We may feel our work has little or no impact…

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Daily Gospel reflections: Allowing God to speak through us

Living with Christ Mar 20, 2020 0

Take with you words, and return to the Lord. (Hosea 14:3) Have you ever found yourself speechless when it comes to matters of faith? Have you ever stood open-mouthed when asked to give a reason for your hope in Christ? God knows I have. It…

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