LOOKING UP
I realized that the greatest risk in life is possibly not taking any risks.
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COMPANIONS OF JESUS
Though I came to realize prayers are not answered with a single, dramatic event but through a gradual, sidewinding process.
DEEPLY IN LOVE
How will falling deeply in love with Jesus who is deeply in love with us decide what we do?
MUTUAL FRIENDS
“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have." – Lk. 24:39
HUNTING THE GOD STUFF
It is an Ignatian practice to “find God in all things”. Could this be made easier by finding “good in all things?” Perhaps then, where there is good, there you will find God.
SEEING JESUS THROUGH THE EYES OF MARY MAGDALENE
Let us borrow the eyes of Mary Magdalene so we can love Jesus and be joyous that our dear friend and savior has risen.
FAITH IN THE RESURRECTION, OUR SUPERPOWER
Our superpower comes from trusting in God who redeems more than rescues. Our stories will end well because they're part of God’s bigger picture.
LOOK UPON HIM
What if I imagined Jesus looking at me, addressing me by name, saying: “Jen, take them out. Take out my nails.”
TO SUFFER WITH AND LIKE YOU HAVE
“Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done." - Lk 22:42
I AM NOT DISGRACED
God gives me gifts and talents to be more than I can ever imagine. I am not defined by my sins. I am not disgraced. I am a child of God.
WE ALL HAND OTHERS OVER TO SUFFERING
When we are willing to confess that we often hand those we love over to suffering, even against our best intentions, we encounter God’s forgiving love.
WHERE AM I?
Through the years, I have come to greater understanding that in order to live fully, I must allow myself to be seen.
HIDE & SEEK
I’ve been so busy telling God where he is not welcome, that I missed his invitation to “come and just be.”
CALLED TO HOPE
Everything about the readings today speaks of the coming darkness of the end of Lent and Good Friday; however, there is hope.
PROMISES OF LOVE IN AN EVERLASTING COVENANT
God did not make a contract with us; God forged a covenant with us, and God wants our relationships with one another to reflect that covenant.
SET FREE
The peace that Jesus offers is one that transcends the limitations of this world and provides a freedom that glimpses what is to come.
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER AS GOD IN US
The great mystery of the contemplative life is not that we see God in the world, but that God within us recognizes God in the world.