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Reflect Most cultures have a religious or spiritual ceremony for repenting or self-cleansing. Native Hawaiians, for example, recognize their faults, come to terms with needing to change, and go into the sea to cleanse their bodies, as well as their souls. In Jewish culture, there is ritual cleansing (mikvah) with water that signifies beginning again.
Reflect A large part of the battles we face in life happens between our ears. Lent is a time of renewal, shedding the enemy’s lies, and sitting in God’s truth. To become aware of the pitfalls of sin, we must clear our minds of distraction and become attuned to what God is trying to tell
Reflect After losing someone, I desperately wish to be able to pick up the phone to call them, to hear their voice. I can, at least, see their faces in pictures, remembering all of the happy and funny memories from over the years. My heart twinkles with light. When the world seems to be dark,
Reflect We have no written words of St. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus. However, when a family goes to the Temple to present their newborn baby, the father is asked the name of the child. The only word we can attribute to Joseph is the name of Jesus. Pray God, our Father,You gave Joseph
Reflect Wide-open spaces have captured the minds of humans for millenia—the Grand Canyon, the Sahara Desert, the Great Plains, the shores of a beach. Wide-open spaces inspire, provoke, and calm. Human creations can have the same effect on space: music, visual, and culinary arts. These spaces provide a feast for the eyes, a puzzle for
Reflect Our life’s pilgrimage can get muddied rather easily with expectations, opinions, and norms of society. St. Francis is a great example of how to “unbecome” things of this world so that we can become who God made us to be. Pray Lord of all creation, the distraction of the world is right at our
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