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“They were filled with amazement.” –Matthew 13:54 We want God to help us, bless us, and be there when we need Him. However, He wants us to help Him, bless Him, and be there when He needs us. We want to tell God what to do, but He wants to tell us what to do and take over our lives. That’s much more than we had in mind. Like the people of Nazareth, we find Jesus “altogether too much” for us (Mt 13:57). If only Jesus would stay in His place, come when He’s called, speak only when spoken to,...

“Then the Israelites would see that the skin of Moses’ face was radiant; so he would again put the veil over his face until he went in to converse with the Lord.” –Exodus 34:35 Moses had a halo after talking to God. People had to wear sunglasses when they looked at him. You could get a tan just sitting in the same room with Moses. The man was a human lightning bug. When we talk to God, do we light up like Moses did? Does communion with the Lord have a visible effect on us? We may not glow, but...

“The Lord used to speak to Moses face-to-face.” –Exodus 33:11 What an indescribable picture! Almighty God and a human being speak face-to-face and Moses does not die (cf Ex 24:11; 33:20; Is 6:5). Even more amazing is that God has invited each person to have that kind of access to Himself (Eph 2:18). Each of us can also have a face-to-face encounter with the Lord, particularly in Eucharistic Adoration. In addition, at each Mass, we can gaze on the consecrated host, the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. God speaks...

“It does not sound like cries of victory, nor does it sound like cries of defeat; the sounds that I hear are cries of revelry.” –Exodus 32:18 Moses was so angry, he smashed the tablets of the ten commandments by throwing them down at the base of the mountain. He was mad not because the chosen people were defeated in battle but defeated without battle. We too can lose because we’re too apathetic to fight. We try to skip the battle not because we’re “peace lovers” but “fun lovers.” We forget about winning because of our sinning. When we fight...