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“The Holy Spirit descended on Him in visible form like a dove.” –Luke 3:22 On this last day of the Christmas season, we can receive in a new way the outpouring of the Spirit. Like Jesus, we must go to our Jordan and meet our St. John the Baptizer. There’s a person and a place that the Lord has chosen to be instrumental in lavishing His Spirit on us (Ti 3:6). Like Jesus, we will have to deny and humble ourselves to be at the right place at the right time (Mt 3:15). We will struggle interiorly to “let it...

“If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is brought to perfection in us.” –1 John 4:12 The Lord has a wonderful plan for our lives (see Jer 29:11). He plans for us not only to be loved or give love but even to abide in love and thereby abide in God (1 Jn 4:16). God, Who is Love, orchestrates the events of our lives to help us climb the mountain of unconditional love. When we sin, we fall down the mountain. When we obey, forgive, or repent, we climb up the mountain. Step by step,...

“Love, then, consists in this: not that we have loved God, but that He has loved us and has sent His Son as an offering for our sins.” –1 John 4:10 God loved the world so much (see Jn 3:16) that He: created us, became a man, died on the cross for us, rose from the dead for us, offers us a share in His divine nature through Baptism (2 Pt 1:4), forgives all our sins, makes it possible for us to be His sons and daughters, invites us to be members of His Body, the Church, wants us to...

“A people living in darkness has seen a great light.” –Matthew 4:16 Throughout much of the world, the highlight of the Christmas season is the feast of the Epiphany. The purpose of each person’s life is to follow the star, find Jesus, give Him the gift of our life, worship Him, and manifest the light of Christ to the ends of the earth (see Mt 2:10ff). Then the prophecy will be fulfilled: “A people living in darkness has seen a great light. On those who inhabit a land overshadowed by death, light has arisen” (Mt 4:16). Therefore, let us follow:...