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“Test your servants.” –Daniel 1:12 The four young Israelite men asked their master to test their faith (Dn 1:12). Likewise, the poor widow in the Gospel reading asked God to test her faith by giving the Lord all her money (Lk 21:4). During the testing they gave God their all, trusted Him in the present moment, and placed their futures in His hands. Jesus teaches us that our heavenly Father’s plan is to provide on a “daily bread” basis (Mt 6:11). Many try to provide for a better tomorrow by storing up treasures, only to have that future plundered by...
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“Anyone committed to the truth hears My voice.” –John 18:37 Decades ago, our young family gathered with several other young Catholic families and their small children in one family’s large log cabin. It was a pleasant party until I happened to notice the host and another young father sitting in a far corner pulling out a recreational drug. They pulled out a cigarette lighter and flicked it into flame. Immediately in my mind, the verse reverberated over and over: “My kingdom does not belong to this world” (Jn 18:36). I knew we had to live as subjects of Jesus the...
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“The children of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those judged worthy of a place in the age to come and of resurrection from the dead do not.” –Luke 20:34-35 Will you be “judged worthy of a place in the age to come and of resurrection from the dead”? (Lk 20:35) Is there anything you have done or can do which makes you worthy to be raised from the dead? Obviously, no one is worthy to be raised from the dead except Jesus, the Lamb of God, the Resurrection and the Life (Jn 11:25). All the angels...
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“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him” Jeremiah 17:7 Everybody is searching for peace. No one can avoid the strain of life or the severe stress it brings with it. Jesus radiated love, serenity and peace; no matter how turbulent or chaotic the circumstances were around Him. This was the result of His intimate relationship with His Father. Jesus regularly withdrew in solitude to pray and pour out His heart to His Father. Then He was able to return to a stormy life with the peace of heaven in His heart. Whatever life...
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Jesus “entered the temple and began ejecting the traders.” –Luke 19:45 Jesus has made it clear that He wants His temple purified (see 1 Mc 4:36). Jesus commands us to be pure, even “as He is pure” (1 Jn 3:3). Jesus is purifying His Church “in the bath of water by the power of the word, to present to Himself a glorious church, holy and immaculate, without stain or wrinkle or anything of that sort” (Eph 5:26-27). “By obedience to the truth,” we can purify ourselves “for a genuine love” of our brothers and sisters (1 Pt 1:22). The Lord...
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