Daily Reflections

January 30

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Reflection According to the Beatitudes those who are truly blessed are the common people whom earthly success has largely passed by, the poor, the meek, the persecuted, and the peacemakers.…

January 29

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Reflection To follow what one is convinced is true requires a critical, open, and informed mind and a willingness to take time to sift through the media impact of each…

January 28

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Reflection Spirituality is a way of life, and as such, it cannot be separated from our everyday activities. John Shea, a contemporary Catholic theologian, puts it this way: “The spiritual…

January 27

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ReflectionToday’s mysticism begins when the totally transcendent image of God above or beneath or separate is replaced with a deepening sense of a universe immersed in and permeated by God’s…

January 26

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Reflection The people were astonished at his teaching,for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.Mark 1:21-28 Jesus spoke and acted with authority. He didn’t offer…

January 25

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Reflection We cannot look behind us for answers. They do not live there. We must imagine ourselves forward, envision the world we want to create, and feel the new reality…

January 24

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Reflection To have occasional feelings of isolation is part of our human experience. Sometimes things that seem so clear and self-evident to us are viewed with skepticism or even rejection…

January 23

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Reflection In this troubled and troubling world we are continually forced to choose sides or else risk indifference or complicity by virtue of inaction. But taking sides also perpetuates a…

January 22

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Reflection To live God’s Universe Story is to participate in a large love. We need to be mystics, not moralists. We cannot wait for things to be perfect (friends, country,…

January 21

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Reflection “The sickness or, you can say the sin, that Jesus condemns most is hypocrisy…You cannot be a Christian without living like a Christian. You cannot be a Christian without…