Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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Between the predictions of the Passion, Jesus confronts a moment of failure for the disciples, helping us see our lack of focus.
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In Jesus’s first passion prediction, we encounter the language of Messiah and cross-carrying, which we need some untangling.
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In this week’s reflection, we look at Peter’s proclamation of Jesus as the Messiah and what we should learn from mission confusion.
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The word “Messiah” is loaded with meaning—then and now. And that meaning is built around expectations that Jesus won’t embody.
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Between the gospels this week is a collection of snippets that help us see the way the disciples are starting to miss the point.
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In these two encounters with the Syrophoenician woman and the deaf man, seeing Jesus change his mind allows us to do the same.