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To Be Free We Must Give Up on Violence
The prophetic voices of Isaiah and John the Baptist reveal the limits of our obsession with power against the boundless purifying love of Jesus.
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Giving in Love — Jesus’s Alternative to Fear
As tempests swirl and hatred flows around us, Jesus reminds us that we already know the way to live, the way to be is to love generously.
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Modern Apocalypse — the Crucifixion and redeeming love
Seeing the cross at the end of the liturgical year is an apocalyptic vision. It reveals empire’s commitment to power and God’s to love.
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Alive Again — The time-bending love of the resurrection
At first glance, this is a simple question about marriage. But that is overlooking the fact that we shouldn’t trust the questioners.
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Our saints are the antidote — Revealing God’s dream
The saints help us see the alternative vision that Jesus offers: that we can actually love as we are loved and give as God gives.
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Holding a Posture of Grace
Jesus offers a juxtaposition of the arrogant Pharisee and the humble sinner to help us see that our posture toward God matters more.
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Persistent Faith, True Love
The parable of the widow and the unjust judge is an opportunity to explore the depth of what Jesus is describing in faith and God’s love.
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Neighbors for love — Restoration at a time of division
The story of Jesus healing the ten suffering leprosy is a story about borders and boundaries and the way Jesus defies them all for love.