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The Dangerous Side of Blessing
Jesus almost breaks their nets and sinks their boats. We refuse to recognize that great abundance is not objectively good.
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“Doctor, cure yourself!”
Jesus’s return home goes exactly as he expects. Which is to say, the people’s reactionary response is quite predictable.
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Avoiding the Gospel
In reading of Jesus’s visit to the synagogue, we are given a mirror to hold up to ourselves and see what we’d rather not.
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He’s not saving the good wine
Jesus famously turns water into wine. But the greatness of the miracle is not that he can do it. But that he does.
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The Baptism of OUR Lord
When we celebrate the baptism of Jesus, we are remembering why this, rather than birth, is the beginning of his, and our, story.
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The generous grace of Christmas
In the Holy Family’s escape into Egypt, we receive the moral weight of the Incarnation: we are the givers of grace.
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Follow the Shepherds
A reflection for Christmas: on the place of Christmas, pandemic separation, and how we might be inspired to look forward.
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“My soul magnifies the Lord”
The Magnificat and the sublime normalcy of Mary juxtaposes our vision of her: her specialness: against her lowliness.