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“We were hoping He was going to redeem Israel.”  Luke 24 “If you had been here my brother wouldn’t have died.”  Mary Magdalene “Life isn’t fair, princess, and anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something.”  The Princess Bride An election was held.  The results were disastrous.  A good Man; a decent…

“Let not your hearts be troubled.” Jesus “Martha, you are worried about many things, but one thing is needful.  Mary has chosen the better portion.” Jesus “I’ve worried about a lot of things in my life, most of which never happened.”  Samuel Clemens Last week I wrote about fear.  Today there is a new tenant…

“Say to those with feeble hearts, ‘Be strong, Do not fear, your God will come.” The Prophet Isaiah, the Thirty-Fifth Chapter “Fear not, for behold I bring you good news of great joy; today is born to you in the City of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord.”  The Gospel according to St.…

“I go to prepare a place for you . . . in my Home are many rooms.” Jesus “When I think of home, I think of a place where there is love overflowing.”  From the Musical “The Wiz” starring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross Where is home for you? What does home mean to you?…

“The human soul is hungry for beauty.” John O’Donohue “For the Beauty of the Earth, For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth, over and around us lies; Lord of all to Thee we raise, endless songs of ceaseless praise.”  From the Hymn “For the Beauty of the Earth.” In…

“I did not have to ask my heart what it wanted because of all the desires I have ever known, just one did I cling to for it was the essence of all desire: to know beauty.”  St. John of the Cross “One thing I desire . . . to behold the beauty of the…

“I Am with you always . . .”  Jesus “We ask the very First Beginning to open our eyes through the ineffable peace of Christ.”  St. Bonaventure Greg was dying.  He had a rare disease that was slowly eating away at his brain and body.  There was no cure.  And so, Greg decided, after a…

“Oh how I wish you would kiss me passionately.” Song of Solomon “O night, my guide! O night more friendly than the dawn! O tender night that has tied lover and the loved one, loved one in the lover fused as one.” St. John of the Cross. “God loved the world (so passionately) that He…

“Of these three remain; faith, hope and love.  And the greatest of these is love.”  St. Paul’s first letter to The Corinthians “The wise person knows more deeply by way of love than by way of argument because the eye of the heart can see the truth of reality.” Ilia Delio If we are fortunate,…

“O Death, where is thy sting?  O grave, where is thy victory? St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians “For me to live is Christ, to die is gain.” St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians “Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear; for He that created you…