Ponder: Do I lean into my calling to be an eternal son or daughter of a living God?
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Topics of inspiration, celebration of God’s love in ourself and others.
There is Something About Mary Series – The Beauty of Radical Forgiveness
Ponder: Sin hurts us and offends God. Am I humble enough to ask for and accept forgiveness?
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Ponder: Fidelity. Do you cooperate with grace to do your part in helping fulfill Christ’s miracles?
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Ponder: How well do your priorities reflect the prompting of the Holy Spirit?
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Ponder: When we go with God, we feel His presence and see the miracles.
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Ponder: We suffer in the world, but Jesus has conquered the world.
As we look at the final Sorrowful Mystery today, I hope your heart has been opened to Christ’s Passion in a new way. These are my favorite mysteries of the rosary. Many find them hard and difficult. I find them beautiful as they demonstrate God’s profound love for us and the lengths he will go to show us and assure us that all will be well.
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This week has been a life-giving week of self-awareness and understanding the destructive nature of my self-reliance. Who knew that a dead tree would help me let go of a little piece of the lie I tell myself that “It’s all up to me?”
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Ponder: Our struggle for holiness, with all its stumbling and fumbling, is our lifelong way of the cross.
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Ponder: Do you use the suffering and trials of life to strengthen you or tear you down?
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Ponder: Do you find it hard to break bad habits?
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