Are you ready for your forty days in the desert?
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The Middle Way
Do you throw yourself with reckless abandon into Gods loving arms each day? This is necessary to walk the narrow path of salvation. Do you walk the path of your own desires excluding those before you in need? Gods will is mercy, compassion, and forgiveness. This is the purity of heart the spiritual life draws us to live, through the narrow gate of life.
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The Narrow Path
Judgment is part of living the narrow path of salvation. God’s justice rights what is wrong and calls us to live in right order, counter cultural to the world. We are to be immersed in the presence and action of The Holy.
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Today’s world says do what makes you happy. As Christian’s we are to do what makes us holy.
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Do you feel like you’re on a treadmill that never stops? Do you need some quiet time? Some family time? Some time when you can renew your mind, your body and your spirit? Things that make us the “good life?” Then maybe it’s time to reclaim Sunday as a day of rest and a special day.
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After a recent spiritual direction session, I had a major shift in mindset. This is the “new mind” experience Paul talks about in Romans, it’s an expanded perspective from my normally conditioned point of view.
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Lately, I’ve been drawn to the idea of “stuff is not your friend.” Not in the minimalist way but in the fact that it is a distraction. It occupies space in my heart and mind requiring time, attention, and care, leaving less time for what really matters.
On a pilgrimage to Assisi a few years ago, Saint Francis encouraged me to live simply.
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“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8
Love isn’t just a feeling—it’s a deliberate act of the will. To love deeply means to love beyond mistakes, beyond faults, to love in a way that forgives and heals. This kind of love is robust; it doesn’t ignore sin but covers it in grace, offering forgiveness as freely as God offers it to us.
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The word beatitude refers to a state of deep happiness or joy. The beatitudes are taught by Jesus as the foundation for a life of authentic Christian discipleship and the attainment of ultimate happiness.
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Smitten With Goodness 