At different times in our lives, we all have our mountain-top experiences with God. When God asks us to do something difficult, what are we to do? Trust Him. When God places us in the midst of trying circumstances, what are we to do? Trust Him. When God promises us something that seems impossible, what are we to do? Trust Him. When God gives us crosses that seem too heavy for us to bear, what are we to do? Trust Him.
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While God declares everything He made to be “good,” human beings He declares to be “very good.” So when our hearts are corrupted by sin, we have even further to fall. But, just like Noah and the flood, God offers us a new beginning.
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Lent is the penitential season of the year preceding Easter that begins on Ash Wednesday. It is modeled on the 40
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Jesus tells Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die” (Jn 11:25).
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Sacraments are visible signs of an invisible reality. The bread and wine used in the Eucharist become the visible signs of Jesus’ Body and Blood, given up for us. The water poured over our heads at baptism is a visible sign that God has cleansed us of our sins. Whether we are talking about confirmation, matrimony, confession or any of the other sacraments, they all work in this way. They are all visible signs of grace given by God.
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