heart

This makes me think… “Let your heart be an altar…”

Paul says: I appeal to you by the mercy of God to present your bodies as a sacrifice, living and holy. The prophet said the same thing: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body for me. Each of us is called to be both a sacrifice to God and…

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This makes me think… a merciful heart is not a weak heart…

Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each communities and every believer. Above all it is a “time of grace” (2 Cor6:2). God does not ask of us anything that he himself has not first given us. “We love because he first has loved us” (1 Jn 4:19). He is not aloof from us….

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This makes me think… about the divine face, the incarnation…

The Divine Image by William Blake (1757-1827) To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.   For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and care.   For Mercy has…

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This makes me think… about what it takes to know and embrace God…

Grant me, O Lord, an ever-watchful heart that no alien thought can lure away from you; a noble heart that no base love can sully; an upright heart that no perverse intention can lead astray; an invincible heart that no distress can overcome; an unfettered heart that no impetuous desires can enchain. Grant me, O…

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