Daily Devotion, March 16, 2021

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Sunday Reflection (March 14, 2021)

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Spiritual growth is about letting the light of God shine into the darkness of our sin, but God’s light is so bright that we can only incrementally come to terms with it. It is like when we have been in a dark room and suddenly the lights are turned on: It takes time to adjust. Likewise, we can walk into a dark room and in time adjust to the darkness. This Lenten Season, examine the darkness in your life, find out what prevents you from following Jesus in the way of truth and life found in a life of compassion.

Prayer for the Week (March 14-March 20, 2021)

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O God, the source of all light, you gaze into the depths of our inmost hearts. Never permit the powers of darkness to hold your people captive but open our eyes by the grace of your Spirit, so that we be able to look upon your Son and see the one you sent to be the light of the world, and by seeing, may we believe and worship Jesus as the Lord who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.
Amen
(NZPB)

Daily Devotion, February 24, 2021

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Daily Devotion, February 23, 2021

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Sunday Reflection (February 21, 2021)

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When you are driven by the Holy Spirit to do good in obedience to Jesus Christ, there will be temptation that seeks to thwart the doing of good. There is an easier way! We can avoid temptations by making no commitment to the doing of good and following Jesus, but how then would the world know about God’s grace and kindness?

Prayer for the Week (February 21-February 27, 2021)

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Let us pray that during this Lenten Season we turn fully to God and people: God of the covenant of love, you invite us to follow your Son. As the Holy Spirit led him to the desert, may he open our eyes to see the wastelands of evil that we have created in our world. May we learn from Jesus to believe in the Good News and to give shape to your Kingdom of truth, justice and unselfish love. We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord.
Amen.
(Claretian Publications)

Prayer for the Week (February 14-February 20, 2021)

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Let us pray to our Almighty Father whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: God, give us grace to perceive his glory in suffering, so that we be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory. Amen.

(Book of Common Prayer)

Sunday Reflection (February 14, 2021)

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The Holy Spirit transforms our views, our attitudes, our words, and our deeds to those of a follower of Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 4:3-6). The Holy Spirit creates us as vessels and instruments of God’s love and mercy in the world. We realize the burden someone else is carrying and share that burden as we were able. We realize someone’s failure as a deep wound, and not an occasion for tearing down or throwing stones. 
 
Christ is the standard for which God intends humanity ultimately to be, yet sin prevents us from living according to that standard of Christ (2 Corinthians 4:3-6). Thus, we are continually transformed to become the same image that Christ because “Out of Zion God shines forth in perfect beauty.” That is not, mean, ugly, vindictive, malicious, but beauty (Psalm 50:1-2). God shines forth through us in perfect beauty because the Holy Spirit transforms us unto the image of Christ. Each of us is a work of art and beauty in the eyes of God.

Daily Devotion, February 9, 2021

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