What prayer can do for us

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We can change our understanding of what it means to pray and what it means for our prayers to be answered.

Who do you say that I am?

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During our daily routines, let us find moments of stillness where we can listen to Jesus asking us, “Who do you say that I am?”

Have an open mind

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Our readings this Sunday have that energy, that sense of openness, of being set free!  The Prophet Isaiah!  Courage; Don’t be afraid; Leap like a deer; “Ears be unsealed; Tongues Sing for joy!”  “Eyes, Be opened’. 

When prejudgment turns into prejudice

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It is true that instant condemnation comes easy to us and is then honed by endless repetition in our thoughts. But the way to deal with this is to try a bit of empathy, to think ourselves into what might be going on inside others, and not to just listen endlessly to our own self justifications.