July 14, 2026
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July 14, 2026

Building a New Community

We can love others because the “I” in our innermost self has heard the first love – which is God’s unconditional, unlimited love.

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July 13, 2026
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July 13, 2026

 Intimate Care

Listening to that voice with great inner attentiveness, I hear at my center words that say: “I have called you by name, from the very beginning.

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July 12, 2026
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July 12, 2026

A Fruitful Death

What I appreciate as I read Scripture is that Jesus saw death, and his own death in particular, as more than a way of getting from one place to another.

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July 11, 2026
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July 11, 2026

Dwelling With God

John’s Gospel develops this image, and so we find Jesus saying, “Make your home in me, as I have made my home in you” (see John 15:4).

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July 10, 2026
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July 10, 2026

Entering Into God’s Intimacy

Prayer, therefore, is far from sweet and easy. Being the expression of our greatest love, it does not keep pain away from us.

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July 9, 2026
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July 9, 2026

A Love that Holds Us Safe

We belong to God from eternity to eternity. Indeed, we are God’s daughters and sons. 

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July 8, 2026
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July 8, 2026

God is Right Here

Worship is coming together as a community of God to claim the presence of Christ. So we listen to the readings, we break the bread, we share the cup, we sing songs.

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July 7, 2026
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July 7, 2026

Simple Quiet Rest

Why, O Lord, is it so hard for me to keep my heart directed toward you?

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July 6, 2026
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July 6, 2026

Power to Love Enemies

Following Jesus means to live a life in which we start loving one another with God’s original love and not with the needy wounded love that harms others.

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July 5, 2026
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July 5, 2026

The Voice that Speaks

Yes, there is that voice, the voice that speaks from above and from within and that whispers softly or declares loudly: “You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests.”

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July 4, 2026
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July 4, 2026

The Fullness of Jesus’ Love

“The Son of Man,” Jesus says, “must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him” (John 3:14-15, JB). He is lifted up as a passive victim, making the cross a sign of desolation.

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July 3, 2026
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July 3, 2026

God’s Home, Our Home

God is not in the distant heavens or in the hidden depths of the future, but here and now.

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July 2, 2026
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July 2, 2026

Confronting Our Fears

There is so much fear in us. Fear of people, fear of God and much raw, undefined, free-floating anxiety. I wonder if fear is not our main obstacle to prayer.

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July 1, 2026
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July 1, 2026

Truth About All Human Beings

Our many conversations led me to the inner conviction that the words “You are my Beloved” revealed the most intimate truth about all human beings, whether they belong to any particular tradition or not.

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June 30, 2026
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June 30, 2026

Faithful to Your Call

If you live a life of watching and waiting, you will know what kind of call you have.

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June 29, 2026
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June 29, 2026

The Way Out is the Way In

Christian leadership is accomplished only through service. This service requires the willingness to enter into a situation, with all the human vulnerabilities….

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June 28, 2026
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June 28, 2026

Praying to be Free

We pray to know not only in our head, but in our heart, and in the center of our being that we are fully loved. 

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June 27, 2026
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June 27, 2026

Keep Pointing to New Life

Hope makes it possible to look beyond the fulfillment of urgent wishes and pressing desires and offers a vision beyond human suffering and even death.

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June 26, 2026
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June 26, 2026

Not Forced

Jesus in his passion is the one who waits for our response. Precisely in that waiting the intensity of his love and God’s love is revealed to us.

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June 25, 2026
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June 25, 2026

Everything Holds Promise

For a man with a deep-rooted faith in the value and meaning of life, every experience holds a new promise, every encounter carries a new insight, and every event brings a new message.

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