In the gospel for the Sunday, Jesus shares with us, “If a brother sins against you, go to that brother and share his fault with him alone.” This message is so powerful for us, and we can take this teaching and completely ignore it. What do we do when someone sins against us when someone hurts us? We tell every single person in the universe except for them.
The church shares with us that Jesus is the Divine Physician. He’s the one who always desires to heal and bring union. We can imitate Jesus by going to our brother who has hurt us but desires healing and union. You look at Jesus in the Divine Mercy image, and he never holds his hand up in a fist. Jesus always has his hand held out, showing his wounds, desiring healing, having his hand out in blessing. Broken relationships stay broken if we don’t desire and act to heal.
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Reject the Squidward Within
There is this guy. You may know him, you may not. His name is Squidward Tentacles. Squidward Tentacles is incredibly negative. He is constantly judging, and he is always finding fault in others. He is not a fun person to be around. The thing is, we can do that as well. We are so attracted to negativity. We’re drawn to crazy comments on social media…
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Spiritual Coziness
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Don’t Take Away His Family
Today is the Feast Day of the Holy Family. And what better thing to talk about than “Fast and the Furious.” Dominic Toretto is amazing at driving fast. But he is more impressive with protecting his family. My favorite quote from the ninth movie is, “The worst thing you can do to a Toretto is take away his family.” Translate that to our faith, and oh my gosh, the worst thing that you can do to God the Father…
