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The Catholic Calendar for Monday, October 25, 2004
Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Scripture from Today's Liturgy of the Word:
Ephesians 4:32-5:8
Psalm 1:1-4,6
Luke 13:10-17

A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:

Today's First Reading from the Paul to the Ephesians tells us very explicitly how we must avoid sins of the flesh. Paul reminds us that we have been forgiven. We are no longer darkness, but now, thanks be to God, we are light in the Lord. Holiness forbids that we yield to our fallen nature. Instead, we must incline ourselves to God our Creator.

There will always be this tension between good and evil, the part of us that is fallen and that which is redeemed. Let us gain consolation and strength from the sure knowledge that Christ desires us to be holy and has done and will continue to do all that is required for us to resist the temptations of the Evil one.

Remember the image of the crippled woman in today's Holy Gospel? Just as she was healed by the merciful hand of Jesus, so shall we. Not even the indignation of the others' healing on the Sabbath deterred Jesus. So will nothing stand in the way of Jesus' healing power if only we go to Him, beg Him for His help and resolve not to sin again.

- Donna Nelson, ocds
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As we talked about a passion for God, a growing awareness of his presence, and a desire to do whatever I can to increase that, I realised that the thing which cultivated this passion in me, was to read and tell stories of Jesus.

This blog provides Daily stories of Jesus - some straight from various translations of the gospels, I hope about once a week- a re-told story. I find that the more I hear stories of Jesus , and the more we hear them, the more I discover what it means for us to have a passion for Jesus in our lives, and an deeper involvement with him.

As I ponder the stories I post, I am finding more and more that things hit me a few days later. What better to occupy my mind than stories of Jesus.

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