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The Equality of Love
Seeing Jesus’ Words Through the Lens of Gratitude Gospel Reading Matthew 12:46-50 NRSV “While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, ‘Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.’ But to the one…
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Gratitude and the Unavoidable Path
How synchronicity and gratitude reveal the guidance already at work in our lives Gospel Reading Matthew 12:38-42 NRSV “Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, ‘Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.’ But he answered them, ‘An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be…
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Gratitude Amid Life’s Weeds
Living Gratefully in the Midst of What We Cannot Control Gospel Reading Matthew 13:24-43 NRSV “He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away.…
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Living Without Escalation
Living Without Escalation: A Gospel Reflection Through the Lens of Gratitude Gospel Reading Matthew 12:14-21 NRSV ‘But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him. When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him…
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Seeing What Truly Matters
Matthew 12:1-8 Gospel Reading NRSV At that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, ‘Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.’ He…
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Carrying Our Burdens Differently
Carrying Our Burdens Differently: The Light Yoke of Jesus ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my…
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Living the Present Moment
A Reflection on Matthew 11:15-27 Gospel Reading Matthew 11:25-27 NRSV ‘At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed…
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Where Divisive Words Appear, Gratitude Shows Another Way
Gospel Reading Matthew 10:34 – 11:1 NRSV ‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s…
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When Gratitude Becomes the Good Soil
A reflection on Matthew 13:1–23 ‘That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went…
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Living Life Through the Lens of Gratitude: A Theological Reflection
A life grounded in gratitude reshapes the way we perceive the world. Gratitude is not merely an emotion but a spiritual posture—one that opens us to the fullness of God’s presence in every circumstance. When we adopt this perspective, even familiar stories from Scripture take on new depth and meaning. Reading the Gospels Through Gratitude…