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A mazing possibilities await us when we place our trust in God. From Dynamic Catholic Anthony of the Desert: Be Bold Verse Before The Gospel The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower; all who come to him will live forever. Gospel  JN 8:21-30 Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.” So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.”...

A mazing possibilities await us when we remains available to God From Dynamic Catholic Mary MacKillop: Australia’s First Saint Verse Before The Gospel EZ 33:11 I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord, but rather in his conversion, that he may live. Gospel  JN 8:1-11 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them...

A mazing possibilities our here for us. We turn to our God and say show us. Here I am I’ve come to do your will. From Dynamic Catholic Your Week 5 Review Gospel Reflection: Lazarus Verse Before The Gospel JN 11:25A, 26 I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will never die. Gospel  JN 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.   So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to his discipl...

A mazing possibilities await us when we are open to hear the voice of God. Be still and listen. From Dynamic Catholic Gospel Reflection: Lazarus Verse Before The Gospel LK 8:15 Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance. Gospel  JN 7:40-53 Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, “This is truly the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But others said, “The Christ will not come from Galilee, will he? Does not Scripture say that the Christ will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” So a division occurred in the crowd because of him. Some of them even wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. So the guards went to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring him?” The guards answered, “Never before has anyone spoken like this man.” So the Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? Have any o...

A mazing possibilities await us when we open ourselves to God. Making ourselves 100% available for God to use our time, talents and treasures to make His world a better place From Dynamic Catholic The Power of Small Tasks Verse Before The Gospel  MT 4:4B One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. Gospel  JN 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret. Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ? But we know where he is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.” So Jesus cried out in th...

A mazing possibilities await us when we are open to God. Sometimes we will need to go deep into ourselves deeper into our brokenness so God can work through us. From Dynamic Catholic Mother Teresa: Truth, Beauty & Goodness Verse Before The Gospel JN 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life. Gospel  JN 5:31-47 Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth. I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father...

A mazing possibilities await us when we open ourselves to God. He dos not desire sacrifice, to me He wants one that say “Here am I Lord I come to do Your will” From Dynamic Catholic Maximilan Kolbe: I Will Take Your Place Verse Before The Gospel JN 1:14AB The Word of God became flesh and made his dwelling among us; and we saw his glory. Gospel  LK 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the thr...

A mazing possibilities await us. We need only be open. Take time today to be open to God From Dynamic Catholic Therese of Lisieux: It’s the Little Things Verse Before The Gospel  PS 51:12A, 14A A clean heart create for me, O God; give me back the joy of your salvation. Gospel  JN 5:1-16 There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and wa...

A mazing possibilities await us when we simply open ourselves to God. From Dynamic Catholic Bernard: In Search of Excellence Verse Before The Gospel AM 5:14 Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and the LORD will be with you. Gospel  JN 4:43-54 At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast. Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death. Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” The royal official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesu...

A mazing possibilities await us when we look to God.  He is our source and no other. From Dynamic Catholic Your Week 4 Review Gospel Reflection:Awareness Verse Before The Gospel JN 8:12 I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life. Gospel  JN 9:1-41 As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes, and said to him, “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” —which means Sent—. So he went and washed, and came back able to see. Hi...

A mazing possibilities await us we need only open ourselves to God. Prayer Fasting and Almsgiving. This is the center of our Lenten preparation. From Dynamic Catholic Gospel Reflection: Awareness Verse Before The Gospel PS 95:8 If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Gospel  LK 18:9-14 Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ I tell you, the latter went home justified, n...

A mazing possibilities await us, we need silent communion with God. To go into a deserted place where we can pray, be still and listen for this call. From Dynamic Catholic Sharing The Burden Verse Before The Gospel MT 4:17 Repent, says the Lord; the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. Gospel  MK 12:28-34 One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?” Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he. And  to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more ...

A mazing possibilities are available to us when we open ourselves to God. Loving Father helps us to be open to you. From Dynamic Catholic Thomas: We All Have Doubts Verse Before The Gospel  PS 84:5 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord; they never cease to praise you. Gospel  MT 1:16, 18-21, 24A Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. S...