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Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill is an author, lecturer and biblical scholar. For our Lenten reflection series she offers her own translation of many of the Psalms. She is also the co-author, with Joseph Papp, of Shakespeare Alive!
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What, though, if we constructed a boundary between our time and God’s, and made time stop?
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To submit to the baptism of John is to admit that we don’t always get it right, in a myriad of ways.
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We are afraid: afraid that our questioning will lead to spiritual cataclysm, that once the camel’s skeptical nose gets under the tent flap, the whole shabby edifice of our faith will collapse.
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Amid the pain and suffering, God remains present in our hearts. No matter how much we wail and shake our fists, He will abide with us.
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We need not see prayer as activity for a solo operator only.
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His point was that a mundane action, carried out in a disciplined way, can be transformative. So it is with prayer.
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Dec. 10, Second Saturday of Advent
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Ultimately, the jobs, the degrees, the nice houses, are all chaff in God’s eyes—they do not make us virtuous or worthy.
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Mary shows us qualities to seek in our prayer life: receptivity to the divine word, thoughtful reflection and finally, the subordination of our wills to God’s wisdom.
