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“Enough! the Resurrection”

A Homily for Easter Sunday 2025 The fundamental message of Easter is this: You have to run into the dark if you wish to run into the light. You have to confront your own limitations if you want to come to know the Limitless; face your own brokenness to discover healing; pass through death to … Continue reading “Enough! the Resurrection”

Posted on April 20, 2025April 20, 2025 by frjcoopTagged christianity, easter, faith, jesus, resurrection. Leave a comment

Born from the Gaze of God

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I must believe that you love to look at who I am becoming. I must believe your eyes; the nakedness of your "I love you," that strips me naked. Just like Jesus on the cross; surrendered to your gaze alone and trusting desperately. Certain he is being sought, certain he is being found. I must believe another view of me exists -- the profile you see. I am learning this! -- Blessed Christophe Lebreton, ocso

"The light shines in the darkness. Thus, the darkness glorifies God, and the light shines in it, not so much as opposites placed next to each other, but rather as opposites placed within each other."

"Commentary on John" by Meister Eckhart

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