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Carol J. Dempsey
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Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Calling all prophets!
Scripture for Life: God's prophetic Spirit is given freely and stirred up freely, to the surprise of many people who thought they were specially chosen to receive such a wonderful gift.
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The miracle of sharing
Scripture for Life: A life lived in humility, with patience and the ability to bear with the other through love, also safeguards right relationships and ensures the practice of civility among the community's many members.
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Seventh Sunday of Easter: The greatest is love
Scripture for Life: Those who love remain not only in communion with Jesus but also in union with God. To love as God loves, however, is not easy. For that reason, the writer of John's Gospel features Jesus praying for his disciples as Jesus' own life among them begins to draw to a close.
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Fifth Sunday of Easter: Being 'in relationship'
Scripture for Life: Being "in relationship" offers a profound sense of intimacy and fulfillment, an experience that web surfers are unconsciously hungry to find but that can never be truly felt among one's "virtual community."