Reconciliation

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You love less than formerly

"You love less than formerly" Rev. 2:4   Is it possible to love less some one? We are told you either love or you don't love or you just like me. The author of the book of Revelation writing to Ephesus one of the persecuted communities in Asia Minor at his time writes: "I know too that you have perseverance, and have suffered for my name without growing tired. Nevertheless, I have this complaint to make: you have less love now than formerly" (Rev. 2:3-4). In human relationships, people have felt that their partners no longer love them the way they used to love them. It could be their feeling that of inattention or less time being together. Our love for God can also be lessened  or stagnated. We may not have time for Him in our lives.  This 'love less' for God can be triggered by so many factors. The first one could be our personal crisis that we are going through. Crisis can be triggered disappointments in life - dreams not fulfilled, death of love...
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Faithfulness Even in Temptation

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We begin our first week of lent by reflecting on the meaning of temptation in our lives. Our life should always of being faithful even when we are tempted. The Gospel of Luke which we are reading in this year speaks about the three temptations of our Lord Jesus Christ. It narrates how Jesus was tempted against material needs, human power, and against asking God for an extraordinary sign of protection (Cf. Luke 4: 1-13). Temptation is an inducement to sin. It is a trial in which one has a free choice of being faithful or unfaithful to God and His commands. Temptation is not a sin certainly. It is just a situation of choice: “between the Eternal Good (God) and temporal good (in- ordinate love of self). The first temptation Christ experienced was that of hunger or against material needs. We want to have good clothes, money especially in this time of poverty. These temporal needs are important to our lives but they are not an end in themselves “ Human beings live not on br...
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Salvation granted to all through the Cross

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