Imagine living this way…Imagine the freedom we would feel if we could start from this moment on, living with radical mercy?  The way Jesus lived, the way Jesus loved.  Would this set us apart? Would people notice if our love for others was radical and forgiving?  What stings a little when I read these really hard words, is Jesus saying, 

“And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you?”

It's easy to love our family, it's easy to love those who love us….that's the easy part.  One of the things I like to remind my kids is,  we were made to do hard things, I was made to do hard things. We were not made to only do the easy, the comfortable, the “expected.” We were made to do hard things, and this “thing” that Jesus is asking us, is HARD!

The Baptism of the Lord. The “official” end of the Christmas season.  As we enter into Ordinary Time, I want to linger here. Maybe because I haven’t quite finished celebrating Christmas with my family yet.  This year was the first in 17 Christmases that all six of our kids haven't been under the same roof for Christmas morning.  Maybe I want to linger here because we started pulling out our Christmas decorations a lot closer to Christmas Eve than usual and I'm not ready to pack it all up…

Happy New Year!!  Our new liturgical calendar year has begun!

This is the time for expectant waiting and preparation.  I love it!  Most people do!  But it does often come with some difficulties.

This year, I’m thinking about how I am preparing.  Am I preparing for calm over chaos? Peace over panic? Love over angst?

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