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When we forgive, we do not forget. Rather, we remember in a different way. 

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The cross is not just a singular event. It’s a statement from God that reality has a cruciform pattern.

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Jesus also calls Simon the son of Jonah. Jonah was the one who went the other way when God sent him to preach to the Ninevites, who are gentiles. Peter, like Jonah, will resist this mission to the gentiles.

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By the end of Matthew’s Gospel, the mission has changed: “Go, Make disciples of all nations." When Matthew is writing the Gospel, the Church has a mission to the Gentiles. Could it be that Matthew is making the point to his community that just as Jesus was able to understand his ministry in a more inclusive way – even of the hated, ancestral enemy of his people – the church, too, has to make this same transition?

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From the FRIENDS Reunion concert at Christ the Redeemer, 2006.

Words and music by Joe Dailey, copyright © 1975 Alba House Media, Canfield OH. Used with permission.

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Perhaps it is the time for the church to learn to apply the lesson of the deep communion we share with God and one another.

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"When Jesus heard that Herod had beheaded John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself." (Mt. 14:13) Let’s stop to consider what Jesus is doing; the entire passage flows from this action.

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Mary Magdalene wants to hold on to what she thinks she has lost; only in letting go, will she be able to receive the hidden treasure that God has prepared for us.
"Mary Magdelen" by Janet McKenzie

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We have three more images today and I would like to suggest three words: Faith, hope and Love. 

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Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me.