View From the Ambo

A lame man is convinced his only chance to be healed is to get in the water, but Jesus offers a better solution.

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Jesus Christ heals a man with a natural evil - he's blind - so that the glory of God might be revealed. He is still Lord, so what might He be doing by allowing this Great Fast from Mass Attendance?

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Why would the Lord allow this medical crisis? What it our response? Perhaps today's first reading has the answer - Return to the Lord with love.

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Jesus encounters a Samaritan women at a well, and draws faith from her, and she begins to glow with living water. In these challenging times, do we have that living water?

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The Apostles Peter, James and John see Christ in His glory, and it prepared them for the Cross. Our consolations help us in our difficult times, too.

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Eve and Adam’s sin is transmitted to us not as sin but concupiscences. These affect us, and Satan uses these three-fold concupiscences against us, and even attempted to with Jesus. He provides the model.

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As we begin Lent, we are called into battle, and a Jesus gives the weapons.

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Jesus exhorts is to be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect. Are we seeking our purpose and maturity in a Christ?

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Jesus comes to not set the Law aside, but to fulfill it, and in doing so, raises the bar and gives us grace to live it. Both are acts of His love. What is our attitude toward His Law?

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Jesus teaches that we are to be salt and light. Are we who we are called to be???

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