Enkindle: Family Scripture Reflections

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Enkindle 100 – 04.03.22 – My Brother Lazarus Mar 31, 2022

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In this reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2022, Kristen Fisher invites us to use our imagination as she leads us in a powerful reflection as we encounter Jesus during his miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead as seen through the eyes of Lazarus’ sister Martha.

This story, especially seen through the eyes of Martha gives us the confidence to pray: Breathe your Spirit into our hearts that we might live in hope. Help us to trust in you, even when you don’t answer our prayers in the way that you want, help us to know always that you are good and you are God, and you are at work in every situation you have promised it. And…you will do it. Jesus help us to believe and trust in you.

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Fifth Sunday of Lent

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Enkindle 99 – 03.20.22 – We can always come home Mar 24, 2022

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In this reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2022, Fr. Erik Arnold reminds us that no matter how bad our sin is, the Father is always watching, and waiting for us to come Home.

The parable in this week’s readings can leave us asking some really good questions. Why does God let me leave home? Am I happy when I leave? And can I really come home? This week’s reflection briefly looks at each of these important questions.

As we continue through this season of Lent, let’s ask the Lord to give us a great trust and confidence in his mercy.

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Fourth Sunday of Lent

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Enkindle 98 – 03.20.22 – Unending Mercy Mar 17, 2022

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In this reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent 2022, Patrick and Catherine Sullivan show us how the word “mercy” is carried through each of this week’s readings, and how we are called to extend the mercy we’ve been shown to those around us.

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Third Sunday of Lent

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Enkindle 97 – 03.13.22 – Home Matters Mar 10, 2022

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In this reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent 2022, Kristen Fisher reminds us that we are just passing through this world on our journey toward our true home: in Heaven with the Lord.

In the gospel reading, Jesus shows us a little window where we can see and feel and experience just how good God is, and how amazing our new home our heavenly home will be. And Paul tells us in the second reading that our citizenship is in heaven. We are citizens of heaven. And that means that heaven is our true home, between now and then, is just a journey.

So this Lent let’s keep journeying. Let’s not grow weary or discouraged even with all the big ups and downs and twists and turns, all the things that are terrifying, all the things that we were not expecting. Let’s be confident that God is leading us ever closer to our home.

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Second Sunday of Lent

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Enkindle 96 – 03.06.22 – To the Brim Mar 02, 2022

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In this reflection for the First Sunday of Lent 2022, Kristen Fisher encourages us to follow the example of Jesus and fill ourselves to the brim with the goodness and truth of Scripture.

What would happen in our lives if we were so full of the truth of scripture, that we were ready to spill it out every time we got shaken or disturbed or attempted? What if we planted ourselves in God’s word so deeply that we actually believed it?

Just like Jesus did when he was tempted during his time in the desert, let us root ourselves and fill ourselves up with the truth and the power that comes from knowing, and believing, in the Word of God.

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First Sunday of Lent

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Enkindle 95 – 02.27.22 – New Hearts Feb 24, 2022

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In this reflection for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022, Fr. Erik Arnold encourages us to bring the wounded parts of our hearts that come out during times of stress and tribulation to him, to ask for healing so that we may bear good fruit in our lives.

Jesus tells us that whatever is on the inside is going to come out. Whatever is deep in our heart will eventually come out. It’s like a tree: it may look healthy but you eventually know for sure when it produces fruit. If a tree is really healthy it’s going to produce good fruit.

So when things come out of our hearts that we don’t like, things that aren’t loving toward God and neighbor–bring that to Jesus and ask him to heal those parts of your heart. Don’t ignore them. Don’t get discouraged by them. Just keep bringing them to Jesus so he can heal you.

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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Enkindle 94 – 02.20.22 – Generosity First Feb 17, 2022

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In this reflection for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022, Patrick and Catherine Sullivan show us that in a family, our first reaction or first response should be generosity, even when it’s hard.

We’re all trying to get to heaven. We’re all trying to help each other along the way and who better to help you on that journey than the people who love you the most and who know you the best.

Let’s pray that in our families, we may lead with generosity, even when it’s hard, and even when the first thing we want to do is lash out, or be upset when our family members are annoying or hurtful. Let’s pray that He will give us the grace that we need, and the mercy that we need, to show mercy to others and be a light in the world, starting in our families.

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Enkindle 93 – 02.13.22 – Sacrifice Feb 09, 2022

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In this reflection for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022, Dr. Ansel Augustine asks us the question: what are we willing to sacrifice for? Jesus looks at his disciples to make sure they understand that there will be times when they too will suffer because they follow him.

Dr. Augustine tells a brief story about the Treme area of New Orleans, and about its history in music, civil rights, and the Catholic Church, particularly that of Venerable Henriette Delille, one of six African Americans on the path to canonization, and how she sacrificed and suffered to minister and found the Sisters of the Holy Family.

If Jesus were to stand before you, what in your life would he draw to your attention? What circumstance or situation in your life are you being called to action? And remember, as you suffer and sacrifice, God is asking you, as he says in the gospel, to rejoice and leap for joy on that day, because behold your reward will be great in heaven.

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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Pre-order Dr. Augustine’s newest book Leveling the Praying Field: Can the Church We Love, Love Us Back? on Amazon or at Orbis Books.

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Enkindle 92 – 02.06.22 – Don’t Play it Safe Feb 02, 2022

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In this reflection for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022, Fr. Erik Arnold challenges us to not play it safe when it comes to our relationship with Jesus. Do something crazy as you follow Jesus.

It’s easy to play it safe. We don’t want to stand out. We don’t want to look different. We may we worried that our sins could keep Jesus from wanting to call us closer to himself. These are all the same things that Peter probably worried about.

What is Jesus calling you to? What would it look like to not play it safe with Jesus, but to be bold? What would it mean to you and your families if you decided not to play it safe with your relationship with Jesus?

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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You are meant to live life to the full, and that starts with encountering and responding to the Lord. He has great plans for us, and it is only in a relationship with Him that we can truly become who we were created to be!

But how do we encounter Him, and how do we respond? It’s all as unique and personal as you are, and it’s built into the way He created you. Come and see.

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Enkindle 91 – 01.30.22 – All You Need is Love Jan 26, 2022

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In this reflection for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022, Adam Novotny leads us in a reflection to look at our hearts and see how we might better imitate in our own lives the ways that God loves us.

What can we learn about ourselves if in the readings this week about love, we insert our own names wherever the word “love” is used? Would we find that we are patient, kind, not jealous, not pompous, not inflated, not rude, that we don’t seek our own interests, and that we rejoice in the truth? Do we bear all things, hope all things, endure all things? Does our love ever fail? Knowing that God is Love, may these readings this weekend challenge us to seek to imitate in our own lives the way that God loves us.

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Act of Oblation from Mother Theres

ACT OF OBLATION Lord Jesus, I unite myself to your perpetual, unceasing, universal sacrifice. I offer myself to you every day of my life and every moment of every day according to your most holy and adorable will.You have been the victim of my salvation;I wish to be the victim of your love.Accept my desire, take my offering, graciously hear my prayer.Let me live for love of you; let me die for love of you; let my last heartbeat be an act of perfect love!

POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION AMORIS LÆTITIA by Pope Francis

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You are meant to live life to the full, and that starts with encountering and responding to the Lord. He has great plans for us, and it is only in a relationship with Him that we can truly become who we were created to be!

But how do we encounter Him, and how do we respond? It’s all as unique and personal as you are, and it’s built into the way He created you. Come and see.

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Enkindle: Family Scripture Reflections

You are meant to live life to the full, and that starts with encountering and responding to the Lord. He has great plans for us, and it is only in a relationship with Him that we can truly become who we were created to be!

But how do we encounter Him, and how do we respond? It’s all as unique and personal as you are, and it’s built into the way He created you. Come and see.

You are meant to live life to the full, and that starts with encountering and responding to the Lord. He has great plans for us, and it is only in a relationship with Him that we can truly become who we were created to be!

But how do we encounter Him, and how do we respond? It’s all as unique and personal as you are, and it’s built into the way He created you. Come and see.

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