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Their calling was to lead a religious reform of all of humanity, to restore right worship of the true God, and to do so specifically as royal priests. They failed to keep the covenant in the Gold Calf incident, but the Lord never really let go of his original intention, and the concept is taken up anew in the New Testament and applied to all Christians. You and I, we are royal priests.

Just as in ancient times, the Lord feeds us with bread from heaven. This New Manna is a greater miracle than the old manna. The New Manna of the Eucharist feeds our souls, prepares our bodies for resurrection, and serves as the medicine of immortality.

It is the essence of the Holy Trinity to be merciful, slow to anger, and rich in kindness. It is who he is. It is how he ticks. It is what he says of himself.

This week the Spirit reminds us of many things, not the least of which is that the Lord is working the seemingly disparate events, not just of history but of your life, into a cohesive and purposeful narrative too.

During this great pause before activating their own ministries, they “devoted themselves with one accord to prayer,” which is the greatest waiting activity of all time. Is the Lord calling you to wait for something right now?

The Spirit is reminding us that the Lord still Confirms Samaritan hearts, folks like you and me who are imperfect and at times halfhearted, when they receive the word of God willingly.

Not every good is mine to do. Important as some good things are, I cannot say yes to every good thing without having to say no to my vocation, the primary good thing that Lord has given me to do.

People do convert every day. People do change every day. People do respond to that basic Gospel message every day. If we don’t see it, it might be because we keep the message to ourselves too much.

Peter's bold Pentecost sermon is a reminder to us that God works all things for good.

We do not have to imagine what it was like being a part of the earliest community of Christians because we can live the way they lived. We too can devote ourselves to studying our faith, to living in communion, to Mass, and to a regular life of prayer.

Peter emphasizes Jesus’ ministry, Passion, and bodily Resurrection, such that they “ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.” This stubborn insistence of the Apostles that a dead man came back to life–and not just the same kind of life he had before death but to a new way of existing with a human body–is the central and definitive claim of Christianity.

As we mark another Passion Sunday, the Church presents to us one of the clearest prophecies of the death of the Messiah in the third Servant Song of Isaiah.

The Lord says I will keep my promises even if I have to drag you out of your graves to do so! No low point in history, no persecution, not even death can stand in the way of the Lord’s purposes.

The Spirit descended and remained upon David, like he did at Jesus’ Baptism (see John 1:33), and at your Baptism. It is only because of this indwelling of the Spirit that David is able to fulfill his mission to lead God’s people as their king

We are not much different than our spiritual parents in the wilderness. That cynical, forgetful hardness of heart creeps in asking, “Is the LORD in our midst or not?”

Abraham’s life typifies a life lived walking with the Lord. In these early days of our journey through Lent, the Spirit is holding up the blessings of Abraham as our destination.

Creation, testing, fall, and redemption. These events happened at the dawn of human history, they happened two thousand years ago, and they are happening right now in your own heart.

You and I actually can be saints. Sirach maintains that keeping the commandments is the surest way to a full and happy life while violating them ruins our lives and those around us.

Today, the Spirit calls us to glow brighter, to show greater love through concrete, corporeal actions. The Lord wants to heal our wounded hearts, to be our rearguard. The remedy, as always, is to live more like Jesus.

This week the Spirit is challenging us to consider whether we are part of the remnant at the core of the restoration or if we are standing in its way.