My Journey to Emmaus

musings and lessons from the Lord on my spiritual journey

Choose Your Pain

We all yearn for a painless life, a life devoid of suffering. We long for something we believe we were created for, but it remains

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The Request Jesus will Grant

Mark 5:1-14 – Jesus heals the demon-possessed man. We read three requests in this story. Three different times we read the phrase “begging for Jesus”.

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The Two (!) Prodigal Sons

We all know the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). Jesus didn’t title the parable, we did. But the parable talks about two sons

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Distanced

Distance is pain.Closeness is joy.Distance is separation.Closeness is belonging.Distance is alienation.Closeness is community.Distance is leaving behind.Closeness is coming closer.Distance is fading memory.Closeness is shared moments.Distance

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Weep!

“Between the entrance and the altar  LET THE PRIEST, the ministers of the Lord, WEEP and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,  and make not your

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