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TODAY’S WORD…
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Jesus said,
“Why do you see the speck in your neighbour’s eye,
but do not notice the log in your own eye?”
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– Matthew 7:3 (NRSV)
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REFLECTION…
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A good verse to live by.
A good verse to memorise and refer to every day.
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When we think we’ve spotted a defect in others,
we should, rather than focus on that possible defect,
use the opportunity to look at ourselves.
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Jesus wants us to exercise self-criticism,
and we need to stop, often,
pray…and look inwardly.
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How do others see us?
Most importantly,
what does God, who sees everything,
see in us that does not please Him?
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We all need to call out to the Lord
to get us to look deeply inside ourselves
and to help us attack and remove those many logs…once and for all.
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QUOTE…
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"To criticize, to destroy, is not difficult;
any unskilled labourer knows how to drive his pick into the noble and finely-hewn stone of a cathedral.
To construct: that is what requires the skill of a master"
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– St. Josemaria Escriva
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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…
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Search me, O God.
Help me see and remove all that is evil and offensive within me.
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