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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.

Maybe we should print this verse

and put it where we can see it every day!

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When we think we’ve spotted a defect in others,

rather than focus on that possible defect

we should use the opportunity to look at ourselves.

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We need to stop, often, and look inwardly.

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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But we must beware,

for if we see nothing wrong with ourselves,

then we really do have a big problem.

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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, so that I may see the truth about myself,

and then change me. For this I pray.

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