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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seek no revenge and bear no grudge against your fellow countrymen.—Lev 19:18
Reflection. A spirit of forgiveness is the first step toward joy.
“Prophetic religion through the ages has stressed the need for forgiveness and tolerance . . . psychology now supplements this insight by teaching us that we can achieve inner health only through forgiveness—the forgiveness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[May all who seek You rejoice in You and be jubilant. May those who love Your salvation cry out forever, “The Lord be magnified.”—Ps 40:17
Reflection. The word “joy” conjures up images of celebration, full-bodied laughter, or feelings of enchantment. But there is another dimension. Joy is essentially a share in God’s inmost Being.
God is perfectly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/03/daily-meditation-33/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not the healthy who need a physician, but rather those who are sick. Go and learn what this text means: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” I have come to call not the righteous but sinners. —Mt 9:12-13
Reflection. This is the Good News of the Gospel. Jesus explicitly says that God will judge us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/02/354/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks will receive, and those who seek will find, and to those who knock the door will be opened. —Mt 7:7-8

Reflection. Trust comes with difficulty. When our feet are buried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/02/daily-meditation-31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He said to them, “Why are you fearful? Are you still without faith?” —Mk 4:40

Reflection. The evil one stirs up our fears to keep us suspicious, self-centered, immobile, and full of self-pity. In this way, Satan tries to put us in hell day by day.
But we are made for heaven. There is always grace to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/02/daily-meditation-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do not be frightened. But set apart Christ as Lord in your hearts. —1 Pet 3:14-15

Reflection. Jesus is the center of the universe, and the center of your heart. In Him you live and breathe and have your being.
You can trust Him. When you give Him your life, He gives Himself right back to you in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/02/daily-meditation-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johncatoir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —Phil 4:7

Reflection. The older we get, the greater becomes our inclination to give thanks, especially heavenward. We feel more strongly than we could possibly have ever felt before that life is a free gift . . . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/02/daily-meditation-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as a father has compassion on his children, the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. —Ps 103:13

Reflection. All my life I have noticed that outstanding people of every religion have something very special in common.
They all possess the fundamental wisdom that we are children of a gracious God, a God Who loves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/02/daily-meditation-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No servants are greater than their master. If they have persecuted Me, they will persecute you also. —Jn 15:20


Reflection. There is no joy in this announcement. Who wants to be persecuted, or rejected?

Wisdom gives this answer: “Let your main focus be on His Kingdom, and these other things will be given to you” (Lk 12:31).

Prayer. O [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.messengerofjoy.com/2010/02/daily-meditation-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johncatoir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. —Jn 15:9
Reflection. The Heart of Christ still beats. It unites millions of other hearts.
The Church sees the beauty of these hearts, which will surely proclaim a spiritual revival in our modern world.  —Pope Paul VI
Prayer. Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, make [...]]]></description>
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