Our Path:

As we begin to discover our path, the one God is beckoning us to…we must respond with openness to the possibility that God might call us to step out of our comfort zones and do something that doesn’t come naturally…. As we continue on this path,…we must never abandon the spiritual practices that gave birth to our mission.

'Blindness' - Faith:

In today's Gospel, Jesus cautions us that if we are judgmental, we are likely to be blind to our own weaknesses and sinful ways. Self-awareness is when we are more in touch with our prejudices and pride. Is there anyone whom you dislike and are prejudiced against?

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The truest test of penitence and witness of pardon is found in our own conscience, which even before the day of judgment and of knowledge, while we are still in the flesh, discloses our acquittal from guilt, and reveals the end of satisfaction and the grace of forgiveness…. [W]e believe that the stains of past sins are forgiven us when the desires for present delights as well as the passions have been expelled from our heart.

- Saint John Cassian (360-433)