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Even when we grumble at God’s love and concern when we first discover it, we can make God’s heart rejoice if we obey.

From the Lord’s point of view, what really matters is not what you get. What really matters is that one works in the vineyard.

Forgiveness is realizing that we cannot change the past; forgiveness is refusing to let what we cannot change control us.

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

St. Matthew presents us with an uncomfortable encounter with Jesus. A Canaanite woman comes to Him desperate for help. Her daughter is suffering. She knows Jesus has the power to heal. She approaches Him with faith, calling Him, “Lord” and “son of David.”

Peter does not ask to walk on the water. He requests that Jesus command him to come to him on the water -- a journey ever deeper into Christ -- a journey that entails the overcoming of fear, the courage not to be afraid. Jesus responds with one word, “Come.”

“Jesus said to them, they need not go away; give them something to eat yourselves.”

Whether we are looking for God, or not. God is looking for us. God is always successful.

We often confuse appearances. We mistake our enemies for God’s enemies. We are quick to uproot those whom Christ is patiently nurturing. The Kingdom grows through God’s patience before it culminates in God’s judgment.