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Fruits of Contemplation

Monday Musings - Made In His Image

8/3/2025

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We are often prone to despair and self-pity. We are quick to abandon fundamental Truths when confronted with adversity.  We forget that we are the adopted children of God and think that He has abandoned us.  We don't  believe that He has a plan for our lives or that with Him all things are possible. 

We refuse to believe  everything that God allows in our lives is intended to  assure our eternal salvation. So we avoid Him at all costs and go to  people, places and activities that can never make us truly happy. We convince ourselves that we don't need God. We so despise ourselves that we hang our heads low, fearful of seeing an image of ourselves in the glass panes of the store fronts we walk by. 

But we must look up. We must look into the cracked windows of our souls so that we can see ourselves as God sees us - as unique, magnificent treasures made in His image. Once we open our eyes to this Truth, our lives will change. We will seek to see God in everyone else with whom we interact, especially those whom the world consider "the least of us".
God doesn't make junk. He desires to dwell within us here on this earth and to spend eternity with us in heaven - that is why He created You.
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So look up. See Jesus extending His Holy Hands. Grab them. Hold onto them. There is no sin He will not forgive a repentant sinner. Keep your eyes on His and never again doubt how much He loves you - you whom he made in His image.

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    He is a retired judge and lawyer. His vocation as a Lay Dominican led him to live and share his Faith for more than ten years through a Prison Ministry program. He has also spent nearly three decades promoting Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.

    "I aspire to promote zeal for the salvation of souls, awe and amazement for the Holy Eucharist and Eucharistic Adoration, and fidelity to the Truths of the Catholic Faith.

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