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Ezekiel 47: 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. The account of the river flowing from the temple in the book Ezekiel gives us an illustration of just how important we are to the plan of the Lord. To paraphrase the account, Ezekiel is shown the Temple, and there is a small stream of water leaving form the temple, and running under the Temple wall out to the east. The person showing...

Meditation on St. Patrick's Breastplate Christ with me, For without you, my Jesus, what am I but aging, sad and foolish? Christ before me, For if I do not go your way, the way you ask me I am lost, confused, homeless. Christ behind me, You who watch my comings and goings, you who use me as your tool, behind me, the footsteps of where you have carried me. Christ in me, The gift of my baptism, to be enwrapped in the burning flame of divine love, a particle in the body of Christ, a child of God Christ beneath...