Embracing Grace: Renewal, Hospitality, and Compassion in Faith
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1. "It's one of the calls I think all of us have every time we come into Mass and walk into these doors and walk into these walls to really recognize every single time we come to Christ in the Eucharist that it is a moment of renewal. It's something new for all of us and a different way in which he wants to offer himself to us here this day to teach us something. To give us his grace and his guidance." [24:46] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We can grasp how they wanna be with him. They wanna be close to him. They wanna hear him. They wanna be loved by him. And we can grasp when we've been exhausted how we need to rest, we need to pause, and we need to get away. And so both of these things come together at the same time. And what we see in Christ is that he looks out with the heart of a shepherd, his heart's moved with pity and he welcomes them." [28:02] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "We all have a role to play in each other's lives, and we all have a role to play in, you know, making Christ known in the world. And so I think it's, you know, we pray this night asking the Lord to, you know, kind of welcome us in, in a real sense, help us to welcome others, you know, to be part of the whole family of the church, that it's something that we all share in, and whatever's coming our way this particular day, that, you know, we're prepared our hearts to meet the situation, to meet the person, to meet whatever comes, to welcome as Christ would and be present." [29:55] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for members
1. "And if our minds are kind of put in that position to be prepared for the next time, that's how confessions are effective for us and that's how the Eucharist is effective. It's always moving us to a renewed state to be ready for where is Christ gonna appear this day? What's he gonna show us this day? What's he gonna ask of us this particular day?" [26:53] (18 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "And it's with this gospel passage, it's all about, it's kind of in some respects a funny passage and in some we grasp what's going on in his heart. There's a couple passages in the gospel where Christ is exhausted. He's at the end and he's just tired and he's gonna go off by himself with his brothers to rest and get some R&R time and goes away. And one passage, they're crossing the Sea of Galilee, which is not a sea, it's a lake. And you can see across the whole thing when you're there. And literally he's going across to get away from everybody. And everybody runs around the lake to get to where he's going and where he lands, they're already there." [27:29] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "It's the same concept at all of us. You know, when we look at Christ crucified, obviously he is the King of kings and the Lord of lords, and he lays down his life for us. He gives everything to us. He opens the gates of heaven for us by the crucifixion. He heals us and forgives our sins. But Paul learned that what he did there, he had to do as well in his own way, not in the same way, and obviously not as son of God and not as savior of the world. But there's a role we all play in the crucifixion." [28:34] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "And this first reading with Abraham and Sarah is just one of those great readings of hospitality, of welcoming in, of recognizing the need that exists in front of you. And there's all sorts of needs that present themselves to us in life. And sometimes we see them and sometimes we don't. And the reality is sometimes we see it after it's already taken place and gives us an opportunity to pray a little bit about how we missed something, didn't see something, and gives Lord the wisdom the next time an opportunity comes." [26:17] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "It's one of the calls I think all of us have every time we come into Mass and walk into these doors and walk into these walls to really recognize every single time we come to Christ in the Eucharist that it is a moment of renewal. It's something new for all of us and a different way in which he wants to offer himself to us here this day to teach us something. To give us his grace and his guidance." [24:46] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We can grasp how they wanna be with him. They wanna be close to him. They wanna hear him. They wanna be loved by him. And we can grasp when we've been exhausted how we need to rest, we need to pause, and we need to get away. And so both of these things come together at the same time. And what we see in Christ is that he looks out with the heart of a shepherd, his heart's moved with pity and he welcomes them." [28:02] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "We all have a role to play in each other's lives, and we all have a role to play in, you know, making Christ known in the world. And so I think it's, you know, we pray this night asking the Lord to, you know, kind of welcome us in, in a real sense, help us to welcome others, you know, to be part of the whole family of the church, that it's something that we all share in, and whatever's coming our way this particular day, that, you know, we're prepared our hearts to meet the situation, to meet the person, to meet whatever comes, to welcome as Christ would and be present." [29:55] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for members
1. "And if our minds are kind of put in that position to be prepared for the next time, that's how confessions are effective for us and that's how the Eucharist is effective. It's always moving us to a renewed state to be ready for where is Christ gonna appear this day? What's he gonna show us this day? What's he gonna ask of us this particular day?" [26:53] (18 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "And it's with this gospel passage, it's all about, it's kind of in some respects a funny passage and in some we grasp what's going on in his heart. There's a couple passages in the gospel where Christ is exhausted. He's at the end and he's just tired and he's gonna go off by himself with his brothers to rest and get some R&R time and goes away. And one passage, they're crossing the Sea of Galilee, which is not a sea, it's a lake. And you can see across the whole thing when you're there. And literally he's going across to get away from everybody. And everybody runs around the lake to get to where he's going and where he lands, they're already there." [27:29] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "It's the same concept at all of us. You know, when we look at Christ crucified, obviously he is the King of kings and the Lord of lords, and he lays down his life for us. He gives everything to us. He opens the gates of heaven for us by the crucifixion. He heals us and forgives our sins. But Paul learned that what he did there, he had to do as well in his own way, not in the same way, and obviously not as son of God and not as savior of the world. But there's a role we all play in the crucifixion." [28:34] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "And this first reading with Abraham and Sarah is just one of those great readings of hospitality, of welcoming in, of recognizing the need that exists in front of you. And there's all sorts of needs that present themselves to us in life. And sometimes we see them and sometimes we don't. And the reality is sometimes we see it after it's already taken place and gives us an opportunity to pray a little bit about how we missed something, didn't see something, and gives Lord the wisdom the next time an opportunity comes." [26:17] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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