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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26


Get fired up

Known as the “Light to the Gentiles,” Saint Paul was a master with words and images, which continue to resonate 2,000 years after they were first written. Picture what happens when you stir a smoldering fire: Sparks snap and fly then a flame bursts from the center and a warm, reassuring blaze ignites from the ashes. Our eternal, internal flame never dies but merely dims through forgetfulness. It needs only to be revived by our memory. Suddenly we become aware of the inner resources we had forgotten or didn’t know we had. Today when your spirit is flagging, conjure an imaginary stick and kindle into flame the presence of God that is within you. Make it a blazing fire, generating great quantities of heat and light.

TODAY’S READINGS: 2 Timothy 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5 (520); Mark 4:21-25

“I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have. ”


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