Growing Up - A Sermon on Matthew

Fr. Thomas discusses the personal prayer of Jesus to his Father, and the invitation to come to God and not be afraid, for, as Christ said, "My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Through this, our sense of closeness with God will blossom.
This sermon was recorded at the Contemplative Outreach Annual Meeting and Retreat at The Crossing in Austin, Texas, October 2, 2005. For the keynote talk recorded at this event, go to • Living the Contemplati... .
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[@drlohewitt1]

His playful presentations and earnest analogies soften my negative religious attitudes 😮

[@eonoe11]

Yes! "your whole being will blossom and flourish". Exactly. For what other reward could there possibly be of any kind of Eternal and everlasting quality? His reward could never be corruptible. Therefore it could never be of form, but only of function. For all forms are destined to dissolve. All things must come to an end. But not so of the consciousness of Divinity! Divinity may be forgotten but never could it be destroyed.

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