Mercy in Motion: Jesus heals Bartimaeus
In particular, it is mercy - that is, love encountering evil and overcoming it, not by force but by redemption.
The resurrection is not the happy ending to a tragic story - it’s the launching of God's new creation. Easter is not about escaping the world; it’s about God’s plan to renew it, to raise it to new life.
The reality is that as long as we’re on this Earth, there is no real neutral. We’re always headed in one direction or another: either towards God or away from him. As I said in my Ash Wednesday letter, Lent is a time to develop a firm disposition to go towards him.
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