the mystery of death,
the depths to
which He suffered
his own separation
from the Father is
the pathway that
we must follow
until we find those
places where God
seems absent to us too.
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The Holy Spirit is
of all our peace –and imparts Hiseternal peace byHis Spirit of Peace,which flows out of usto others as we restin Christ and permitHis peace to floodour heart. ‘Peace I leave with you;My peace I give to you;not as the world gives,do I give to you.Do not let your heartbe troubled, norlet it be fearful.’
The winding, twisting roads of life
Insecurity, greyness, drabnessand dinginess of spiritkill our spontaneity.Freedom of the spirit is a giftunbounded, graciously poured out.But we allow ourselves to be crippledand imprisoned.God alone can stir usand awaken in usthe fresh stirrings of divine life.
Parables were often
to illustrate a pointor clarify their teaching,but Jesus used themto conceal the truthfrom those whowould not believe.Jesus used parablesto provide revelationand understandingto those who wouldbelieve, while makingHis words unintelligibleand incoherent to thosewhose heart washardened against Him.
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is by asking participantsto identify the emotiondisplayed ina facial expressionFor example,participants aregiven a face(either a photo or a video)and are askedto indicate theextent that thedifferent emotionsare displayed in the face.(Ref. toSanchez-Gomez & Breso,2019) .
Identity is the
of who we believewe are, andwho we tellourselves andothers that we are,while self-imageis one pieceof that picture.