In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.John 1:1-5 Life then is justice, respect for the human person, holiness, and every effort to make today a little bit better because each man and woman and young person and child feels that his or her life is a vocation from God, a vocation to become present in the world. The wonderful act of creation is not the only way in which we become present as the image of God, but rather this same image of God becomes present in the wonderful
14 May 2015, The Tablet
Spiritual readings – 16 May 2015
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