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Kevin Miller at HMSBlog has a post about this past Sunday's Readings, the themes of which are concurrent with my reflection on Hebrews 12, below. In particular he says, "It is not that God first forgives us as if from afar, and only then admits us into his presence in these sacraments. Rather, it is in these very sacraments, in which, again, by their very nature as sacraments, he is present, that he gives us forgiveness and new life."

St.Paul tells us we have come to "Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem." We have come. God is with us! Or, as Snider poetically states it below, "No longer I, but WE!"

I found Kevin's post and many others that will engage and inspire you at the 105th Catholic Carnival.