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REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today Qorban means “dedicated,” a gift given to God. The Israelites dedicate some things to God, reserving them for sacred use and withdrawing them from their intended use. This practice may be based on the commandment of honoring one’s vow (Dt 30:2), but this...

REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today The Word, who is God from all eternity, chooses to become flesh and to dwell among human beings. “Flesh” (sarx in Greek) evokes not only humanity but also weakness, fragility, and mortality. It connotes being human and mortal in contrast to being divine and...

REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today JOHN 1:1-18 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 to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light...