Behold, God is doing something new, as the prophet Isaiah proclaims, like a dry desert coming alive with streams of water.
Indeed, God is entering into the deserts of sin within us, bringing life-giving waters through His Son, Who does not condemn us, but showers mercy on us so that, no longer condemned, we embrace the chance to do what is right. And we open ourselves to extending that same mercy to others, for all are in need of it, and God grants it freely to all, as we focus away from condemning.
Furthermore, we no longer hold dear what is of this earth. We constantly strive upward to possess the fullness of a relationship with God, as we join with Christ in dying to ourselves and rising to new life, made possible by Christs's Paschal Mystery.
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