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"I can do all things through him who strengthens me." Paul says contentment is a secret he had to be initiated into. Father Aaron on what that Greek word means, why we feel so restless, and what the 2023 wildfire evacuation of Fort Smith taught a whole region about wanting to go home

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Turning from sin can feel like all subtraction. Paul doesn't leave us empty. He tells us what to fill up with, and then he says "practise." Father Aaron on tradition, the physical shape of the Christian life, the saints, and what a marriage teaches about staying when it gets awkward.

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"The peace of God will guard your hearts." Paul wrote that to a city of retired Roman soldiers, and he chose a soldier's word. Father Aaron on facing trouble alone versus facing it with God, and the peace that stands guard right in the middle of the battle. Ends with a short prayer you can take into your day.

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Paul never says "keep in touch with the Lord." He says "the Lord is near," and he puts it right next to a call to gentleness. Why would God's nearness make us gentle? Father Aaron on Maranatha, giving up our rights, and why joy has to come first.

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"Rejoice in the Lord always." So why don't we? Father Aaron tells the story of the year his wife moved to Rome, and what it taught him about the difference between keeping in touch with God and actually being home with him. Plus: what the word "sin" really means, and why small sins move us further away than we think.

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Our citizenship is in heaven, and Christ will transform our lowly body. Father Aaron reads Philippians 3:20-21 and makes a case for kneeling, because God is saving all of you, body included.

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Paul wept over Christians who were enemies of the cross. Father Aaron looks at Philippians 3:18-19, the difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing him, and why the Church fasts.

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"Note those who so walk." In Philippians 3:17 Paul tells us to learn the Christian life by watching people who live it. Father Aaron gives a simple practice for this week: find your saint.

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