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<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> today’s Gospel asks how we apply the Lord’s teaching</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>"Everyone who
listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man
who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the
winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse."</b></span> This is the
heart of it: if you are rooted in God, then you can withstand anything,
precisely because you are linked to that power which
is creating the cosmos. You will be blessed at the deepest place, and
nothing can finally touch you.<br></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>But
the one who does not take Jesus’ words to heart "will be like the fool
who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the
winds buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.</b></span>" <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>
When the inevitable trials come, the life built on pleasure, money,
power, or fame will give way.</b></span><br></span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal;text-align:start">So the question is a simple one: where do you stand? How goes it with your
heart? On what, precisely, is the whole of your life built?</span></b></span></span></div>
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