<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row20460" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498widget m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498_widget_picture" align="left"><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row-padding20460" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498image-td" align="left" width="650" valign="top"><a href="http://wordonfire.acemlnb.com/lt.php?s=f4b404287914110dac7009c89e87fa0d&i=1507A1935A29A1266806" style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;color:rgb(237,119,34);display:block;min-width:100%" target="_blank"><img src="http://wordonfire.imgus11.com/public/4b960868d8cca37f5b0fa9ef087f3099.png?r=153001736" alt="" style="display:block;border-color:currentcolor;border-style:none;border-width:medium;outline:medium none currentcolor;opacity:1;margin-right:0px" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-CToWUd" width="170" height="83"></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row20463" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498widget m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498_widget_html m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498style20463" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row-padding20463" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:0px 30px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498html_div20022" align="left" width="590"> <p style="color:white;font-family:Sorts Mill Goudy;font-size:4px;line-height:1.5">Your daily Gospel reflection...</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row20465" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498widget m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498_widget_text m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498style20465" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row-padding20465" style="padding:30px 30px 20px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498text_div20024" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498td_text m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498td_block" style="color:inherit;font-size:12px;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:Arial" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:26px"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;text-align:center"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-style:italic;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:26px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:italic"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:26px;font-style:italic"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:26px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:italic"><span class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-aBn"><span class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-aQJ">Friday, January 5, 2018</span></span></span></b></b></b><br></div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row20464" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498widget m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498_widget_picture m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498style20464" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" align="center"><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row-padding20464" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:20px 30px 0px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498image-td" align="center" width="590" valign="top"><a href="http://wordonfire.acemlnb.com/lt.php?s=f4b404287914110dac7009c89e87fa0d&i=1507A1935A29A1266865" style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;color:rgb(237,119,34);display:block;min-width:100%" target="_blank"><img src="http://wordonfire.imgus11.com/public/7e2867fcaf0c2ddd581483e5e17f4d20.png?r=131275085" alt="" style="display:block;border-color:currentcolor;border-style:none;border-width:medium;outline:medium none currentcolor;width:221px;opacity:1;max-width:100%" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-CToWUd" width="221"></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row20461" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498widget m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498_widget_html m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498style20461" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row-padding20461" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:30px 30px 0px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498html_div20020" align="left" width="590"> <p style="color:black;font-family:Avenir Next;font-size:20px;font-weight:500;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase">Memorial of Saint John Neumann</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row20462" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498widget m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498_widget_html m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498style20462" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row-padding20462" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:5px 30px 0px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498html_div20021" align="left" width="590"> <p style="color:rgb(237,119,34);font-family:Avenir Next;font-size:18px;line-height:1.25;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase">John 1:43-51</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%;border-collapse:initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row20466" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498widget m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498_widget_text m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498style20466" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498layout-row-padding20466" style="padding:10px 30px 30px" valign="top"><table style="font-size:13px;min-width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498text_div20025" class="m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498td_text m_3283592173321404405gmail-m_3090108023840344498td_block" style="color:inherit;font-size:12px;font-weight:inherit;line-height:1.5;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:Arial" align="left" valign="top"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5"> <div style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-weight:normal"><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"><b style="margin:0px;outline:medium none currentcolor;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><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">Friends,
<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b> in today’s Gospel, Nathaniel recognizes Jesus as the Son of God and
King of Israel. </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>Like Nathaniel, once we make the decision for Jesus,
once we determine that he is the supreme good, then<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">every other claimant</span></span>
to supremacy must fall away.</b></span> As I’ve argued many
times before, <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>every one of us has something or some set of values that
we consider greatest. There is some center of gravity around which
everything else turns.</b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b><br><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"> </span><br><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">Perhaps
it is money and material things. Perhaps it is power and position.
Perhaps it is the esteem of others. Perhaps it is your country or your
political party or your ethnic identity. Perhaps it is your family, your
kids, your wife, your husband. </span></b></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">
</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"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">None
of</span> this is <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">false;</span></b></span> and none of these things are bad. However, when you
place any of them in the absolute center of gravity, things go awry. <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>
When you make any of them your ultimate or final good, your<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> spiritual
life </span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">goes haywire</span>. When you<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> attach yourself to</span> any of them <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">with an
absolute tenacity, you will fall apart.</span></b></span></span></b></span></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="m_3283592173321404405DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de">
<tbody><tr>
<td style="width:55px;padding-top:18px"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><img src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" style="width:46px;height:29px" width="46" height="29"></a></td>
<td style="width:470px;padding-top:17px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Mentes a vírusoktól. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" style="color:#4453ea" target="_blank">www.avast.com</a> </td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="#m_3283592173321404405_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div></div>