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In today's Gospel we get a hint that Caiaphas wants to kill Jesus in order to maintain his political power. Today our politicians sometimes try to protect their vested interest rather than working for the common good.

Jesus' enemies want to stone him because he is preaching a vision of Judaism that is different than their own. Can we look upon what is new with eyes of love that try to understand rather than with condemnation?

Jesus tells his followers whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant. This is looking at the world the way God sees it, the right way up, unlike when we have allowed our own vision to be skewed, thinking servanthood is low.

Jesus admonished the Pharisees to be more humble. Humility is seeing ourselves as God sees us, not more or less, which allows us to become purified of our bad qualities because we also see the good.

On this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, we celebrate Jesus as the Light of the World by blessings candles and committing ourselves to be light for others.

In today's Gospel, Jesus gives instructions to his disciples, who are open to accepting his wisdom and applying it to themselves. This is the virtue of docility, which is not so popular today, but important for learning nonetheless.

Jesus used his authority to cast out demons and save people. Is our authority always at the service of saving souls?

When Jesus got baptized in the Jordan by John, he identified with sinners, and God sent a divine sign of his approval. When we meet sinners, do we identify with them and help them to become more than they are right now, or do we separate ourselves from them?

On this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebrating an apparition of Mary in 16th century Mexico in which Mary appeared to Juan Diego as an indigenous woman, let us inculturate our own faith and make it more a part of our own modern American experience.

In the Gospel today, Jesus performs an astonishing miracle. But every day, God is ready to astonish us, so let us open our hearts so that we might see and hear God's astonishing work in our lives.

Jesus told us not to look around for the Kingdom of God because it was among us. We need to see the Kingdom still around us each day in the ordinary events of life.

On this feast of St. Albert the Great, patron of the Province, we remember how he studied and reveled in every aspect of creation. May we be so passionate about finding traces of the Divine Wisdom in creation.