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If we want eternal life to breathe within us, then we must remain on the vine of Jesus.  We must rest in him who is the life for the world.  Jesus&#8217; words and his life are the nutrients we need for our souls and so we need to be diligent about spending time reflecting upon his words in Scripture and reflecting upon the life he lived and the death he underwent.  
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The reason we avoid sitting with the word and the life of Jesus, the reason we hesitate to enter into the intimacy of the sacraments is because these times are when God prunes us and cuts us back so that the life he desires to breathe more deeply within us can flourish.   Jesus asks us to let go of things and to change aspects of our thinking and feeling so that a clearer understanding and a deeper expression of him may grow within our person and within our actions. 
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Remember as you continue to grow in relationship with Christ and this relationship seems to leave you barren because God is pruning you, when grape vines are pruned, there is little left to look at and they seem very barren.  However, once the fruit matures, it is bigger and tastier than before.  This is what happens in our lives as well.
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The disciples are in fear because of what happened to Jesus.  Locked in the upper room Jesus comes into the midst of their fear proclaiming peace.  Joy overcomes the disciples and they boldly proclaim to Thomas, who was not present when Jesus came, that Jesus is alive.  
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Yet, what is interesting is that obviously their belief still needs more growth because when Jesus comes back a second time they are still behind locked doors. The peace proclaimed in their first encounter with the risen Christ did not penetrate fully the hearts of the disciples and so the peace of Christ needed to penetrate the heart again.  
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The disciples needed time and growth to process and understand the resurrection.  The new life breathed into them by the risen Christ is a life that needs reflection and processing so that the depth of the new life may be seen clearly, and the clarity of the resurrection is proclaimed by Thomas, &#8220;my Lord, and my God&#8221;.  
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As we continually sit with the risen Christ and grow in our belief we come to the point of knowing that Christ is the Lord and God of our hearts, and therefore we can give our whole self over to him; we can give him our fears and anxieties, our hopes and our dreams.  
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It will be good for us to sit quietly and reflect upon Jesus&#8217; words of peace that he proclaims in our lives; to know that the peace of Christ rests upon us – for by doing this we come to a deeper belief and deeper experience of Christ being our Lord and God.  
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