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href="https://life.ccel.org/communion-of-saints/" title="Communion of saints"><img width="360" height="240" src="https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/aperitif-2027177_1280-360x240.jpg" class="attachment-hestia-blog size-hestia-blog wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></a></div></div><div class= "col-ms-7 col-sm-7"><h6 class="category text-info"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/category/meditation/" title="View all posts in Meditation" rel="tag">Meditation</a> </h6><h2 class="card-title entry-title"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/communion-of-saints/" title="Communion of saints" rel="bookmark">Communion of saints</a></h2><div class="card-description entry-summary "><p>Read Acts 2:42-47. The author of the Cloud of Unknowing describes how to enter into yourself and to seek God in love. “God is apprehended not by reason but by love,” “for it is love alone that can reach God in this life.” Thus, the prayer he describes is a<a class="moretag" href="https://life.ccel.org/communion-of-saints/"> Read more…</a></p> </div><div class="posted-by vcard author">By <a href="https://life.ccel.org/author/hplantin/" title="Harry Plantinga" class="url"><b class="author-name fn">Harry Plantinga</b></a>, <a href="https://life.ccel.org/communion-of-saints/"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-04-28T08:29:19-04:00" content="2020-04-28">5 years</time><time class="updated hestia-hidden" datetime="2020-06-11T07:03:47-04:00">2020-04-28</time> ago </a></div></div></div></article><article id="post-553" class="card card-blog card-plain post-553 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-meditation tag-bkg-fruit tag-bkg-joy tag-bkg-prayer"><div class="row "><div class="col-ms-5 col-sm-5"><div class="card-image"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/that-your-joy-may-be-complete/" title="That your joy may be complete"><img width="360" height="240" src="https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bastien-ruhland-aOD8M3K8P-Q-unsplash-360x240.jpg" class="attachment-hestia-blog size-hestia-blog wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bastien-ruhland-aOD8M3K8P-Q-unsplash-360x240.jpg 360w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bastien-ruhland-aOD8M3K8P-Q-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bastien-ruhland-aOD8M3K8P-Q-unsplash-1500x996.jpg 1500w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bastien-ruhland-aOD8M3K8P-Q-unsplash-768x510.jpg 768w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bastien-ruhland-aOD8M3K8P-Q-unsplash-1320x877.jpg 1320w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bastien-ruhland-aOD8M3K8P-Q-unsplash.jpg 1518w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></a></div></div><div class= "col-ms-7 col-sm-7"><h6 class="category text-info"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/category/meditation/" title="View all posts in Meditation" rel="tag">Meditation</a> </h6><h2 class="card-title entry-title"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/that-your-joy-may-be-complete/" title="That your joy may be complete" rel="bookmark">That your joy may be complete</a></h2><div class="card-description entry-summary "><p>“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in<a class="moretag" href="https://life.ccel.org/that-your-joy-may-be-complete/"> Read more…</a></p> </div><div class="posted-by vcard author">By <a href="https://life.ccel.org/author/hplantin/" title="Harry Plantinga" class="url"><b class="author-name fn">Harry Plantinga</b></a>, <a href="https://life.ccel.org/that-your-joy-may-be-complete/"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-04-21T07:48:52-04:00" content="2020-04-21">5 years</time><time class="updated hestia-hidden" datetime="2020-04-21T08:04:59-04:00">2020-04-21</time> ago </a></div></div></div></article><article id="post-548" class="card card-blog card-plain post-548 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-meditation tag-bkg-pain tag-bkg-resurrection"><div class="row "><div class="col-ms-5 col-sm-5"><div class="card-image"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/resurrection/" title="Resurrection"><img width="360" height="240" src="https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/olga-mandel-gK6f8bKKic0-unsplash-360x240.jpg" class="attachment-hestia-blog size-hestia-blog wp-post-image" alt="Blossoms" decoding="async" /></a></div></div><div class= "col-ms-7 col-sm-7"><h6 class="category text-info"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/category/meditation/" title="View all posts in Meditation" rel="tag">Meditation</a> </h6><h2 class="card-title entry-title"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/resurrection/" title="Resurrection" rel="bookmark">Resurrection</a></h2><div class="card-description entry-summary "><p>Read 1 Peter 1:3-9. I have a little red spot on my hand. It itches. It looks like a reaction to poison ivy, though I don’t think I’ve come into contact with any while holed up in my house during this pandemic. Maybe I’ve developed a new allergy to something<a class="moretag" href="https://life.ccel.org/resurrection/"> Read more…</a></p> </div><div class="posted-by vcard author">By <a href="https://life.ccel.org/author/hplantin/" title="Harry Plantinga" class="url"><b class="author-name fn">Harry Plantinga</b></a>, <a href="https://life.ccel.org/resurrection/"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-04-16T09:46:51-04:00" content="2020-04-16">5 years</time><time class="updated hestia-hidden" datetime="2020-04-16T09:56:04-04:00">2020-04-16</time> ago </a></div></div></div></article><article id="post-541" class="card card-blog card-plain post-541 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-meditation tag-bkg-easter tag-bkg-resurrection"><div class="row "><div class="col-ms-5 col-sm-5"><div class="card-image"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/he-rose-again-from-the-dead/" title="He rose again from the dead"><img width="360" height="240" src="https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shelley-pauls-gD9CIBniM8Y-unsplash-360x240.jpg" class="attachment-hestia-blog size-hestia-blog wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shelley-pauls-gD9CIBniM8Y-unsplash-360x240.jpg 360w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shelley-pauls-gD9CIBniM8Y-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shelley-pauls-gD9CIBniM8Y-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shelley-pauls-gD9CIBniM8Y-unsplash-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shelley-pauls-gD9CIBniM8Y-unsplash.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></a></div></div><div class= "col-ms-7 col-sm-7"><h6 class="category text-info"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/category/meditation/" title="View all posts in Meditation" rel="tag">Meditation</a> </h6><h2 class="card-title entry-title"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/he-rose-again-from-the-dead/" title="He rose again from the dead" rel="bookmark">He rose again from the dead</a></h2><div class="card-description entry-summary "><p>Read John 17. But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. (John 17:13) Jesus wept. Jesus was troubled. Jesus mourned over Jerusalem. Jesus was rejected and persecuted and put to death. But<a class="moretag" href="https://life.ccel.org/he-rose-again-from-the-dead/"> Read more…</a></p> </div><div class="posted-by vcard author">By <a href="https://life.ccel.org/author/hplantin/" title="Harry Plantinga" class="url"><b class="author-name fn">Harry Plantinga</b></a>, <a href="https://life.ccel.org/he-rose-again-from-the-dead/"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-04-12T07:56:56-04:00" content="2020-04-12">5 years</time> ago </a></div></div></div></article><article id="post-536" class="card card-blog card-plain post-536 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-meditation tag-bkg-hell"><div class="row "><div class="col-ms-5 col-sm-5"><div class="card-image"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/he-descended-into-hell/" title="He descended into hell"><img width="360" height="240" src="https://life.ccel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/steve-halama-oC1sQVnf_EY-unsplash-360x240.jpg" class="attachment-hestia-blog size-hestia-blog wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a></div></div><div class= "col-ms-7 col-sm-7"><h6 class="category text-info"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/category/meditation/" title="View all posts in Meditation" rel="tag">Meditation</a> </h6><h2 class="card-title entry-title"><a href="https://life.ccel.org/he-descended-into-hell/" title="He descended into hell" rel="bookmark">He descended into hell</a></h2><div class="card-description entry-summary "><p>Read 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10. 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