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notes. I'm Father Jim Martin. I'm about to lead you through a traditional Jesuit prayer

that will help you notice where God has been in your day. But first, let's begin

with our weekly reflection, which is released every Sunday. Last week, we talked about

ways to live out the resurrection in your life. And in this fifth week of Easter, that's still an important question.

What are some ways to really put into effect your belief that Christ has risen from the dead?

Well, one way is to look for signs of newness in your own life and in that of others.

For example, you may have had the experience of feeling a change

within yourself over time. You feel like you have finally put away some old habits, old patterns,

old ways of thinking that had kept you from living freely, living wholly. And yet, you doubt. It's natural.

You say to yourself,

well, can it be that I've really changed?

Have I really moved on?

Am I really able to let go of all of those things?

The answer is yes.

God is continually inviting us to growth

and continually enabling us to let some things in our life die

so that we can experience new life.

This is the process of conversion of what the Gospels call metanoia

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