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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. How can we live out the resurrection?

That's an important question to ask during the Easter season. Well, maybe one answer is that to live out the resurrection,

we have to first truly believe in Jesus' resurrection.

Through his resurrection on that first Easter Sunday,

Jesus shows us the way.

The risen one shows us that life is stronger than death, that hope is

stronger than despair, that love is stronger than hate, and that nothing is impossible with God.

That should give us all hope in our lives. Not only because Jesus conquers death, but because he is showing us, revealing to us, a pattern for our lives.

He's showing us that we can always hope that suffering is not the last word,

and that God can always bring new life out of what seems to be a dead situation. Oftentimes, we may feel a sense of despair that nothing can ever change in our lives.

Thomas Merton once said that sometimes that kind of despair can be a manifestation of pride,

because we sometimes think that God can't change anything and that we know better.

But that's not what Easter tells us. So one way to live out the resurrection in your life is first

to believe in Jesus' resurrection, which means that new life is possible for you, too.

Now, let's enter into the examin and review the past day.

If you're listening to this in the daytime, we'll look back at yesterday.

If it's in the evening, when most people pray the examin, we'll look back at today.

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