Lenten Reading - It's all about Jesus

"The gospel is about growing in trust, growing in a relationship of love with Jesus. Belief is not trusting and adhering to an abstract doctrine, it is believing and trusting in the person of Jesus and in his words."
(Jean Vanier, pg 84)

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