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Many of you will recognize this Scripture passage from the second reading from this past Sunday’s Mass (Jan. 31). In this passage St. Paul refers to the current life of faith in which we believe on the authoritative witness of the Church, and with the assistance of grace through the supernatural gift of faith. This current earthly “vision” that we experience is dim, as if looking at the reflection of God in a mirror. Eventually, for those folks who enter the eternal joy and life of heaven, they will see God “face to face.” 

St. Paul’s reference to a mirror brings to mind our weekly diocesan newspaper, The Mirror. It is good to reflect upon the blessing that this weekly publication is to our diocese here in southern Missouri. We are a vast area, blessed with a wonderful variety of parishes and missions, each reflecting the personality of the members and clergy who make them up, as well as the culture of the piece of southern Missouri in which they sink their roots.