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Today’s Reflection

November 13, 2026:

3John 5-8: John begins his letter saying he is “overjoyed” because of the recipient’s “faithfulness to the truth.” This is a big issue for John, as we saw in yesterday’s reading. And here again he joins “truth” to action: “I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in...

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