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Day 219 – The Preaching of John the Baptist
Day 219 – The Preaching of John the Baptist
By David Vermont
Today we read Luke’s account of the preaching of John the Baptist. The first thing to take note of is the fact that Luke again takes great pains to establish when this is taking place.
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Peacefulness
Peacefulness
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
There are countless people, not just gullible tourists, who are forever seeking the very best of everything that life has to offer. These unsettled souls never seem to experience peacefulness--which is a state of mind not to be confused with the peace described in the previous article.
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Day 218 – The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
Day 218 – The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
By David Vermont
One of the things I always try to do when reading this passage is put myself in the shoes of Mary and Joseph and try to imagine exactly how they lost Jesus on a trip to Jerusalem.
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Peace
Peace
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A woman asked her friend how she could stay so calm in the midst of heavy pressures in her nerve-racking job. The answer was as simple as it was profound: “I’m too blessed to be stressed.”
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Day 217 – The Birth of the Lord
Day 217 – The Birth of the Lord
By David Vermont
Merry Christmas! Today we read Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus. Not surprisingly, there is a lot of important stuff.
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Day 216 – The Birth of John the Baptist
Day 216 – The Birth of John the Baptist
By David Vermont
Today we read about the birth of John the Baptist. When he is born, the town comes for the ceremony of circumcision and for the child to be named. They assume he will be named after his father, Zechariah. However, his mother says his name will be John.
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Fortitude
Fortitude
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
In his book The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis provided an interesting insight into fortitude or courage, namely, that it is exercised only at the moment it is put to the test: “It is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the highest point of reality.
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Day 215 – The Annunciation
Day 215 – The Annunciation
By David Vermont
Today we read about the Annunciation of the birth of Jesus to his mother the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is SO MUCH in these verses that it is hard to get it all into one post. It also requires that I just sort of address the facts and skip the nuance.
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The Fish With The Temple Tax Coin And Baptism
The Fish With The Temple Tax Coin And Baptism
By Scott Pauline
Temple Tax, Payments and Debt: Jesus Pays the Debt He does not Owe, but WE do! Interesting analogy with the temple tax Scripture: Matthew 17, closing paragraph:
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Piety
Piety
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
At the risk of causing my readers to suffer “quiplash,” I feel that I must quote the old cliché: “The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything.” Or its sister truism: “The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.”
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Day 214 – The Gospel of Luke and the Birth of John the Baptist
Day 214 – The Gospel of Luke and the Birth of John the Baptist
By David Vermont
Today we start the Gospel of Luke. I love Luke because of the historical nature of this work. He states from the outset that he has approached this as a historical investigation and has made efforts to confirm the things that he is writing. The best historical evidence suggests a date as early as A.D. 60 for when the Gospel was written.
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Destiny
Destiny
By Helen Losse
Who can deny how gently tender petals float on the wind?
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Counsel
Counsel
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Like a self-guiding smart bomb, there is built into our human nature a divinely designed guidance system that may almost be described as a kind of self-guidance system. The Bible refers to it as “the counsel of the heart.” In Sirach 37:13, for instance, it says, “Heed the counsel of your own heart, for no one is more faithful to you than it is. Our own mind sometimes keeps us better informed than
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Day 213 – The Letter to Philemon
Day 213 – The Letter to Philemon
By David Vermont
Paul’s letter to Philemon is the shortest but one of the most important letters. Paul is writing to Philemon about his slave Onesimus. It seems that Onesimus had run away, crossed paths with Paul and was converted.
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On And On The Sermon On The Mount
On And On The Sermon On The Mount
By Catherine M. J. Mary Evans
I probably knew this as a kid, but was surprised to re-learn that the Sermon On The Mount in the Gospel According to St. Matthew is much longer than just the Beatitudes.
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St. Andrew, Patron Saint of "Second Fiddles"
St. Andrew, Patron Saint of "Second Fiddles"
By Thomas J. McIntyre
Biblically speaking, if anyone had the right to resent playing “second fiddle” to anyone, particularly a sibling, it was Andreas bar Yochannan, better known as St. Andrew, brother of Simon Peter.
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Knowledge
Knowledge
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Of course, not even snooping operators know everything about everything--my catechism says that only God is omniscient. Moreover, his universal knowledge is not only of the “nonsnooping” type but even the nonreasoning type; it doesn’t result from discursive reasoning, drawing conclusions, or even observation.
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