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What Is the Nicene Creed?
What Is the Nicene Creed?
By Bill Dunn
At every Sunday Mass, right after the homily, the entire congregation stands and, reading from a missalette or pew card, recites in unison the words of the Nicene Creed, which begins, “I believe in one God…” The Creed is the declaration of faith for Christians. It is a summary of the doctrines taught and believed by the Church for 2,000 years.
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Maranatha - Advent 2017
Maranatha - Advent 2017
By Ralph Hathaway
This year as Advent arrives, at a time of unrest and worldly distress, our hope is more than ever needed to inflame the minds of each soul. I remember a dream some time ago where the sounds and sight of bombs were going off in the not too far distance. “They are getting close” I said and upon waking still saw the vividness and fear of a future we may face.
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Bereavement
Bereavement
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Think for a moment of one of your loved ones who has passed away, and recall the grief you experienced at the funeral. Give yourself a numerical score for your grief at that time, on a scale from one to one hundred. Now think about the death of a victim of terrorism that you read about recently, and give yourself a “grief score” for that tragic event.
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Day 205 – What is lacking in Christ's suffering?
Day 205 – What is lacking in Christ's suffering?
By David Vermont
Today we start the book of Colossians. Written sometime from A.D. 60 to 62, it was written to a Church that Paul had no prior relationship with and probably didn’t know.
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Sickness
Sickness
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Fire can cook a meal, light a candle, or provide an atmosphere of coziness in a fireplace. Yet it can also destroy a house, a town, or a forest. Water can be used for sailing, swimming, brushing one’s teeth, or making soup; but it can also destroy a town by a disastrous flood. Most objects, events, and forces in nature can produce either a good effect or a bad one.
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Day 204 – The Armor of God
Day 204 – The Armor of God
By David Vermont
we are well aware from Paul that Jesus is resurrected and in heaven and the Church and the faithful will be successful in obtaining eternal life and defeating death and the devil. However, even though we will be victorious that danger has not completely passed.
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Depression
Depression
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Real clinical depression is anything but humorous; it entails more than experiencing the “Monday morning blues” or some other limited period of negative feelings.
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Day 203 – The Bride of Christ
Day 203 – The Bride of Christ
By David Vermont
Still not convinced about the nature of the relationship between Christ and his Church?
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Fear
Fear
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
As with storm chasing, so it is with much of our lives--full of dangers and uncertainties.
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Day 202 - One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
Day 202 - One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
By David Vermont
More poignant words from St. Paul today on the nature of faith, the Church, and the Body of Christ.
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Tired of TURKEY? God's Got DONOTS!!!
Tired of TURKEY? God's Got DONOTS!!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Nope, that is not a misspelling! God serves up better than ‘donuts’---He give us ‘donots’ that have no calories, don’t plug up the arteries and keeps us ALIVE and Well when we daily eat these sweet breads.
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Problems
Problems
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
In the midst of the stress of coping with our daily problems--some of them overwhelming--it’s difficult to apply meaningfully the words of Jesus in Matthew 11:26, telling us to come to him when we are troubled and weary; yet it is in those very trying circumstances that he promises to give us rest and peace of soul.
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Day 201 – The Church Will Teach the Angels
Day 201 – The Church Will Teach the Angels
By David Vermont
“Principalities and powers”, is part of the biblical hierarchy of Angels. So Paul is saying that THROUGH THE CHURCH the wisdom of God will be made known to the Angels in heaven.
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Walking with God in Covenant using Covenant Principles
Walking with God in Covenant using Covenant Principles
By Susan Skinner
As you all know, I have been learning from Jansen Bagwell about Kingdom. He has now taught us a little bit about Covenant and Covenant Principles. I really hope Jansen writes a book because this is about how to live the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.
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Christ the King Is All Powerful
Christ the King Is All Powerful
By Bill Dunn
This week is the feast of Christ the King, which always occurs on the last Sunday of the Church calendar year. (And if this is the last Sunday of the Church year, then that means next week is the first Sunday of Advent, which means the Christmas season is upon us. Wow, didn’t we just celebrate Christmas, like, a couple months ago?!)
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Serenity
Serenity
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
we are often disturbed by imagined or even real threats in life.
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Day 200 – The Most Protestant Verse in the Bible …
Day 200 – The Most Protestant Verse in the Bible …
By David Vermont
Whenever discussions between Catholics and Protestants circle around to the issue of works, invariably the misunderstood notion that Catholics believe in a works based salvation is asserted so that that idea can be refuted by citing Ephesians 2:8-9
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