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The Computer Between Your Ears
The Computer Between Your Ears
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The most complex object in the known material universe is the human brain. No other physical entity even knows there is a universe.
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Day 95 – Why Doesn't Felix Convert?
Day 95 – Why Doesn't Felix Convert?
By David Vermont
Today we read about Paul who is a “guest” of the Roman governor Felix for two years. Felix is an interesting character. He is a Roman governor but also married to a Jew.
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A Tree in Every Acorn
A Tree in Every Acorn
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
What may seem most insignificant to to us may be of colossal value in God's eyes
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The Amazing Married Deacon/Sacrament/Music Analogy
The Amazing Married Deacon/Sacrament/Music Analogy
By Scott Pauline
There is only one kind of person that is blessed to receive all seven sacraments in their life: a married deacon or priest. So in this regard, a very small fraction of men are supremely blessed.
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Day 94 – The Bureaucracy of Rome
Day 94 – The Bureaucracy of Rome
By David Vermont
Today we read sort of a mundane but insightful vignette in the beginning of what will be Paul’s final journey. Being held in custody in part to protect him from the Jewish crowds and in part because of the Romans pathological need to keep the peace the Roman leader learns of a plot to kill Paul
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Warriors for the Working Day
Warriors for the Working Day
By Robert Atkinson, M.I.
I was always looking for something! St. Augustine says "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Well, I finally found rest in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Holy Eucharist! The first time I walked into a Catholic Church, I knew I was home!
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Community! God's Way of Spreading His Life and Love with Man.
Community! God's Way of Spreading His Life and Love with Man.
By Ralph Hathaway
Some questions recently asked of me; “Why do I need to attend church? Can’t I just pray alone or do good for others? Is there a need to be at church and hear the same thing over and over drifting into monotony?
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Odd Man Out
Odd Man Out
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher, regarded even numbers as feminine and odd numbers as masculine. He preferred odd numbers, freely admitting his prejudice against the even, "feminine" ones. This is one mild example of how women have been treated as second-class citizens for centuries.
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Day 93 – Onward to Rome
Day 93 – Onward to Rome
By David Vermont
Paul is being held by the Romans for his own protection. He is taken to the Sanhedrin so the Romans can learn exactly what he is accused of. There he debates with the Jewish leaders.
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Three days---Give God Three Days
Three days---Give God Three Days
By Elizabeth Thomas
When what seems to be the worst or the most frightening thing to happen comes your way—remember what all was done in Three Days.
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Nothing Left But God
Nothing Left But God
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
On this last day at work before a layoff, a Los Angeles man received an emergency call to hurry home, where he was horrified to find his house in ashes and his wife and four small children dead. Totally bereft of family, house, job, and even insurance, he wept in his neighbor's arms, "I have nothing left but God."
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Day 92 – Paul, A Roman Citizen
Day 92 – Paul, A Roman Citizen
By David Vermont
Today we read a short passage of how the crowd of Jews rejects Paul after he tells them that Jesus sent him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. The resulting fury of the crowd compels the Roman tribune to remove Paul from the Temple. For good measure, he decides to have Paul scourged.
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Some Plead Ignorance, Others Breed Ignorance
Some Plead Ignorance, Others Breed Ignorance
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Ignorance comes in two models: culpable and incupable. The former implies malice in refusing to learn what God wants us to know. The latter is not malicious.
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Encouraging and helpful quotations from the Bible for your reflection (5)
Encouraging and helpful quotations from the Bible for your reflection (5)
By George Calleja
In this article, you will find some encouraging and helpful quotations from the Bible for your reflection, which can help you in your life. Use these quotations for your meditations, share them with people who need encouragement, and make them part of your daily life.
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Day 91 – Paul's Speech in the Temple
Day 91 – Paul's Speech in the Temple
By David Vermont
Today we read the speech delivered by Paul to the crowd in the temple that wants to kill him. He starts by speaking Hebrew. This is to let the crowd know that he is a Jew. Then he details his bona fides that he studied under the great Rabbi Gamaliel and that he previously earnestly persecuted the Christians.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
How Does Your Garden Grow?
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
An executive officer at Standard Oil Company, during his daily Bible reading, was struck by the passage of Exodus 2:3, where it states that the baby Moses was set afloat in the Nile in a papyrus basket waterproofed with tar and pitch.
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Day 90 – Out come the knives
Day 90 – Out come the knives
By David Vermont
Paul returns to Jerusalem and things have changed. James is there, history tells us he is now the Bishop of Jerusalem. However, none of the other Apostles are mentioned. Again we know from history that they have left the nest and are spreading the gospel far and wide.
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