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Day 189 – How little chance we have…
Day 189 – How little chance we have…
By David Vermont
Paul’s writing today could be seen as extremely pessimistic and depressing.
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Will the Real Wonder Woman (WW) Please Stand Up?
Will the Real Wonder Woman (WW) Please Stand Up?
By Linda Kracht
Wonder Woman is “the most popular female comic-book superhero of all time. Generations of girls have carried their sandwiches to school in Wonder Woman lunch boxes. Like every other superhero, Wonder Woman has a secret identity. Unlike every other superhero, she also has a secret history,” writes Jill Lepore
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Irving "Francis" Houle--an Average, Middle Class, Husband and Father from Michigan…He also bore the Stigmata
Irving "Francis" Houle--an Average, Middle Class, Husband and Father from Michigan…He also bore the Stigmata
By Larry Peterson
We know that St. Francis of Assisi was the first known person to receive the Stigmata and another stigmatic, who was canonized in 2002, is St. Pio of Pietrelcina. We know him best as Padre Pio. St Catherine of Siena may be the best known Catholic woman who bore the stigmata and, for the most part, those who have received the stigmata have been women. Then there is Irving "Francis" Houle
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Denver's Center For Natural Law reaches 5-Year Mark
Denver's Center For Natural Law reaches 5-Year Mark
By Nate Lauer
An all too familiar tragedy in the Western World continues to play out: Our society has increasingly blurred the division between good and evil. It has forgotten moral absolutes and stifled the inner compass that is our individual conscience, thereby encouraging a culture that directly and indirectly disregards God’s law written on every human heart.
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The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The basilisk is a light-bodied, web-footed reptile that can run across vast stretches of water on its hind legs (as long as it doesn't stop). For this reason, the creature is sometimes called the "Jesus Christ lizard."
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Day 188 – Baptized into his Death
Day 188 – Baptized into his Death
By David Vermont
Today’s reading contains one of the most powerful and important passages in scripture
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Stay Awake, Be Ready
Stay Awake, Be Ready
By Nancy Marie Murray
Another day, another news report, another attack on Christians. This time, at a sleepy little backroad Baptist Church in Texas, defenseless families - women, children and elderly - were mercilessly shot down in cold blood by a self-proclaimed atheist.
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
By Fr. Andrew Kooi
Are successful businessmen considered wise? What about university professors? Are they considered wise? If a person has a PhD or some Academic Doctorate in some area of specialisation, is that person considered wise? It seems as if many of us have equated wisdom with knowledge, intelligence and good business acumen.
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Reiging in a Parking Lot
Reiging in a Parking Lot
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
It is the largest and most complex crypt ever discovered; it entombed about 50 sons of the 150 children that Rameses' concubines bore him while he reigned unrivaled as the pharaoh that confronted Moses in Egypt over 3,200 years ago. It seemed almost like God's last laugh at the arrogant ruler in allowing this recently discovered mausoleum to be unearthed during the construction of a parking lot.
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Day 187 – Jesus the New Adam
Day 187 – Jesus the New Adam
By David Vermont
In today’s reading Paul unequivocally identifies Jesus as the new Adam. An understanding of the implications of this revelation is foundational to understanding salvation history, the gospel, and systematic theology.
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Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
By Anne Rose
One fine fall day I had nearly all my ducks in a row. I was preparing to go away on a trip, checking off one by one the items on my list. Then the call that changed it all: a neighboring parish was allowing the Blessed Sacrament to be exposed for periods of time with no committed adorers present. Would I go and fill a spot later in the day. If someone didn’t cover, the priest might shut the whole
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...."For they preach but do not practice."
...."For they preach but do not practice."
By Mary Rivers
…”For they preach but do not practice.” (Matt23:3) While this is a series of notes for parents and grandparents to send to their offspring at college, it seems the reading this weekend (Thirty-first Sunday in ordinary Time) is designed for us.
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From Toy Town with Love
From Toy Town with Love
By David Torkington
When I was a boy I used to call people by what they did. My older brothers used to laugh when I said I had seen Mr Postman, Mr Builder, Mr Plumber or Mr Dustman. I suppose the idea came from my favourite radio program 'Toy Town'. Everybody was called by what they did. It was Mr Mayor, Mr Policeman, Mr Inventor, Mr Magician and even Mr Grouser!
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Be Prepared for the Most Important Day
Be Prepared for the Most Important Day
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading at Mass, Jesus offered a parable about being prepared. He used a wedding feast to symbolize Heaven, and a bridegroom to symbolize Himself. No one knew when the bridegroom would arrive and begin the feast. Half the people were ready; the other half were not.
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inoculated with Love
inoculated with Love
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
University researchers have found repeatedly that persons who engage in charitable works have above-average resistance to colds and flu. And expanding compassion improves one's disease immunity. Even witnessing other's acts of compassion will increase one's store of immunoglobulin E, thus raising one's immunity to diesase.
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Day 186 – Beneficiaries of the Promise Made to Abraham
Day 186 – Beneficiaries of the Promise Made to Abraham
By David Vermont
Today, Paul repeatedly makes the point that Abraham was justified by his faith in God and not the works he did. This is another verse that is often used by Protestants in the eternal faith v. works debate. However, that is not Paul’s purpose in focusing on this issue. He just told us in the last chapter that we are justified by a gift of grace from God. So why is Paul repeatedly making this po
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Stop Singing Those Songs, Part 2
Stop Singing Those Songs, Part 2
By Lorrie McNickle
I recently had an article post on this site addressing what I have witnessed and realized to be a trend toward self-centeredness in Liturgy, especially in many of the more modern songs we sing. I specifically referenced a particular song, "Here I Am, Lord” that many find special.
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