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Day 46 – The Parables of the Unfaithful Servant and the Wise and Foolish Maidens
Day 46 – The Parables of the Unfaithful Servant and the Wise and Foolish Maidens
By David Vermont
In today’s reading Jesus continues on His theme of making the point that we do not know when the end times will arrive. In both parables the people are caught unprepared for the arrival of the master / bridegroom. Thus, in today’s parables Jesus emphasizes that it is necessary to remain constantly prepared for His return.
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Coaching from the Sidelines
Coaching from the Sidelines
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
In Cincinnati, more than a century ago, an artist who was also a chess expert painted a picture of Satan apparently checkmating a hopeless-looking young man, Of the hundreds of chess players that viewed the painting, only one detected a possible loophole strategy on the painted chessboard that could leave Satan defeated.
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Body and Blood of the Lord
Body and Blood of the Lord
By De Maria
Why is the Eucharist so important? Let's go to the book of Hebrews to find out.
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Top 5 Early Church Quotes That Protestants Don't Know
Top 5 Early Church Quotes That Protestants Don't Know
By Arnold Scott
Protestant preachers tend to stick to talking about the Bible and C.S. Lewis. No doubt, there is plenty to explore in the words of Sacred Scripture and in a great writer like Lewis. What you won't find is a comfortable Protestant who knows these quotes here...some of which are taken from men who were taught the Christian faith by the very authors of Scripture!
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What Christ could have foreseen of Church history in His Human Nature
What Christ could have foreseen of Church history in His Human Nature
By Scott Pauline
We know that Christ, before the Resurrection, and IN His Human Nature, was not aware of certain things on account of the limitations of His Human Nature. For example, "And He grew in wisdom [and stature]....". In another Gospel passage, He asks, "Where is he/she?"
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Day 45 – Stay Watchful
Day 45 – Stay Watchful
By David Vermont
Most of the substance of today’s reading is included in yesterday’s discussion of the Olivet discourse. It is immediately after this discourse the Jesus utters his famous admonition, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven or the Son, but the Father only.”
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Regretfully Yours
Regretfully Yours
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
It is often only in retrospect that we see the great value of things we have allowed to slip through our fingers. Perhaps our moment of most poignant awareness (and regret) will be the moment after death, when God "will reward each person according to what he has done" (Ps 62:12; see Romans 2:6).
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Being a Merciful Person
Being a Merciful Person
By George Calleja
Mercy. Being a merciful person is the ultimate key to taste and see that the Lord is good. What does it mean to be a merciful person?
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Patron Saint of Missing Socks, Pray For Us
Patron Saint of Missing Socks, Pray For Us
By Melanie Jean Juneau
As a mother of a large family, struggling to wash, dry, and fold three or four loads of laundry every day, I secretly wondered if there was an obscure saint, with little to do, who could fill in as my patron saint of missing socks.
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The Gambler
The Gambler
By E.M. McCarthy
Gordon R. Howe was the richest man in the world. As he approached his ninety-second birthday, his lovely wife gushed about how he took three dollars and invested it in the stock market in oil way back before most people owned cars. It was a lucky guess he told her and one that shaped the rest of his life.
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Day 44 – The Olivet Discourse
Day 44 – The Olivet Discourse
By David Vermont
Jesus’ discourse on the Mount of Olives about the signs of the end of the world is a fascinating study of the structure of ancient speech making. The people of Jesus’ day are from an oral tradition and they used memory tricks to organize and remember speeches and stories.
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How to Grow Old Gracefully
How to Grow Old Gracefully
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Regardless of our age, we should periodically take a "rearview mirror" inventory of our life up to the present, as well as a "windshield view" of the future, as David did in Psalm 71.
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So, HOW Do We Live in the Love of Christ?
So, HOW Do We Live in the Love of Christ?
By Melanie Jean Juneau
To the casual observer, I appear to be a devoted Catholic mother who has lived a sacrificial life worthy of a modern saint. Little do people realize that, although I did pour out my life struggling to raise nine kids on a small farm with little disposable income, I actually missed the core of Christ's message
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The Feast of Corpus Christi
The Feast of Corpus Christi
By Carol Ann Chybowski
The feast of Corpus Christi, or in more modern terms the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, was introduced into the Church calendar in the mid 1200’s to give the Eucharist special recognition outside of the solemn remembrance of Holy Thursday.
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Being a better person in Christ
Being a better person in Christ
By George Calleja
Recently I was reflecting on how someone can be a better person in Christ. Many ideas came to my mind, which I would like to share with you.
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Day 43 – Free Will from the Lips of Jesus
Day 43 – Free Will from the Lips of Jesus
By David Vermont
This is one of my favorite passages in the Bible because of the visual image it conveys. I see a large hen (God) trying to gather all her tiny little newborn chicks (us) but the chicks are fanning out in every direction out into the word enamored with something in the distance. They chicks stray off in different directions unaware of the danger that awaits them.
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God's Waiting Room
God's Waiting Room
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
One of the more ironic terms in our frenetic world is the term "rush hour" - the hour whn drivers "rush" into a frustrating near-gridlock. Similarly, in our prayer life, our urgent, "please-rush" prayer petitions often meet with only exasperating delays.
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