Since they seem to be recurring themes in my life and my writing, last week I had occasion to again contemplate idols and idolatry and also the way bullies operate.
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Since they seem to be recurring themes in my life and my writing, last week I had occasion to again contemplate idols and idolatry and also the way bullies operate.
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I’ve decided that with a new baby coming, it would be a good idea to write a little letter to my older kids so that they can look back and know that regardless how many kids we have, each of them is precious and beloved. This is the second in my four part series, focusing on my second born child.
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Photo Credit: Paul Moody , Creative CommonsThis Sunday’s first reading comes from the Acts of the Apostles 14:21-27 (Paul and Barnabas return from their missionary journey and speak of their mission to the Gentiles, the responsory is Psalm 145 (I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God), the second reading is Revelation 21:1-5a (Christ will make all things new), and the Gospel is John 13:31-33a, 34-35 (Christ’s new commandment, that we ought to love one another.) The full text of the readings is available on the USCCB website, which you can read by clicking here.Love.
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Man should consider that God has pardoned him all the sins from which He has preserved him. Think not, therefore, that you may love this Master with a feeble love because He has pardoned you but a few sins.
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QUOTATION: The Talkative Soul The Lord gave me to know how displeased He is with a talkative soul.
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How long will you continue your minute self-examinations? It is like raking up a dust heap from which nothing can come but rubbish and unpleasantness.
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In Heaven, faith and hope will exist no more for the mist which obscures our reason will be dispelled…But love; oh we shall be inebriated with it! We shall be drowned, lost in that ocean of divine love, annihilated in that immense charity of the Heart of Jesus!
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“God manifests himself in what is hidden.
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Fr. Adam Voisin’s Stuff: Talk on Marriage Given at St.
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Talk on Marriage Given at St. Ann’s, Ancaster on April 18, 2013
Love LanguageApr 17th, 2013 by deaconmike Here is a video from the Jubilee Project.This project is the brain child of three young folks who make short films.They “believe that videos are a powerful catalyst for change. Their goal is to create entertaining videos that are fun to watch and that will inspire, enable and empower others to do good as well.The 5 minute video below is about connecting with another person
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By Shelby H. (Staring) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.”In addressing the Sixth Commandment, You Shall Not Commit Adultery, we looked at the idea that human beings have been made in God’s image, and capable of entering into permanent, life-giving relationships of love
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When something occurs that mortifies your body or spirit, or when you see an occasion to deprive yourself of some satisfaction (such occasions present themselves hourly), accept it with a ready welcome, for the love of Our Lord, and bless Him for giving you an opportunity to mortify you self-love, in honor of His mortifications and privations on earth.–St.
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The other day I had a talk with a good, kind, sensible friend who approvingly referenced an op-ed in Sunday’s NYT to the effect: Why can’t youCatholics focus on what you do best–serve the poor–and just shut up about sex, about which you know nothing, about which you insist on clinging to your ridiculously medieval notions that any self-respecting modern person would be mortified to voice?
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Yesterday I was lucky enough to have the chance to share about the hows and whys of Twitter with a dear friend of mine at our parish. She and I worked hard putting together a presentation and a nice hand out.
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A ‘poor Church’ doesn’t have to have poor music Posted by Jeffrey Tucker Excellent article by James MacMillan The new papacy of Francis has brought great joy and renewal to the Church and a huge wave of good will from non-Catholics. What will this new Pope bring to our sacred liturgies, which are the beating heart of the Church’s philosophy of love?Read morePrint this post at 8:40 PM A ‘poor Church’ doesn’t have to have poor music2013-04-09T20:40:00-07:00Jeffrey Tucker
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Shoulda, Coulda Posted on April 9th, 2013 by Paycheck in Catholic Scandals Sorry, but this is getting old.Dear Bishops: We all know what pro-abort, anti-real-marriage politicians “should not do” concerning the Eucharist.
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