The WORD. The TRUTH.
2,415 total views
2,415 total views At the beginning of 2003, we are being invited once again by the Gospel to enter the crib, to enter the manger and enter the presence of God. For us who live in the presence of God, nothing should worry us. Nothing should make us afraid. Nothing should cause us any anxiety because
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540 total views At the beginning of 2003, we are being invited once again by the Gospel to enter the crib, to enter the manger and enter the presence of God. For us who live in the presence of God, nothing should worry us. Nothing should make us afraid. Nothing should cause us any anxiety because
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649 total views The take-home word for today is perseverance. What is perseverance? Perseverance is not closing our eyes and crying and bringing our hands together and saying to God, “Lord, I depend on you completely.” That is not perseverance. That is dramatics. Perseverance is not simply saying our prayers over and over again. That is
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351 total views The story of our Lady of Lourdes cannot be retold and recalled without remembering the story of Bernadette to whom our Lady appeared. In the account of St. Bernadette about the apparition of our Lady of Lourdes, she said that she was so struck when the Lady used the French word “tum” rather
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339 total views We hear people talking at parties, saying, “He’s my relative. We are related. We are cousins,” or “My husband is married to her cousin.” We are people who want to establish relationships no matter how distant, preferably close relationships, because we are a people who cannot live by ourselves. We are a people
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334 total views Forgetting and remembering are two very special gifts that God has given us. Forgetting is a gift. For instance, we do not remember the pain when our mothers bore us at birth. Even our mothers only vaguely remember that pain, but babies don’t remember it at all. It is God’s way of protecting
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293 total views The Bible is known to be the best-selling book of all times. After the Bible, what is next in the best-selling list of books? It is cookbooks. Cookbooks sell a lot because we all have to eat and eating has become an act, it is not only a meal. That is why in