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Things are looking up here in our household ( Read more... ) -
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Hoping to be back after class this evening to post more -- there's been so much on my mind lately, but finding the proper ratio for prioritizing so as to express it here has been a challenge for me.
We are having a parish mission at my parish of employment. It is off to a very fine start so far. This morning the priest, Father Enno, spoke about ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Pants on Fire?
If done deliberately to mislead, yes it is a lie, however it is not necessarily a sin depending upon the circumstances. -
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Very peaceful, and most needed, quiet time in prayer tonight at Adoration. There was much to bring to Christ and pray for guidance, strength, and hope ( Read more... ) -
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A job opened up today in the area of where my son lives, which, on paper at least, appears to be all that I could dream of -- except for the commute which would be a bit brutal until Jen graduates, but definitely worth it. Based on my week at my current position, I'm open to the idea of this being a gift of the Holy Spirit ( Read more... ) -
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I love working for the Church, but the general (and in more cases than not, the specific cases as well) attitude and ignorant, prideful and blatantly selfish behaviors at my parish of employment is a complete embarrassment to the faith and the Archdiocese. I am embarrassed to admit that I even work there. Never have I seen such self-centered, ( Read more... ) -
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A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said,
"If you wish, you can make me clean."
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,
touched the leper, and said to him,
"I will do it. Be made clean."
The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
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It's been quite a while since I have posted, but I believe all has settled down a bit so that I can achieve somewhat of a routine again.
I need to get back to regular posting -- and, having lost a few pounds during the move, back to exercise to increase that loss!
The move went as well as possible. Physically the packing and moving was exhausting ( Read more... ) -
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Pope John Paul II, in closing the Holy Door of Saint Peter's Basilica, issued an apostolic letter to the Church for the beginning of the third millennium of Christianity. As one door closed, another door opened. One of the points that he made in this letter had to do with the universal call to holiness -- an important reminder given to the Church ( Read more... ) -
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For in hope we were saved.
Now hope that sees for itself is not hope.
For who hopes for what one sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance.
~Romans 8:24-25
St. Paul says "But is we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance." Endurance is not merely hanging on in tough times. As Paul uses it, endurance is a power ( Read more... )