Originally Posted July 12, 2021 There’s something about “extraordinary forgiveness” that touches even the most hardened soul. It’s one thing to hear that ole Joe forgave Bert for taking his parking space at the VFW hall….” I forgive you Bert, but don’t let it happen again”. It’s quite another to hear much more serious acts … Continue reading Extraordinary Forgiveness
Category: Virtue
Consult Not Your Fears
Today is the feast day of Pope St. John XXIII, sometimes called “the Good Pope”. He was to be a “caretaker pope”, holding things together until the church could elect a younger and healthier man. When he surprisingly initiated Vatican II, he prayed, “Oh Lord, renew Your wonders in this our day, as by a new Pentecost. Shortly … Continue reading Consult Not Your Fears
Does God Really Love Me?
“CONVINCED: completely sure that something is true or right, especially because the evidence seems to prove it or somebody else has persuaded you to believe it.” “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, … Continue reading Does God Really Love Me?
God Answers Our Prayer
A recent BLOG spoke about the need for a Savior to be “powerful and loving”. One without the other will not work out well for us. The readings from today again speak about how our Savior Jesus Christ is both. Thank God. Psalm 86 speaks of our Loving Savior…..” O Lord, you are good and forgiving, … Continue reading God Answers Our Prayer
Let’s Enjoy Our Differences
We are all so different. We are different in our likes and dislikes, in our motivations, in our personalities. We are certainly different in our physical characteristics…. height, weight, “looks”. Doing my usual extensive research for the BLOG, I discovered that there are 4 different personality types. No wait, hold on…. others say there are … Continue reading Let’s Enjoy Our Differences
God Is Patient
Judy sometimes recalls her family’s vacation trip to Florida in the ole station wagon. Her dad has his left hand on the steering wheel and his right hand flailing away at her unruly brother in the back seat…” don’t make me stop this car”. I wish I could say this sounds foreign to me; yet … Continue reading God Is Patient
Quickly Return To Jesus
We’ve all heard the expressions…”earn your way”… pull yourself up by your bootstraps….. put something in the pot”…. bla,bla,bla. Unfortunately we can attribute this mindset to God himself. If we want to be part of his family and be in his favor, we need to “put something in the pot”; if we’ve screwed up, we … Continue reading Quickly Return To Jesus
Find A Way To Get It Done…
“The group didn’t check out even though it had been a rough game and we were down 5-1 in the bottom of the 9th … each player fought to get on base…. perhaps the best at bat was O’Neill drawing a walk after being down 0-2 to keep the rally going …” (Oliver Marmol, Manager of … Continue reading Find A Way To Get It Done…
Thy Help Made Me Great
We’re just finishing the life of King David as we make our way thru the “Bible In A Year” with Fr. Mike Schmitz; in truth it may end up being the Bible in two or three years. King David is such a compelling character… certainly one of my favorites. King David We follow the simple shepherd … Continue reading Thy Help Made Me Great
“More Ice Cream?”
It seems that most gospel readings are pretty intense. I can find myself exhausted by the time I finish reading them .… there’s healings and deliverance, discussions and arguments with the Pharisees, money changers in the temple, and of course ultimately the suffering and death of our Lord on the cross. Yet the other day, … Continue reading “More Ice Cream?”
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