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Living an ordered life
Order and process is important in most things in life. To successfully create a meal, we follow recipes. When an artist creates a painting, they follow the order and process of painting to have a wonderful, finished product. When building a building, plans are followed to insure a safe and…
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Love as Christ loves
We think of ourselves as quite important, most of the time. We also look at our family and close friends as particularly important in comparison to the masses. The danger is that we get stuck in a bubble that we call “our life”. The truth is that we are all…
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Embracing Suffering: A Path to Faith and Compassion
Most do not like to suffer. Pain and discomfort are not well tolerated. At the first sign of pain, we want a pill. As soon as we are fatigued, we seek rest. When things get tough, we find reasons to quit. When trouble finds us, we too often have a…
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Evading the Truth
The subject of truth has been discussed at length. It does not have to be complicated. It is either the truth, or it is not. But there have become all kinds of truths. Everyone has his own personal truth. I see it as the truth of man or the truth…
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Right action comes from God
Our actions are important. The outcome of many things is dependent on our actions and the actions of others. We decide what we are going to do and when we are going to do it. We also decide why we will do a particular thing. The problem becomes the choice…
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Following the Holy Spirt
We all know that prayer is important. We pray for help in time of need, for the welfare of family and friends, for our priest, brothers, deacons and religious, for our Church, the list is endless. A most important function of prayer is to unite our will with God’s will.…
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Maintaining Peace in a Troubled World
Would you ever want to give away your freedom? I hope the answer will be no! Freedom is something that is valued and cherished above all things. We hear people lament that money is not worth their freedom to do as they want. People are engrossed in freedom to do…
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Obstacles to Holiness
We can be our own worse enemy, and the devil knows this and uses it against us. In our ignorance and pride, we place many obstacles in the way of our sanctification. We were created to be holy, and sanctification is God’s work of making us truly holy, moving us…
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Commitment through Love and Loyalty
Everything is great, until it gets hard. The norm seems to be to give up and move on when the going gets tough. It is no wonder why divorce rates are so high. The reality is, that we were never guaranteed an easy life. Everything comes at a cost, and…
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We must forgive to love and be loved
Forgiveness can be elusive. Sometimes we say we forgive but really, we have not. There are too many times that after we say we forgive someone we harbor bad thoughts, indifference, hard feelings, or a general feeling of not caring what happens to them or in their life. This is…
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