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DON’T KEEP IT A SECRET!
When we find a great place to eat, a nice place to vacation or visit, a beautiful church tucked away somewhere, we tell everyone about it. We are excited to share our discoveries and look forward to the report back by those we sent to experience these things. When a…
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WHAT ARE WE LIVING AND WORKING FOR?
It is apparent that we are “Living in the world of mass confusion, where contentment’s hard to find. Living in the days of revelation, with old Satan close behind.” Words from one of my favorite Bluegrass Gospel songs. Sadly, this is truer now than ever. Satan works best with distraction…
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BITE YOUR TONGUE!
Today’s world is rife with slanderous and negative speech. It is to the point that the truth seems to be something impossible to get. The judging and misjudging are incredible. And what can this do to us? Speaking for myself, I find that I can become jaded and suspicious of…
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DO IT RIGHT!
As men we are under attack. The real reason for this is that the family is under attack by the devil. Destroy the family, destroy the Church. The primary way to destroy the family is through the father. So, we must be alert. We must be diligent. We must take…
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IT’S ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE
Life will be what we perceive it to be. It is all about our perspective. The challenge is what will form our perspective. The word comes from the Latin word perspicere, which means to look through or beyond. Would we have this shaped by the world or by God? I…
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DON’T RUN FROM THE TRUTH
There is a tendency to spin facts to suit a specific message. Hence, tampering with the truth. So, in a sense, lying. This is all too prevalent in the news media. But it is also much too commonplace among everyone. There is an inherent danger in seeing the world through…
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THE ONLY WAY TO IS THROUGH
This was the topic of our dinner conversation one evening. It seems obvious that most people deflect from things that are uncomfortable, challenging or demeaning. In reality, that is what we have been told will come our way if we are striving to live a life in Christ and not…
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SALT AND LIGHT
“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. You are the light of the world. A city set on a…
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Prayer intentions week of 9/15/24
When we gather together to pray the Rosary each week, we offer our intentions before we pray. We offer this opportunity for those who can’t make a Monday evening for Rosary, or for anything that comes up after Monday, to put forth intentions for all of us to pray for. To…
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I MISSED THAT ONE!
We seem to have a handle on what it means to sin, the difference between venial and serious sin. But do we really? What about, in my opinion, the most dangerous type of sin…the sin of omission? We are warned in scripture about this. “Whoever knows what is right to…
