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  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A -- 17th Sunday, Year A

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 25, 2020
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    It’s so important that ordinary Catholics read Scripture as a devotional inquiry which the Catholic Catechism calls “the intimate sense of spiritual realities which believers experience.”

    A foolish old farmer, so the story goes, concluded one day that the oats he had fed his mule for years were simply costing him too much. So, he hatched a plan: He mixed a little sawdust in with the feed, and then a little more the next day, and even more the next, each time reducing the amount of ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Third Sunday Of Lent, Year A--“Worn 5 Times By Mistake.”

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 19, 2020
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    This woman faced her dragons. She is no longer hiding out.

    An ad in the local newspaper read: “For sale, sleeveless wedding dress, white, size 8, veil included. Worn once, by mistake.” That woman of Samaria could have said “worn 5 times by mistake.” Her marriages could have been because of economic and social reasons rather than for lustful ones, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time; Also, Valentine's Day

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 12, 2021
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    Valentine welcomed them on arriving and wished them God-speed when they left.

    In Rome, where St. Valentine lived and died as a martyr for Christ, at the one-mile marker on the Flaminian Way, was a basilica dedicated in his name. It was a "munifice ornate” (magnificently ornate). [source: Carola MacMurrough, The Catholic Valentine, Orate Fratres, January 1, 1941]. Love ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    End Time Christians Must Hunger For God's Word Series

    Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Mar 17, 2021
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     | 5,705 views

    And to be honest, I have heard preachers throw around the term “we must have a hunger for God’s Word”. But what does that really mean?

    Introduction The Bible tells us that Enoch walked with God; the Bible tells us that Noah walked with God. These walks with God were more God talks- where God talked to them, and these men took to heart what God was telling them. We know that to be the case because Enoch as result of those walks ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time; 30th Sunday B--Bartimaeus.

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 23, 2021
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    We can all get stuck on the side of the road in different ways at different times in our lives.

    The name, fame and shame of Bartimaeus. His name means Bar, meaning “the son of” Timaeus. Others point to the Aramaic or Hebrew word for "unclean" (‘bar-tem’), suggesting that BartimaeSus is "son of the unclean." In reality both names fit because Bartimaeus was a poor ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Lord’s Patience Is Only Giving Us Extra Time To Be Saved

    Contributed by Dr. Abraham Obadare on May 17, 2021
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    This is an exposition of 2 Peter 3 as we learn not to become swayed by scoffers who cast doubts in our minds about the return of Jesus Christ. Jesus is coming as He promised; what seems like a delay is only a chance for us to repent. In the mean time, we should live godly as we await His return.

    1. In the last days, there will be scoffers (v. 3) 2. The scoffers will be following their own evil (sinful) desires (v. 3) 3. They will mock the promise of the coming of Jesus Christ saying “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time- The Opening Up Of A Relational Space By Forgiveness.

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 11, 2022
     | 1,235 views

    Forgiveness is a conditional gift offered that opens a relational space that expects a reciprocal response.

    There used to be a sign in the Princeton University Book Store basement which said: "Love your enemies—it will drive them crazy." Clever but love of enemies and forgiving, commanded by Jesus in our Gospel this Sunday, is not hoping that the other person will change or trying to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    It’s Time For Your Workout – Philippians 2:12-13 Series

    Contributed by Scott Turansky on Feb 2, 2022
     | 3,426 views

    Today I want to talk to you about a workout, a spiritual workout that we all need to be engaged in in our lives.

    At Muscle Beach they've got this big platform area where guys have all these weights and they're working out. It's kind of entertaining because people who are good looking, you know, who really can lift weights and they're strong, and they do lift those weights, it’s fun to watch ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Divine Mercy: "It's Been Real The Whole Time.”

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 1, 2019
     | 4,366 views

    April 28, 2019 is the Second Sunday of Easter (Or Sunday of Divine Mercy)

    A young woman for years kept house for her father and mother. Morning, noon, and night she got their tea out of a can which had a picture of the rock of Gibraltar on the lid. After her parents died, she took a trip to the Mediterranean Sea, and suddenly, as she looked through the porthole of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time- Yes Means No And No Means Yes.

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 21, 2023
     | 1,046 views

    Statistically, in St. Matthew’s Gospel, words and expressions which emphasize obedience, the doing of God’s will, are among his favorite.

    Nikos Kazantzakis was a tortured Greek writer who was constantly haunted by God. He once wrote of an experience he had when he climbed Mount Athos to visit a monk at a monastery. “Father Makarios,” he said to the old monk, “I remember that in your younger days you wrestled with the devil. Do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twenty-Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A- Wicked Tenants

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 27, 2023
     | 1,299 views

    In one word, what do you live for?

    In 1962, when President John F. Kennedy was visiting the NASA Space center, he noticed a janitor sweeping the hallway and asked him, “What do you do around here?” To his surprise, the janitor replied, “Well, Mr. President, I’m helping to put a man on the moon.” This janitor found meaning in seeing ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twenty-Ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A--Church And State

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 3, 2023
     | 1,149 views

    Otherwise, politics is about "bread and circuses."

    Have you ever noticed that when you combine the two words, “THE” and “IRS,” it spells “THEIRS”? At one and the same time Jesus affirmed the rights of the state and freedom of conscience to worship and serve God. By allowing Caesar to collect taxes, Jesus opposes the Pharisees by acknowledging ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time- Get Behind Me, Satan

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 29, 2023
     | 1,360 views

    You tell the Lord you don’t want him to die, and he responds by calling you Satan.

    The book, Tigers in the Dark, tells about a time when all the electricity went out at a Barnum and Bailey Circus. There was total darkness at the circus. They had just started the act with the tiger trainer locked in a cage with several fierce Bengal tigers. The tigers could see the man - the man ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    "Check The Fruits, Fix The Roots” --8th Sunday In Ordinary Time

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 4, 2019
     | 4,953 views

    Our First Reading relates the steady application of three processes over time to create a separation or distinction based on intrinsic properties of quality: faults revealed when one speaks, santification, and discernment

    Sirach, chapter 27, from our First Reading, relates the steady application of three processes over time to create a separation or distinction based on intrinsic properties of quality: 1). The first is the image of shaking a mesh strainer to reveal the husks from the kernel which is similar to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Paul's Sermon At Athens: The Right Place At The Right Time

    Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Jun 7, 2021
     | 2,415 views

    Paul's preaching in the synagogues and the markets of Athens drew the attention of the city's philosophers and intellectuals who invited him to speak at the Areopagus. When the Gospel is proclaimed, it has the power to win souls for the glory of God (Hebrews 4:12).

    Paul's mission to carry the Gospel to the nations continued while he was in Athens. Even though persecution had driven him out of one area, the LORD in His Sovereignty placed Paul right where He wanted him, and that was at the intellectual capital of the Roman Empire, the city of Athens. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist