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    Shattering The Fresco; Reassembling The Mosaic

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 20, 2018
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    The rebuilding of the Church in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries took the divine energy that we receive in the Eucharist and gave it a new missionary impulse.

    Conversion of St. Paul 2018 Reformation/Revolution Today’s reading from St. Luke’s Acts of the Apostles is precious because it is one of the first-person testimonies from St. Paul about his conversion on the road to Damascus. Rabbi Saul was on his way to being the most famous Jew in the Levant ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    People Of Jesus-Exalting Worship #2 Series

    Contributed by Louis J Locke on Aug 10, 2024
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    Understanding the importance of being people of Jesus-exalting worship.

    People of Jesus-Exalting Worship Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool — He is holy. ~ Psalm 99:5 Worship is the strategy by which we interrupt our preoccupation with ourselves and attend to the presence of God. ~Eugene Peterson THE 'HEART' OF THE MATTER OF WORSHIP 1. ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Twenty-Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A -- 27th Sunday Wicked Tenants

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 17, 2020
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    Don’t season regret with rebellion

    In the First Reading, the complaint was with the grapes, they were too sour to be eaten or made into wine despite the favorable conditions (Isaiah 5:1-7). In the Gospel, the complaint was with the vineyard workers, in other words, the religious leaders in Jesus' time who often killed the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Friendship With God And Enmity With God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 19, 2019
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    Through Christ we have hope that we will eternally live at peace in the embrace of the Blessed Trinity.

    Tuesday of the 29th Week in Course 2019 St. John Paul II Today’s first reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans is the result of taking a scalpel to the original text. We read verses 12, 15, 17-19, 20 and 21, for reasons unknown to me, and the result sounds strange at best. So I had recourse ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Saint Squanto? Thanksgiving 2019

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Nov 22, 2019
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    St. Paul did not have a routine pattern for giving thanks, but the overall view was that he paints a picture of himself as a model of a person who is constantly rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks.

    A man was choking on a bone. Immediately he called for a doctor who quickly removed it. "What do I owe you" asked the victim. The doctor replied, "How about the amount you were ready to pay while the bone was still stuck in your throat?" Yes, how quickly and easily we ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Thy Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 15, 2005
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    If God’s will is to be accomplished on earth, it will be through God’s people.

    Matthew 6:9-15, 13:31-35 INTRODUCTION Stories abound about modern geographical ignorance. Given a map, a majority of people could not accurately locate the Grand Canyon, New York City, or the state of Washington. In a recent poll of Britons, 67% do not know when WWII ended, 64% do not know where ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Faith In The Midst Of Trials

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 31, 2013
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    Addressing a present distress.

    FAITH IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS. 1 Peter 1:3-9. It is no mistake that the first letter of the Apostle Peter is prominent in liturgical calendars in the season immediately following Easter. Those churches and Christian communities who use the book as a kind of catechism for new converts certainly ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Special Role Of The Laity Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 2, 2015
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    Lay people in the Church, especially women, serve a vital role in spreading the Gospel and building community.

    Thursday of the 5th Week of Easter 2015 Joy of the Gospel Both of our readings today are concerned with what the Catechism calls “The Christian Life,” or the moral and virtuous way of life. Paul and Barnabas were traveling through the lands of what is now Turkey and Greece, going to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twenty-Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A: Marriage Supper Of The Lamb

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 2, 2023
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    Heaven is the ultimate end and fulfilment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme, definitive happiness

    At the wedding rehearsal, the bride told the priest that she was nervous that she would not remember what to do during the wedding. The celebrant told her that she only needed to remember 3 things. First the aisle, because that is what you'll be walking down. Secondly, the altar because ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time- Cycle B; 5th Sunday Year B-- Simon’s Mother-In-Law Lay Sick With A Fever

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 5, 2021
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    “Our fever is passion, our fever is lust, our fever is anger”

    Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. “Our fever is passion, our fever is lust, our fever is anger” (St. Ambrose, Expositio evangelii sec. Lucam, in loc.). St. Ambrose is talking about concupiscence, which is not sin but it’s what makes sin seem attractive (No. 2515). An illustration ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Fourth Sunday Of Easter: "they Recognize His Voice"

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 28, 2023
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    The Lord is my pace-setter, I shall not rush.

    Burt Kettinger tells about a small church in Rocky River, Ohio, just west of Cleveland where he grew up. This church had a small restroom behind the pulpit that had a door right behind the pulpit for the convenience of the pastor. There was also a door on the other side of the same restroom that ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Everybody Needs To Learn Humility Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2020
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    Mary understood, as every Christian should, that any great thing that happens in our walk with Christ is due to the Lord’s graceful action and will.

    Tuesday of 25th Week in Course 2020 Today’s story from the life of Jesus Christ is from St. Luke’s Gospel, and it looks like proof of alienation of Jesus from His extended family, doesn’t it? The family is trying to get to Jesus for some reason, and the crowd tells Him about it, and He seems to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Prepared, Ready, Oiled Up Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 1, 2020
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     | 3,405 views

    We have to BYOB–bring our own brightness. Five prepared; five didn’t. Five were always ready; five figured they’d have time to get ready. Oops.

    Thirty-Second Sunday in Course reflections As we come to the end of this year of grace, a year with even more challenges of every kind than usual, the Word of God focuses on goals, on ends, on what a football coach would call the “last three minutes of the ball game.” And the first word to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Hope And The Little Child Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 12, 2021
     | 2,193 views

    A child, and especially the child Jesus, is above everything a sign of hope.

    Monday of 3rd week in Easter Today’s Gospel is so brief that we might be tempted to overlook it, as we are often tempted to ignore a little child. But many commentators believe that when Jesus said that we must turn and become like this little child, he was pointing to Himself. Pope Benedict ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Twenty-Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A; 24th Sunday, Year A-- Forgiveness Is Releasing

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 21, 2020
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    “Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full,” both of the people in our Gospel today said the exact same thing.

    As a sought-after corporate motivational trainer, Brian Tracy normally does not take phone calls, but he took this one from a man who said that he had a testimony to share. The man said he was raised in a dysfunctional family and he was furious with his family. He had a bad marriage, was cheated by ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic