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    The Two Most Important Moments Of Life Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 18, 2019
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    “What are the two most important moments in any person’s life?”

    Tuesday of the 5th Week in Easter 2019 What are the two most important moments in any person’s life? In your life? In my life? I’ll come back to these questions–really a single question–in a moment. But first I’d like to point out that as Jesus concludes the long sermon at the Last Supper, He is ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    When To Be Seen; When Not To Be Seen Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 19, 2019
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    Do we let our good deeds shine out or do we do them in secret? Is Jesus talking out of both sides of His mouth here?

    Wednesday of 11th Week in Course 2019 A priest I know preached recently on this passage from St. Matthew’s Gospel and pointed out that this part of the Sermon on the Mount appears to contradict the earlier passage that tells us not to hide the good that we do under a basket. So do we let our good ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Sharing In A Time Of Economic Emergency Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 19, 2020
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    At the time when we are most tempted to hunker down and hoard our resources for ourselves, I think the Lord is calling us to be generous with our churches and charitable institutions.

    Tuesday of the 2nd Week in Easter 2020 The disciple Joseph Bar-nabas is one of the key players in the Acts of the Apostles. As the reading tells us, Joseph was given the name “Barnabas” by the leaders of the first church, the church of Jerusalem. Why? I had an experience when I was principal of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Judging Sinful Actions As We Accompany The Fellow Sinner Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 3, 2015
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    Someone good at accompanying others will not give in to frustration or fear

    Thursday of 27th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel “The day that God will take action.” These words of the prophet Malachi are not about just any day. They distinguish from every other day the time called “the day of the Lord.” That’s the last day, the day of ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Challenge To Action Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 31, 2015
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    The Church has a responsibility in justice to help the poor.

    Thursday of 31st week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel We call this month of November the month of the poor souls in Purgatory, and are rightly encouraged to pray for them. Not much is known from Scripture about what I call the state of washing up before entering the presence of God. When I ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Religious Freedom, Fundamental Human Right Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 9, 2016
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    Religious freedom is a fundamental human right that is not restricted to the confines of a church.

    Thursday in Third Week of Easter 2016 Joy of the Gospel Those of us who are blessed to be in the Catholic church for many decades tend to take for granted our sacramental realities, especially the Blessed Eucharist. I recall reading about a Muslim who, though totally without faith in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Way Of Beauty Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2015
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    There can be no tension between devoting ourselves to love of God and love of neighbor.

    Thursday of 25th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel There is a very old argument in the Church that contrasts what we owe to God with what we owe to our neighbor. These days, it goes like this: we don’t need ornate churches with lots of stone and pipeorgans and marble altars and Italian ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Gather Up All Things In Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 28, 2016
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    We generate history, not by politics and war, but by service to the poor and helpless.

    Thursday of the 30th Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel Every time we turn a page in the New Testament, we are–if we are sensitive–struck by how counter-intuitive the Christian message is. Consider St. Paul’s life. He was, by his own account, a super-Jew. He observed every ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Preparing For The Coming Of Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 5, 2016
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    An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely personal – always involves a deep desire to change the world

    Thursday of the 31st Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel We stand now very close to the conclusion of our liturgical year, our holy year of grace and mercy that concludes on the Feast of Christ the King. I’m doubly blessed because I get to celebrate Christ the King Sunday twice. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Useless Or Useful? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 8, 2014
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    Mercy is the greatest of the virtues in the external manifestation.

    Thursday of the 32nd Week in Course Joy of the Gospel St. Paul had a dilemma. One of his converts in Asia, Philemon, lived in Colossae. Philemon’s slave, Onesimus, had escaped and probably stolen property in the process. Escaped slaves were dealt with according to their owner’s whim ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Mission And Suffering Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 29, 2014
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    We must not marvel that we suffer pain and persecution when we carry the message of Christ to our culture.

    Thursday of the 14th Week in Course Lumen Fidei Pop singers and bands engage in a ritual–they all do. There’s a warmup act, usually a second or third rate band. It’s their Introit and Gloria, except the praise is of the human act to follow. There’s audience ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Your Child Will Live Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 9, 2013
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    Wisdom gently attracts the mind of humans to a quest and a love for what is true and good through the beautiful. The modern mind no less than the ancient mind needs God.

    Monday of 4th Week in Lent 2013 Gaudium et Spes Most commentators–even those who wrote in the first millennium–believe that John’s Gospel was the last one written. The historian Eusebius quotes Clement of Alexandria as saying that John, aware of the other three Gospels, wrote a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Seeds, Part I Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 23, 2013
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    Jesus was the seed that died so that we might live; we too are called to die to self so that others may live.

    Monday of Holy Week 2013 Seeds 1 Two of the privileges given to deacons in this diocese is the ability to preside at baptisms and wake services. What is striking to me every time is the use of this psalm 27, this psalm which begins this first day of three at the head of Holy Week. “I ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Place Which Is Called Calvary

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 6, 2014
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    Calvary the place of: 1 Guilt, 2. Compassion, 3. Ridicule, 4. Testimony, 5. Salvation, 6. Miracles, 7. Death

    - Here’s a pop quiz. Think fast. What date does Christmas fall on every year? Valentine’s Day? St. Patrick’s Day? Halloween? What about Easter? - Jesus’ death and resurrection occurred around the time of the Jewish Passover, which was celebrated on the first full moon ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Sacrifice Of The Mass Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 26, 2013
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    The one sacrifice of Calvary is re-presented daily in the Holy Eucharist--for our sanctification and the salvation of every human.

    Monday of 3rd Week in Course January 28, 2013 Sacrosanctum Concilium The sacrifice which the author of the Letter to the Hebrews, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, was a single historical event. But we must also acknowledge that from the beginning, the Church has recognized that we make ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic