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  • What Leads Us To Believe The Gospel? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 23, 2012
     | 3,228 views

    The Bible is the Church's book, so we must read it in faith and read it as a member of the community of the Church.

    Monday of First Week of Lent Verbum Domini There are a whole series of websites on the Internet devoted to trying to debunk the Sacred Scriptures. For instance, with respect to the book of Leviticus, which we read from today, one can find tons of places where the clear natural law prohibition ...read more

  • Secularism And The Fight For The Family Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2015
     | 4,296 views

    The information-driven society is one that tries to secularize and pervert the human family into something it can never become.

    Thursday of 5th week in Course 2015 Joy of the Gospel Jesus has such a sense of humor that some commentators have mistaken it for cruelty. Of course, Jesus never sinned, so thinking this comment about throwing the bread to the dogs is a real insult is wrongheaded thinking. In reality, Jesus was ...read more

  • Ordination And The Role Of Women In The Church Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 9, 2015
     | 5,784 views

    The twin command of Jesus to clergy is important to consider in any decision regarding ordination.

    Thursday of the 6th Week of Easter 2015 Joy of the Gospel This is one of those liturgical days that is a little schizophrenic. In the historical Church, it is forty days after the Resurrection, so it is Ascension Thursday, as it was for almost two thousand years. But May 14 is the Feast of St. ...read more

  • What Prophesy Did Jesus Make To Nicodemus Concerning His Atoning Death? Series

    Contributed by Sean Lester on Feb 11, 2016
     | 4,323 views

    This is a motivational passage that describes what happens when people look to Jesus and infers what happens when they don't.

    The Junior Bible Quiz Sermon Series What prophesy did Jesus make to Nicodemus concerning His atoning death? Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. (John 3:14,15) Purpose: This is a ...read more

  • Tolerance--No; Forbearance--Yes Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 5, 2015
     | 4,988 views

    We must go well beyond tolerance if we are to become the best version of ourselves, and always witnessing to the truth.

    Thursday of 23rd week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel About ten years ago I asked Abp Gomez to visit my religion class and talk about priestly vocations to my boys. He kindly did so and started out with a pointed question: why are you a Catholic? It swelled my heart to hear one of the class ...read more

  • What St Gregory Teaches Us About Evangelization Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2012
     | 3,048 views

    Prayer is pre-eminent; the Word must inform our music; evangelization must be done, especially with the help of women.

    September 3 2012 St. Gregory the Great Verbum Domini The Book of Genesis envisions the creation of the world as more of a birthing than a creatio ex nihilo. We know that God created everything, and created it from nothing. But when the author of Genesis began his narrative, he picks up at a ...read more

  • The Dialogue Of Ecumenism Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 12, 2016
     | 3,755 views

    Our prayer is that all Christians be One.

    Thursday of Fifth Week in Lent 2016 Joy of the Gospel The providential juxtaposition of St. Patrick’s Day with the readings of this Lenten feria should lead us to make a comparison between the call of St. Patrick and the call of the Hebrew patriarchs. Patrick was called by God to return ...read more

  • Holy People Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 27, 2012
     | 3,221 views

    The call to be the New Israel is a call to holiness and mission.

    Monday of 30th Week in Course Lumen Gentium The Fathers of the Council looked at the Church from every direction, and gave us teaching on all the names of the Church. It seems to me that their favorite name for the Church is “People of God.” It, more than any other, shows the ...read more

  • The Word Does Not Accommodate To The Culture Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 23, 2012
     | 4,428 views

    There is a close relationship between the testimony of Scripture and the witness given by the lives of believers.

    Monday of 12th Week in Course June 25, 2012 Verbum Domini Exactly why were the people of God thrown out of the land of God? Exactly why were the chosen people, the Jews, supplanted in the plan of salvation by the Catholic Church? And why, we should all ask, are we now being hammered by secular ...read more

  • Discerning A Turning Point In History Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 13, 2014
     | 4,087 views

    Christians must discern whether changes in the culture are actually movements of the Spirit, or not.

    Thursday of the 3rd Week in Advent 2014 Joy of the Gospel Yesterday we began the second phase of our Advent preparation. We ceased calling on Christ to return in glory, and we began our proximate preparation for the commemoration of the humble birth of the righteous branch who grew up to reign as ...read more

  • What Is Lent? Series

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 15, 2017
     | 15,394 views

    explanation of the season of Lent

    WHAT IS LENT? Last Wednesday we celebrated Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. While I was eating my share of pancakes at a Shrove Tuesday dinner, someone asked me just exactly what is Lent, which started me thinking. For those of us raised in the church (particularly the Roman ...read more

  • The Only Way To Solve The Problem Of Violence Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 2, 2019
     | 3,161 views

    We have to solve the problem back at the source of the problem. And that’s the human mind and heart.

    Ascension Sunday 2019 “Let us then be children no longer, tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of . . .human trickery.” If you’ve ever been a supervisor of little boys, you know what St. Paul is writing about to the Ephesians. One little kid has a stupid idea–let’s throw some cats in ...read more

  • We Are A People Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 16, 2017
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     | 3,726 views

    "To be evangelizers of souls, we need to develop a spiritual taste for being close to people’s lives."

    Thursday of 4th Week in Course 2017 Joy of the Gospel This is a solemnity, one of the three or four greatest saints festivals of the year, and it comes on the heels every year of the solemnities of Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart, and the birth of St. John the Baptist. Today we hear from St. ...read more

  • The Joy Of The Gospel And The Option For The Poor Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 24, 2015
     | 3,988 views

    When we act in favor of the poor–either by providing housing and food and medical care or by helping them to build systems that provide those things–we are acting as the Father and Son have done for us.

    Thursday of 1st week in Advent 2015 Joy of the Gospel During the time of Advent, we look forward to the return of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The prophet Isaiah speaks of this “day of the Lord” as one based on the security provided the faithful by the Rock, the Lord God. The haughty and ...read more

  • Scripture Or Tradition

    Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Dec 8, 2022
     | 1,001 views

    Which is more important: Scripture or tradition?

    Scripture or Tradition Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Mark 7:1-13 1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, 2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with pure hands, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews ...read more