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    Your Mission To Your Family Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 7, 2014
     | 4,167 views

    We are sent to be a gift, a blessing, to every human being we encounter, especially in our family.

    Thursday of the 10th Week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei One of the beautiful things we lost with the new liturgical calendar is the Octave of Pentecost. Pentecost is the birthday of the Church, the day when evangelization of the nations began in earnest and in the Holy Spirit, so it deserves to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Evangelizing The Cities Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 28, 2015
     | 3,823 views

    Just as post-Resurrection Judaism created a culture that rejected the Gospel, so modern society tries to make people incapable of receiving Christ. But we must bear witness, especially in the cities.

    Thursday of the Second Week in Lent Joy of the Gospel Last Sunday we heard Jesus tell his key disciples not to disclose their vision of Him transfigured until He would rise from the dead. There was a good reason for that. The Jewish mindset, which had been formed by prophets like Jeremiah, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Pray For Us Preachers Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 3, 2016
     | 4,211 views

    The homily is the touchstone for judging a pastor’s closeness and ability to communicate to his people.

    Thursday of 13th Week in Course Today Jesus’s words are about preaching and service. They are directed to us, to the clergy leaders of the Church, primarily, but really to all Christians. Saint Francis lived out this vocation–he took with him on his journeys almost nothing. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Gospel And The Court Of Herod Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 17, 2016
     | 4,394 views

    Nothing is right until we meet and allow ourselves to be transformed by the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Thursday of the 24th Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel Most of us have forgotten the scariest moment of our lives. It was about the age of two. Up to then everybody was so attentive to the little one’s needs that each of us, to the extent that we were thinking at all, had a fundamental ...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
     | 4,413 views

    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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    When To Be Seen; When Not To Be Seen Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 19, 2019
     | 2,577 views

    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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    Moments Of Personal Transfiguration

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 3, 2019
     | 3,251 views

    The words of Mary in John’s Gospel are a clear call: “do whatever Jesus tells you.” But to know what that is, we must really listen.

    Feast of the Transfiguration 2019 The visions of the prophet Daniel pertain to a community under persecution by a vicious, almost atheistic state. To encourage and console that community, Daniel pulls the curtain on what is really happening, to show the divine power and judgement on those ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Social Dimension Of Evangelism Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 21, 2016
     | 4,444 views

    "the service of charity is also a constituent element of the Church’s mission and an indispensable expression of her very being."

    Thursday of the 29th Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel Why did Herod and the Pharisees hate Jesus so much that they endeavored to kill Him, and not only once? And why ultimately did Jesus lay this curse on Jerusalem, or, rather, turn their curse on themselves, so that in 67 AD the Jews ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Instruments Of Liberation Of The Poor Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 11, 2016
     | 3,898 views

    it means working to eliminate the structural causes of poverty and to promote the integral development of the poor, as well as small daily acts of solidarity in meeting the real needs which we encounter.

    Thursday of the 32nd Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel As we move into the last Sunday and last week of the liturgical year, we continue to be challenged by Jesus to follow Him all the way to death. We know not what that end shall be, except that He has promised to be with us. We live for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Where Is Jesus And How Do We Recognize Him? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 22, 2023
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     | 1,306 views

    We want to live in confidence in this God of resurrection, and so we believe in God, hope to be united with God eternally, and love each other so we can accomplish those tasks.

    Third Sunday in Easter 2023 As the Church moves more deeply into the Easter season, we are presented this year with the awesome story of the two disciples walking together to Emmaus, away from Jerusalem, away from the grave of the man they had followed for perhaps three years. They were ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Repentance Is Crucial For A World In Trouble Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 28, 2020
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     | 2,871 views

    Our Lord forebears because His desire is for all to be saved. And when the trumpet blows, the time for repentance is over.

    Second Sunday in Advent 2020 Let me share reflections on the Word of God for the second Sunday in Advent in this plague year 2020. The virus has been a plague, at least made worse by the attitude and behavior of the communist regime in mainland China. The election has been a plague, and I think ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Infinite Love For Infinite Sadness Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 10, 2017
     | 3,107 views

    To enjoy infinite love curing our infinite sadness, we need to live by the moral code Jesus taught, the code of loving even our enemies.

    Thursday of 2nd Week in Course 2017 Joy of the Gospel “Our infinite sadness can only be cured by an infinite love.” Those words of Pope Francis ended our reflection last Thursday on the encyclical Joy of the Gospel. Now God’s love is unconditional. He loves even jerks, even sinners like me and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    We Are A People Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 16, 2017
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     | 3,782 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

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Communicating The Biblical Author's Message Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 1, 2015
     | 4,029 views

    How should we prepare to preach, either to ourselves or to a group?

    Thursday of 18th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel We have for a whole year been considering the Holy Father’s first “solo” encyclical, The Joy of the Gospel. From it, we have gleaned Pope Francis’s understanding of the new evangelization, or at least some of that ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Missionary Church Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 10, 2015
     | 6,955 views

    The nature of the Church is to be missionary.

    Thursday of 28th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel The word we render as “woe” is a transliteration of the Hebrew “oi.” We hear it in movies and TV when a Jew is lamenting over something bad: “oi vay!” But Jesus here is not using it about a situation. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic