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  • Dr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    Five Loaves And Two Fish (Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time)

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Jul 22, 2020
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    When we put our efforts to surrender our deserted lives to Jesus, our Lord and Master, with our weaknesses, He takes us to the pasture land by blessing us and giving us abundant lives.

    Reflection Five Loaves and Two Fish (Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) Isaiah 55:1-3, Romans 8:35, Romans 8: 37-39, Matthew 14:13-21. Dear sisters and brothers, It is the eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. This Sunday, we hear from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 14:13-21): “When ...read more

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    Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time, B-- My Inner Demons

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 26, 2023
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    The demon uses the object pronoun “us,” which is non-binary.

    I saw a sweatshirt that said, “I Stopped Fighting My Inner Demons because I realized we’re On the Same Side.” Although most deviant behavior may be explained by natural causes, psychotics, for example, suffer from a loss of object reality while demons are separate spiritual beings. Psychology can ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Eleventh Sunday In Ordinary Time- B Mustard Seed Cooperation

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 13, 2021
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    The Atlantic began to come in; its mighty shoulders underneath the boats lifted—lifted until the derelict had to come. The youth had harnessed infinite energy to his task.

    Working in harmony with the processes of life in co-operation with God is how the Kingdom of God works, Jesus says. Its methods may be illustrated by the case of an old derelict ship that was to be lifted-up from the bottom of the sea. In one of the tidal rivers near New York, the building of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C: Martha And Mary

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 1, 2022
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    When Martha brought her stress and complaints to Jesus, he heard her deepest need. He wanted Martha’s soul to catch up to her body.

    A journalist with Bon Appetit Magazine asked readers to submit examples of their worst dinner party experiences. A woman names Bea Stein wrote about how the candles on her patio table fell over and set the whole table on fire. Another hostess had 50 guests coming over for brunch when the city ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year B: Food For The Journey

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 5, 2024
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    [Bless those] who…know the depths of [the] sacrament.

    Elijah went a day's journey into the desert, until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it. He was the last remaining Prophet of the true religion left. He had just stood his ground against four-hundred pagan prophets of the fertility god Baal. Today’s pagan fertility god is In-Vitro ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Did Anything Good Come Out Of Nazareth?

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Jan 9, 2018
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    Philip, just an ordinary guy - called to ministry and in turn brings along a friend, Nathanael. This reading shows how Jesus uses ordinary people, doing ordinary things.

    Mid-Week Message/Devotion January 10, 2018 Reading: John 1:43-51 Did Anything Good Come Out of Nazareth? If we read this passage with an element of curiosity and desire to dig into the nuances a little bit, it becomes not only informative but also entertaining. It’s a short reading and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A- Fishers Of Men

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 16, 2022
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    The goal is to lead a person to acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Later will come baptism and R.C.I.A.

    Off the coast of Maine lies an island so small that the surrounding ocean can be seen from any point on the island. A visitor to the Sunday school class asked the children, "How many of you," he asked, "have ever seen the Atlantic Ocean?" To his surprise, not a single hand went ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year B--Spiritual Multiplication

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 24, 2024
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    “Gift” is only gift if we give all the pieces.

    Percent means “parts per hundred,” from the Latin, per centum. Edward Denison, in 1060, thought of a neat phrase, “Three percent is greater than two percent by fifty percent. I have math anxiety but there are listed several ways to prove this, including that the reason that 3 is 50% bigger than 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Eleventh Sunday In Ordinary Time And Father's Day

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 14, 2024
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    But when the father is a regular church-goer, but the mother is not, there is still a very good chance their children will continue in the faith.

    A man was out on the golf course. He spotted another man who seemingly had four caddies. “Why so many caddies?” the first man asked the second. The second golfer replied, “It’s my wife’s idea. She thinks I should spend more time with the kids.” I suspect he’s the same Dad who was asked by his ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Moving In The Opposite Spirit— 6th Sunday In Ordinary Time

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 27, 2019
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    A “Manual” for Escaping Our Vicious Cycles through non-violence is what the Sermon on the Mount has been called; to transform the adversary - and, in the process, to be transformed ourselves.

    1). Mary Lou Kownacki relates the following tale: It seems that in a certain village a snake had bitten so many people that few dared to go into the fields. Finally, it was taken to a wise person who tamed the snake and persuaded it to practice the discipline of nonviolence. When the villagers ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Eighth Sunday In Ordinary Time Year C- Mote And Beam

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 27, 2025
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    We get impatient with others who represent aspects of ourselves that we have pushed away

    Doctor Jesus is like an ophthalmologist and a psychologist in our Gospel today. He is speaking about projection. We get impatient with others who represent aspects of ourselves that we have pushed away.1 We are aware of all the mitigating factors that go into our own mistakes but not those ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Life Is A Miracle

    Contributed by Ed Cheng on Jan 28, 2025
    based on 1 rating
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    This message came out during the pandemic when I was quarantined for three long weeks in a Hong Kong hotel. God taught me much about Himself and myself during this time that I would like to share.

    I thank God to be alive to share my story with you. I believe that every life is a Miracle created by God for a special purpose. And it is only as you begin to discover this purpose will your life be truly satisfying. I thank God for bringing me to Uzbekistan to meet some of the most wonderful ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Thirteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time B--- Bleeding For 12 Years

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 24, 2021
     | 1,436 views

    As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could...

    [Jail Ministry homily 13th Sunday B] Under Mosaic law, that woman was unclean all those years. Twelve years of medical treatments with no cure corroborates her once-significant financial status. Alcoholics Anonymous refers to, “the insanity of our disease.” i.e. an impaired ability to stop or ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time -- 7th Sunday, Year A

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 27, 2020
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    Love your enemies

    There is a sign in the Princeton University Store basement which cleverly suggests: "Love your enemies—it will drive them crazy." Jesus’ ethical teaching is higher than this example because love of enemies is not a consequentialist ethic, hoping that the other person will change. Love ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Humility: The Quiet Virtue Speaks

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 10, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,770 views

    22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C. Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Rabbi Simcha Bunim, a great Polish Hasidic master, taught that “Everyone must have two pockets, with a note in each pocket, so that he or she can reach into one or the other, depending on the need. When feeling lowly and depressed, discouraged or disconsolate, one should reach into the right ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic