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  • The Place Which Is Called Calvary

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 6, 2014
     | 5,006 views

    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

  • Christmas Day: A Day To Celebrate Light, And Grace And Truth. Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 23, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,391 views

    In the Southern Hemisphere we celebrate Christmas over summer, but in the Northern Hemisphere things are different. Darkness and the chill of winter but into this season came the light of the world full of grace and truth.

    Christmas Day: a day to celebrate light, and grace and truth. What a great day of the year it is, gifts opened this morning, worship with the community here, I love the way the garden is looking, thanks to the Dalta (Deliberate acts of love to all) crew for that, I am really enjoying the ...read more

  • Always Evaluate Your Spirtual Growth Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 11, 2013
     | 4,290 views

    Until Jesus returns, the Christian must continue to grow in faith.

    We continue to learn from the First Letter to the Thessalonians; please open your Bibles there… What have we noted so far? In Chapter 1 we noted what the right motives are for the Christian life! In Chapter 2 we noted 2 things, how to effectively share the Gospel and the importance of being ...read more

  • The Power Of The Word Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,638 views

    The story of Elisha and Naaman teaches us about the Word of Evangelization, the Word of direction, and the Word of testimony, all powerful in the saving of souls.

    Monday of the 3rd Week in Lent Verbum Domini At least as early as the time of St Gregory of Nyssa in the 4th century (On the Baptism of Christ), the Fathers of the Church were seeing this healing of Naaman the Syrian as a type of Baptism. The story is a compelling reminder of the impotence of ...read more

  • Kneeling As The Children Of The Father Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 25, 2011
     | 2,782 views

    Kneeling in worship of the God who abased Himself for our benefit is a physical way of signing our desire that our wills be in conformity with God's will.

    June 27, 2011 St. Cyril of Alexandria The Spirit of the Liturgy What do we owe to God? What gift should we give Him? Before considering that question, we should ask about God’s nature and actions. The Scriptures today tell us much about this God we worship. First, before injustice and ...read more

  • Bring Us Together By Thy Word Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 25, 2012
     | 3,042 views

    The existence of the Word of God makes it necessary to have a living and authoritative interpretator "of last resort," in the Church.

    Monday of 21st Week in Course St. Monica/St. Augustine Verbum Domini St. Monica could easily be called the patron saint of frustrated prayer. A Catholic herself, she found herself married to a pagan, with a son who, unbaptized as a child, turned into a kind of semi-pagan hellion during his youth. ...read more

  • What St Gregory Teaches Us About Evangelization Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2012
     | 3,049 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

  • Getting Out Of The Storm Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,603 views

    The fifth message in a series of messages from Jonah.

    GETTING OUT OF THE STORM Jonah 1:15-17 * Throughout the course of my life I have been through several storms called hurricanes. Back when storms were rightly named female names, there was Betsy, Hilda, and Camille, just to name a few. More recently it was Georges and Katrina. In our area we are ...read more

  • The Eighth Day Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,627 views

    The Sunday celebration, that of the new Sabbath, is the eighth day described by the Fathers of the Church.

    Monday of 5th week in Course 7 February 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy The great myths of Mesopotamia were myths of creation. Gods battled and slew each other, and the cosmos was formed from the dead body of a god. And it was pretty rank and fetid. That’s the way pagans look at their world. ...read more

  • Images Of Jesus And Mary Or Road-Kill? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 30, 2012
     | 3,386 views

    The Word of God calls us to practice justice and become images of God.

    Monday of 13th Week in Course Verbum Domini Psalm 50 has one of the most convicting lines in Scripture: Do you think that I am like you? Those are the words the psalmist puts into the mouth of God. They are the Word of the Lord just as surely as Amos’s prophecy against Israel, or ...read more

  • That All Humans Be Saved Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 19, 2019
     | 2,777 views

    It is the will of God that all humans be saved, which was a crucial teaching of the Church all the way back to St. Paul.

    Thursday of 2nd Week in Course 2019 St Francis de Sales Jesus, our Lord, constantly had His mission from the Father in mind during His time on earth. That mission is to teach and heal, and to suffer and die for our salvation. It was the Father’s will that the Son should live as a real human being, ...read more

  • Not For Shameful Gain

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 17, 2018
     | 3,113 views

    There are all kinds of examples, great ones and poor ones, among the popes.

    Feast of the Chair of St. Peter 2018 Reformation/Revolution Today’s Catholic feast celebrates the “chair” or authority given by Christ to St. Peter and his successors, one that has its foundations in the Old Testament. We see St. Peter as the vicar, or maybe viceroy or even “chief of staff” of ...read more

  • Slaying Giants

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 3, 2015
     | 4,354 views

    Slaying Giants

    1 Samuel 17:32-37 Slaying Giants 1 Sam. 17:4-7 tells us something of Goliath. He was about 9', 9" tall, v. 4. He wore armour of solid brass that weighed approximately 12.5 stone., v. 5. He carried a spear like weaver's beam that weighed 1 stone & spearhead 1 stone v. 7. v 10 And the ...read more

  • How The Holy Spirit Guides

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 22, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,317 views

    How do we discern the Holy Spirit's guidance?

    Intro How can we tell if an idea comes from the Holy Spirit or not? Purpose Many people claim to be led by the Holy Spirit, but we need to test what they say and find out the truth for ourselves. Plan One place that we can look at is John 16:12-15 where Jesus teaches about what the Holy ...read more

  • Ministry Leaders Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jun 5, 2021
     | 1,941 views

    Who is qualified to be a ministry leader?

    Let us continue to worship with the Word of God. Open your Bibles to 1 Timothy 3. The letter by the Apostle Paul, by the power of God the Holy Spirit, was written to Timothy who was left in Ephesus to minister for the Gospel of Jesus Christ about 2000 years ago. Ephesus back then was a pagan ...read more