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  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Lost Coin, Lost Sheep, Prodigal

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 21, 2019
     | 4,336 views

    Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; 24th Sunday, Cycle C

    There is a story of a man who was driving along the highway. Along the way he hits a big bump and hears a clang, but he ignores it and keeps on driving. When he gets home, he discovers that one of his hubcaps is missing. So, the next day he goes back to the spot where he hit the big bump, and sure ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Create In Me A Clean Heart

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 21, 2015
    based on 83 ratings
     | 45,467 views

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart These, O' God, you will not despise. Create in me a clean Heart O' God! (Updated February 2023)

    Psalm 51 ... designated for today ... is one of the few psalms ... where we are given ... the historical background ... that led to the writing of this Psalm. The inscription reads, ..."A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came to him, ... after he had gone into ...Bathsheba." That ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Spiritual Blindness And True Blessedness.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 18, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 647 views

    A house divided against itself, a strong man overcome; and the nature of true blessedness.

    SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS AND TRUE BLESSEDNESS. Luke 11:14-28. The spiritual blindness of the people opposed to Jesus is demonstrated in their reaction to His good works. Their refusal to hear His message is echoed in their speaking out against Him. LUKE 11:14. A demon-possessed man, who was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Dishonest Wealth And Eternal Dwellings

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 4, 2019
     | 3,501 views

    Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 25th Sunday Cycle C

    The dishonest steward or manager probably said, “my commission checks are getting so big I had to hire an accountant.” Some say the steward or manager was simply giving away his commission since back then it was embedded into the invoice or else the manager was helping the poor by cutting out the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Lazarus And The Rich Man: Very Succinct

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 9, 2019
     | 3,715 views

    Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time; 26th Sunday, Cycle C

    A spiritual master said, “I used to be deaf. I would see people stand up and go through strange movements in a whirling motion. They called it dancing. To me it looked absurd—until one day I heard the music! The moral of the story: I fail to understand why saints behave the way they do. So ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Persistent Widow: ‘living Life On Life’s Terms’

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 2, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,833 views

    Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 29th Sunday, Cycle C

    The motto, ‘living life on life’s terms’ means to accept the circumstances, environment and things out of our control. The widow in that town kept going to the judge and say “render a just decision for me against my adversary.” Her adversary was either exacting money from her unjustly or she ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Glass Houses: Grieving Sisters Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 18, 2019
     | 3,413 views

    When we Judge God by our own definition and limited understanding, we make God small, strip Him of his power and remove his grace and mercy from our lives. We diminish his work on the cross and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

    I don’t know about you but I’m realizing just how much I judge everything and everyone. It’s every day, all day for me. I’ve been catching myself judging and then finding myself rationalizing and justifying my actions. Just the other day, I’m driving in my car and I’m thinking what a terrible ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Divine Mercy: "It's Been Real The Whole Time.”

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 1, 2019
     | 4,382 views

    April 28, 2019 is the Second Sunday of Easter (Or Sunday of Divine Mercy)

    A young woman for years kept house for her father and mother. Morning, noon, and night she got their tea out of a can which had a picture of the rock of Gibraltar on the lid. After her parents died, she took a trip to the Mediterranean Sea, and suddenly, as she looked through the porthole of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Apocalyptic Piety : The Destruction Of The Second Temple

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 23, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,395 views

    Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time -- 33rd Sunday, Year C

    In 70 A.D. The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple by the use of the catapult: The Jewish watchmen cried out in their own language, “THE STONE IS COMING! “THE STONE IS COMING!” The Romans declared their innocence for the death and destruction saying that God had deserted the Temple. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Be Ready…and Be Fruitful

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 27, 2016
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     | 7,863 views

    During this season of Lent, we are called on to give thanks to the one who spared us from his wrath and gave us the gift of today. We must not waste this gift by returning to the ways of sin. We must use this season of Lent to examine our own behaviours.

    Have you ever had something bad happen to you and it made you ask if God is punishing you or why God allowed it to happen? Well if you have, you’re not alone. People have asked this question since the beginning of time, and this same question is the foundation of the Gospel reading from Luke ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A Crumb From The Table.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 3, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,824 views

    Faith demonstrated in the margins of life.

    A CRUMB FROM THE TABLE. Matthew 15:21-28. In the earlier part of the chapter, Jesus had disputed with some Scribes and Pharisees about ritual and tradition; and had taught those who would hear that defilement does not come from without, but from within. It is also true to say that FAITH flows ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Live Like Christ

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Jun 8, 2015
     | 4,662 views

    God calls us to have a servant's heart. He wants us to glorify him and not ourselves. God places us where he wants us to serve, and we must give our all in everything he asks us to do. God wants our obedience and our best effort.

    It is February 15, 1921. In the operating room of the Kane Summit Hospital, Dr. Evan O'Neil Kane is performing an appendectomy, but this is no ordinary appendectomy. First, it marked the first use of local anaesthesia in major surgery. Dr. Kane believed local anaesthetic was much safer than ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Dumb Donkey Spoke.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 19, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 386 views

    The King who feared a people who were no threat to him; the blind Seer and dumbfounded Soothsayer who could neither see nor curse; and the dumb donkey who saw and spoke for God.

    THE DUMB DONKEY SPOKE. Numbers 22:21-31. After Israel’s defeat of the Amorites, who had once conquered lands belonging to Moab (cf. Numbers 21:26), the Moabites were terrified at the presence of the children of Israel (cf. Numbers 22:2-3). [They need not have been, because the LORD had expressly ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Seat At The Table

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Jan 24, 2026
     | 89 views

    This was preached the first Sunday of advent and also on a Sunday that we celebrated Holy Communion.

    “THE TABLE YOU WEREN’T SURE YOU BELONGED AT I don’t know if you’ve ever been invited somewhere and you thought, “I’m not supposed to be here.” Maybe a nice dinner… a wedding… a banquet… something where everybody else looked sharp, polished, put-together … and you walked in feeling like the odd one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Song For The Journey

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 6, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,460 views

    The pilgrimage of life may - or even must - lead by the way of the Cross: but the destination is assured.

    A SONG FOR THE JOURNEY. Psalm 121. This is a “song of ascent” - quite possibly sung by pilgrims on their way up to Jerusalem for one of the festivals. It would be an appropriate Psalm for returning exiles, too, when faced with the dangers of a thousand mile journey back across the wilderness from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational