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    Ascension And Pentecost 2020

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jun 16, 2020
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    In this sermon the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven and Pentecost are intertwined in an attempt to reveal the full working of the Holy Trinity in the plan of salvation. Next Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, will be a follow up from the perspective of the birth of the Church.

    Ascension And Pentecost 2020 - Acts 1:1-14 (This sermon is a shorter sermon due to being delivered via Facebook/Live during the Covid-19 shutdown) Today we will be reading from Acts 1:1-14 This Thursday was a holiday. Well, actually NOT a holiday but the remembrance of a Holy Day. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Generous And Grateful Spirits

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 9, 2019
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     | 3,596 views

    When the Holy Spirit prompts us to give, we should discern that spirit and when we are at peace with the decision, give responsibly.

    Thursday of the First Week in Lent 2019 Saint Matilda There are two ways to look at God, and they represent the contrasting approaches of religious men and women to the virtue we call “fear of the Lord.” The first way, which we associate with, interestingly enough, both pagans and Muslims, could ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    So They Want To Continue The Conversation Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 24, 2016
     | 3,694 views

    "they want someone to serve as an instrument and to express their feelings in such a way that afterwards, each one may chose how he or she will continue the conversation."

    Thursday of 16th Week in Course Have you ever heard someone–maybe even a preacher–express the idea that the God of the OT is a God of judgement and vengeance, and the God of Jesus is a God of mercy and love? Some of us may have held that opinion during our life. A famous early ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Prepare To Share Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 6, 2016
     | 4,448 views

    "To interpret a biblical text, we need to be patient, to put aside all other concerns, and to give it our time, interest and undivided attention."

    Thursday of 18th Week in Course This day we commemorate St. Clare of Assisi, the friend of St. Francis who founded the second Order of Franciscans for women religious, or the Poor Clares. As we look at the first reading about Ezekiel digging a hole in the wall of his house, we are reminded that ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Faith And Love

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 14, 2013
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    Like Zechariah and Elizabeth, we must learn the interaction between faith and love in the head and heart

    Thursday of 3rd Week in Advent 2013 Lumen Fidei The story we have in the first chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel is a kind of midrash on the story we read today in the Book of Judges. In both cases a childless couple experiences a miraculous intervention of God to give them a child. But the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Christ And The Little Christs In Us

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 28, 2013
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    We owe a great debt to the saints, like Basil and Gregory, who defended the divinity and Messiahship of Jesus.

    January 2, 2014 Thursday before Epiphany–Ss Basil and Gregory Lumen Fidei Today we have what might be called “the proclamation of John,” and we hear both Johns speaking to us of Christ. John the Baptist tells us that he is NOT the Christ. John the apostle tells us that Jesus is ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Attaining The Countenance Of Jesus

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 1, 2014
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    Love is always lived out in body and in spirit

    Thursday of Fourth Week in Course Lumen Fidei All of us long for a world, a culture, of perfect justice, of perfect peace, where everyone is centered on doing the will of God, and no one is impoverished in spirit, soul or body. David got it, and the apostles preached it. When Jesus sent them ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    God Is Light And He Can Be Found

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 8, 2014
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    Even those who are not Christian are being drawn to the light and vision of God in Christ..

    Thursday of 5th Week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei The people of Israel were called to be a light to the nations. Even in the early books of the Bible, we see this. Abraham was to be a blessing for all peoples. Israel was supposed to be totally faithful to the One God, and her worship was supposed ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Price Of Faith Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 20, 2014
     | 6,354 views

    There is a price to be paid for the gift of faith, at least inconvenience.

    Thursday of Easter Week 2014 Lumen Fidei Today from the Acts of the Apostles we hear a snippet of the earliest kerygma of the apostles. It’s pretty stout. Peter is preaching to people who have just seen him heal–by the power of Jesus the Messiah–a man who could not walk. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Faith Is One And Catholic Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 17, 2014
     | 3,204 views

    The word "catholic" means universal. It means we are open to all humans and open to all Truth.

    Thursday of 5th Week of Easter 2014 Lumen Fidei Today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles gives us a glimpse of the first ecumenical council, and an important look at the hierarchical structure of the early Catholic Church. Remember that the debate was over circumcision. Some of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    New Covenant Of Faith In Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 1, 2014
     | 3,673 views

    The final homily in the series: how God solves the REAL problem of society.

    Thursday of the 18th Week in Course Lumen Fidei A few years ago, the bishops of the U.S. issued a statement on relations with Jews that, without much thought, referred to the Mosaic covenant with the Jews as enduring forever, or some such language. My friend, E. Michael Jones, responded by ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    How Much More Will God Give His Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 7, 2017
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     | 6,194 views

    If there is evil in our lives, God has to permit it to happen, or it wouldn’t. But God never wills evil. He only wants our good.

    Thursday of 27th Week in Course 2017 Reformation/Revolution Who among us has not looked on some captain of industry or some venal politician and wondered why “evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’” as the people did in Malachi’s day? Sometimes it does seem vain ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Build On Rock, Not Sand Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 2, 2017
     | 5,735 views

    " pray for our young religious and seminarians, for all of us will be judged on the basis of where we build–on the firm rock of obedience to God, or on shifting sand."

    Thursday of the First Week in Lent Reformation & Revolution It is the happy decision of the Church that brings us so much of the prophet Isaiah as we celebrate the time of expectation, the time of Advent. Isaiah was a prophet of hope in a time of social and religious and political upheaval. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Only When Connected To Our Lord Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 4, 2018
     | 2,970 views

    In a real sense, St. Paul was the sheep that was lost, and Jesus left the heavens to seek him out and find him and turn him toward the truth.

    Thursday of 31st Week in Course At some point in the life of every Catholic theologian, like Saint Paul there comes a time of high clarity. St. Paul’s moment was a time when he realized that all his elevated Jewish theology was just a waste of time. In fact, in the light of Christ’s suffering and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Neither Positivism Nor Scientism Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 5, 2016
     | 3,627 views

    There must be a dialogue between science and faith, but it must also be an unequal dialogue; faith trumps the claims of any science that denies God.

    Thursday of Fourth Week in Lent 2016 Joy of the Gospel In this fourth week of Lent, the week of Laetare Sunday–Joy Sunday– it is quite appropriate to continue our series on Pope Francis’s encyclical, the Joy of the Gospel. Let’s be clear that joy and enjoyment are not ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic