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Reading for August 7, 2011

Reading 1 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave where...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Look Around and Analyze

what’s going on with our friends, neighbors, and family members. When we see how well their lives are...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Why They Won’t Stop Stealing

We human programs have countless microscopic programs that live in and on us. Innumerable bacteria and virus programs...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Fear of Work, Love of Self.

Manual work is largely demeaned by the lazy and self-important. “I don’t do manual labor.”, they say, proud...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

St. Joseph’s Prayer.

This is one of the few prayers with a “time limit”. The St. Joseph’s Prayer has to be...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Finding our Position

We can picture our relationship with God by imagining ourselves to be in a hallway about seventy years...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Today’s Reading begins with Numbers 12, 1:

“Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretext of the marriage he had contracted with a Cushite...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Aristocracies Cause Debt Crisises in Every Age.

Before the French Revolution, French aristocrats impoverished their country while avoiding most taxes. They ran the army and...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Time or Things?

Most of us spend time worrying about getting, or avoiding, things. If successful, we can fill up quite...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Catholic Fundamentalism Opens a Door

Catholic Fundamentalism helps many get closer to God by encouraging us to think of Him in words and...