Tag: St. Paul

Reading for February 20, 2011

Reading 1 Lv 19:1-2, 17-18 The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD, your God, am holy. “You shall not bear hatred for your brother or sister in your heart. Though you may have to reprove your fellow citizen, do not incur sin […]

Reading for January 23, 2011

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Is 8:23-9:3-1 First the Lord degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the land west of the Jordan, the District of the Gentiles. Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness: for there is no gloom […]

Reading for January 16, 2011

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Is 49:3, 5-6 The LORD said to me: You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory. Now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I […]

Successful?

Most of us periodically ask ourselves if we’re successful. We generally start by looking at how many assets we have and how much money we make. Then, we compare to averages, what we think neighbors, friends, and enemies have, or charts that show such things. These are popular measures of success, but they’re short-sighted. A […]

Odd reading:

Col 3; 9-11 “Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry. Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in […]

The Usual Attacks on The Church

The Usual Attacks on The Church began to increase in intensity in the mid 1990s. That was not a coincidence. In 1994 and 1995, the United Nations was trying to make birth control and abortion more widely spread. Pope John Paul II was committed to stopping the UN’s Culture of Death from destroying more life […]

The Trinity

It only pays to argue with people who are smarter and know more if we think we gain by being embarrassed. So, when we want to find out about the Nature of God, we turn to the smartest, most knowledgeable people who are closest to Him and see what they thought, rather than arguing with […]

The Number 153

The Number 153 is the number of fish mentioned in today’s Gospel Reading from John, 21: “Jesus, on His third appearance after the Resurrection, said to them: ‘Bring some of the fish you just caught.’ So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there […]

Two Kinds of Catholics. Or, Three.

Traditional Catholics believe in structure and form. The Pre-Vatican II liturgies, Councils, and beliefs are of vital importance to them. They are outraged at the “watering down” of Catholic beliefs. Modern Catholics say they are more concerned with faith. “The ‘old’ Church simply doesn’t meet the needs of the people. To be truly saved, one […]

A very important prayer request

A very important prayer request is asking God to keep His wrath and retribution, deserved as it is, from falling upon us. We know from The Programmer’s Logs that He has the ability to punish with death, disease, destruction, and enslavement, all of which He visited frequently on His chosen people when they strayed. Today, […]