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My Song, My Life
The Gospel reading for today is the genealogy of Jesus. It may have been fictionalized but it does make for interesting reading. Jesus’ family tree is a colorful one. It includes a murderer and an adulterer, Jews and Gentiles, the … Continue reading
Rejoice and Be Glad
Every epic tale since time immemorial has always involved the hero going forth on a quest or a mission to rescue the princess, or to win a kingdom or to save his people from the enemy or an impending disaster. … Continue reading
Never Stop Hoping
All the wars and violence. All that anger and hatred fueling them. All that greed and selfishness. All the hunger and deprivation caused by them. All that licentiousness and hedonism. All the addiction and enslavement they engender. Are because we … Continue reading
Two Christmas Stories
There are two Christmas stories in the Gospels, one by Luke and the other one by Matthew. The one by Luke is the story we are most familiar with: baby in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes, a chorus of … Continue reading
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To Be Human Is To Hope
To hope is to be human. Man looks at the horizon Wondering what lies beyond, And he longs to find out. Man looks up the sky. He wants to reach out and soar as high, Maybe even further than his … Continue reading
The Attitude of Gratitude – Day 8
Thank God for Wednesdays! Many of our close friends and people who have known us for years know about our Wednesdates. When we were planning our wedding almost fifty years ago, we had a longish guests wish-list but … Continue reading
The Attitude of Gratitude – Day 3
Today, I thank God for family and friends and say ‘Thank you’ to those who have accompanied me in my life’s journey. I thank them for the happy times, and these memories are with me forever, that were made possible … Continue reading
Our Greatest Fear
Our greatest fear is death, that someday we will be gone and be gone for good. That everything we have lived, worked for, will be gone forever. That all the good we have done, all the pains we have gone … Continue reading
Awed Again By The Beauty Around
The earth was formed about 4.57 billion years ago. Humans did not come upon the scene until much later. It was only after the Cretaceous–tertiary extinction event, some 65 million years ago. It took millions of years and at least five … Continue reading
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Living The Life Of The Spirit
It is the desert experiences that make possible the beauty of the valley. The small painful moments that prepare us to face the big dramatic ones with courage and fortitude. It is only when we are empty that That God … Continue reading
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Tagged joy, Peace, Prayer
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