Monthly Archives: December 2024

A Collision of Thoughts and Beliefs:

“For all this his anger has not turned away; his hand is stretched out still. Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my … Continue reading

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God Knows My Name – I am God’s Design

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I … Continue reading

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Our Shared Experiences: The Need for Divine Support

“Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. I, the Lord, created them. Isaiah 45:8 More and more I understand the system in which I work, … Continue reading

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Love Unconditionally

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice … Continue reading

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Being Called to a Life of Sacredness

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passion, like the gentiles … Continue reading

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Contrasts of Advent: John, Jesus, and the Mothers

“John “will be great”, but his relative Jesus is going to be greater. John’s mother had been unable to conceive a child, but Jesus’ mother will be a virgin. John “will be filled with the Holy Spirit … before he … Continue reading

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Giving Hope For the Hopeless: God’s call to Dignity

Who can be compared with the Lord our God,     who is enthroned on high? 6 He stoops to look down     on heaven and on earth. 7 He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. … Continue reading

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My Thanksgiving Reflection

Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live. 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18 Yesterday my American friends and family celebrated … Continue reading

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For God’s Sake: following the example of Paul

Because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you … Continue reading

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