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Our Own End Time
Jesus spoke plainly. At some time in the future, the Son of Mary will come back to His earth with angels and saints in glory. When He does, He will come to judge the living and the dead. We do not know—Jesus said He didn’t, either—when that will happen. It could be tomorrow. It could…
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To All Who Are Ill
Pope Francis appeared in St. Peter’s Square today and left a message that comes from his own experience: “Illness is certainly one of the harshest and most difficult of life’s trials, when we experience in our own flesh our common human frailty. It can make us feel like the people in exile, or like the…
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It’s Not So Hard
Sometimes we have to ask: If I am living in Christ and the person I now am will go through the door of death and still be the person I am—how can I tell the difference between my life and others who are not in Christ? In one sense, it is not easy. We are…
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When All Else Fails
When all else fails, read the directions. In this case, the directions are the gospels, because the failure we are facing here is desolation, and perhaps some burdens in our conscience. So the first thing to do is to make sure God—who is your Invincible, Eternal, Friendly Father, Brother, and Spirit—is not being offended by something…
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If Nothing Else, This
If we get nothing else clear now, we need to get this clear in our heads and in our actions: The distinction between natural and supernatural is in our minds and thoughts. It is not in our living selves and in our Christian lives. The two, nature and grace, are not two different existing things, they are…
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A Story to Keep in Mind
My mother taught kindergarten at Holy Name in New Orleans. She taught for more than twenty years. One of her more memorable events was having an active lad named Hamilton in class. It was “Hamilton, sit down”—”Hamilton, don’t pull her hair” – “Hamilton, Hamilton, Hamilton…” Next year, my mother was on the yard one afternoon…
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The Greatest: Love
We have now seen the three virtues that are irreplaceable in the follower of Jesus: faith, hope, and love. But as St Paul pointed out, the greatest of these is love. O Lord our God,You are the God of loveand You are calling meto live in loveif I will just embracewho You are making me.I…
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Living with Hope
O my God, I hope to live each moment of my life in Your Presence, aware of Your Holy Spirit at work in my heart and in the world around me. I hope that everything I do is pleasing to You and helps build Your kingdom on this earth. I hope to live lifelong in…
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An Act of Faith
One of the surprises of my later life was being moved by the Holy Spirit to pray prayers that enact faith, hope, and love. Anyone my age had learned the formulas in the Catechism. Those were written explicitly for the young, for children. So here is an Act of Faith that is for the mature Christian:…
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The Savior’s Last Supper
The Savior’s Last Supper was the most important of all His suppers. He gave His friends the Eucharist at that supper. This can hardly be something Jesus thought of only as they were sitting there at dinner (an idea I have heard vaguely preached). Jesus had already told them what was about to happen to Him….