7,592 total views
7,592 total views We live in an imperfect world. That is true. What we often forget is that the reason for the imperfection of the world is not other people but us—you and I. If the world is imperfect, it is not because you and I are surrounded by evil men and women. If the world
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7,565 total views The scripture readings for today speak about wisdom, wealth, and treasure. The merchant in today’s Gospel is not you, and the pearl of great price in today’s Gospel is not God. The merchant in today’s Gospel is God, and you are the pearl. You are the treasure that God has discovered. What the
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7,563 total views A man in his mid-thirties approached me and said, “Father, when I was young I had a problem with impurity and I thought that when I got older I would be able to get rid of it. I considered myself quite a success but now, I am down with my sin. I don’t
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7,368 total views The culture of modern people is competition. We want to compete. We love to compete. We get excited when there is competition. We begin by competing in school for grades, for awards. And then the competition goes on to oratorical contests and art contests. Then the competition goes on to college—the competition for
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6,893 total views I am sure that once upon a time in your life, you happened to open a folded paper, and the folded paper contains something like this: “Pray this prayer nine times for nine consecutive days and reproduce nine times this prayer sheet and give it to a friend. Give it to a stranger
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8,266 total views This Gospel teaches us about prayer. First, the friends of the paralytic and the paralytic never said a word to each other. Yet, even if they never said a word to each other, the gesture of taking him to Jesus and wanting him to be healed was in itself a prayer. The first
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7,573 total views How is love shown? First, by intention. Second, by verbal expression. Third is by action. In other words, we can love people in our minds, and nobody knows about that love except God and the one who loves. We can also show good deeds by our words. So from the mind, the expression
