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What Does Holy Mean?
Write down the first three words that come to mind when you think of the word holy. Are the words about God, me, or someone else? Think about them for 5 minutes. What do these words mean to you? Do any of these words apply to people you know, who you think are holy? What can we do to be more holy people? Holiness means hanging enough with God to let God’s ways and perspective rub off on us. But God’s a sneaky one. If we hang with him enough, we’ll figure out he’s always concerned about our families, friends, and even our enemies who need things to live their…
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Sing Out God’s Goodness
Reflection of the Day: Sometime human analogies are helpful n thinking about our relationship with God. I recently heard someone say the most important thing she valued in a relationship was time spent with the other person. Put negatively she was not interested in having a relationship with someone unwilling to spend time with her. Gifts, money, pedigree, etc. all came in a distant second to “spending time.” God has so much to offer, but it’s hard to take it in if we don’t hang out with God and allowing his presence to be with us. As with human friends we don’t always have to have a plan or a…
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Don’t Focus on Mistakes
Reflection: God has an easier time forgiving us than we have forgiving one another, and even forgiving ourselves. Many times it’s difficult to simply stop doing something wrong, without substituting something positive. Focusing on a different and better future is more effective than simply lamenting or obsessing over the mistakes (sins) of the past. Spending some time reflecting on the past to learn and accept responsibility is far different than obsessing and being paralyzed from past missteps. Tip: If you have a hard time doing something good for someone whom you do not like, instead find someone you do like and do something extra nice. Remember the father…
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Stories of Adversity and Inspiration
Patrick Walsh, Executive Producer of the new BS sitcom: “Living Biblically” which looks at the life of the character “Chip Curry” – a modern man at the crossroads of his life who decides to live in strict accordance with the Bible with the help of his wife, friends, his parish priest and a Rabbi friend, talks to Msgr. Kevin Sullivan about how he hopes that the show “Living Biblically” will help bring Biblical religion to prime-time television while welcoming non-believers to watch as well. Alexa Hui and Logan Tingley, students at St. Thomas Aquinas High School down in Fort Lauderdale Florida, talk with Msgr. Sullivan about the tragic events that…
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Join Your Trial with Jesus
It was perfect in the Garden of Eden – not so much since then. If you want to blame it on Adam & Eve and the apple, fine with me. In any case we live in a world that is not perfect and very unfair at times. It’s more unfair to some than others, but we all experience times when we are confronted with injustices, small or big, not of our own faults. We need to react to them in a way that remains faithful to the values that guide us disciples of Jesus. Another’s unfairness to us does not give us liberty to be unfair to others. Let’s be…
