All posts tagged god

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Mission Accomplished

You notice we have three stained glass windows from the old church here, representing the Resurrection, the Ascension and Pentecost.  Scripture scholars tell us that Christ’s resurrection, his Ascension and …

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Not Goodbye, but Au revoir

To say “goodbye” is to die a little – so goes a French axiom.  Jesus doesn’t say that exactly in this gospel, but we can understand its truth from what …

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Raising the Curtain on Act Two

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Have you ever arrived for a school play or a play on Broadway after Act One has begun so that you had to …

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Our Unfulfilled Yearning Is For God!

If Paul were speaking to us he would have to speak differently. In place of altars to unknown gods we have spas, gyms, spiritual centers, arenas, nature preserves… where, through …

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Turning the Tables

A famous Presbyterian minister of the 19th century, Henry Ward Beecher, once received a letter in the mail and when he opened it, there was but one word on the …

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“The World” Friend or Foe?

Is the world our friend or our foe?  How should the Christian disciple view the world?  As something to avoid or something to embrace? Jesus seems to inject an ominous …

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Our God Relationship

For a human being to rise from the dead is certainly a joyful happening! To believe there is life after death fills us with joy! To be a Roman Catholic …

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