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I will attempt to write a theological reflection on the Beatitudes from Matthews portrayal of the Sermon on the mount(Matthew 5:1-12).  I have chosen this particular passage from the list of options as I find it to be the one that is most unfamiliar to me.  As a convert, IContinue Reading

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In: death, depression, despair, friend, hope, Jesus, love, miss, pray, ressurection

Betty had been sick for a very long time. I was prepared for her death, and had spent time with her talking about it and sharing our faith together. I never knew how hard it was going to be. Today at the funeral the church where it was held hadContinue Reading

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In: blessing, curse, daughter, family, Father, frazzled, hectic, hope, love, morning, vocation

This morning was absolutely horrible. Do you know the kind of day I’m talking about? Where everything seems like it’s out to get you and even the furniture is on the attack? It all began with a nice alarm blaring in my ear… apparently for over 30 minutes. As IContinue Reading

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In: Catholic, conversion, faith, fowler, hope, Jesus, journey, love, ministry, mystical, sacrament, sacrifice, spirituality, stage, stages, step, testimony

During the process of my conversion, I was uninterested in the Catholic faith. Coming from the particular protestant background that I was raised in, the Catholic faith was not only foreign, but looked down upon if not looked at with outright contempt. My wife and I had married with theContinue Reading

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In: Catholic, family, hearing, kindness, listening, love, patience

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger The book of James is quick to remind us that part of our Christian duty is to listen to another.  It’s strange though to think that the average thought of what itContinue Reading

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In: Catholic, crucifixion, death, love, Luke, morality, pain, sacrament, salvation, stewardship, suffer, suffering

Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!  There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!  Do you think that I have come toContinue Reading

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In: Catholic, Covenant, death, demi moore, finished, ghost, heaven, hope, Jesus, life, love, patrick swayze, Robert Downey

These words still echo throughout the world, as Jesus hung on the cross giving his life in love for each one of us, he uttered the words that would change history. “It is finished.”  We have so many who take this to mean that they are finished too, that whatContinue Reading