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Getting Our Priorities Straight!

Posted on 20 March 2010

Haggai 1:9
You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while you…

Do Justice!

Posted on 19 March 2010

Micah 3:1
Hear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
Is it not for you to know justice?

One of the dangers of the spiritual life is false humility.  Sometimes, in order to…

Open Your Eyes!

Posted on 18 March 2010

2 Kings 6:17
Then Elisha prayed, and said, “O LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes that he may see.” So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full…

The Eighth Commandment

Posted on 17 March 2010

It is a curious fact that the same book of Exodus which informs us of the command, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Exodus 20:16) begins with the story of a good solid practical lie.

St. Patrick’s Breastplate!

Posted on 17 March 2010

Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.

I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through the belief in the threeness, through confession of…

Our Practical God!

Posted on 16 March 2010

Psalm 105:5
Remember the wonderful works that He has done,
his miracles, and the judgments He uttered.

The biblical view of revelation is refreshingly practical.  One of the many pathologies of modernity is that it is far too…

The Lord Our Healer!

Posted on 15 March 2010

Exodus 15:26
“If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in His eyes, and give heed to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none…

Why Chastity?

Posted on 13 March 2010

1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from unchastity.

Our culture thinks that the Church speaks against unchastity because it thinks sex is dirty.  But Pope John Paul II shows that…

The Scandal of the Incarnation!

Posted on 12 March 2010

2 John 7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Whenever big numbers like “2000″…

See with Mystical Eyes!

Posted on 11 March 2010

Revelation 21:2-4
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling…

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