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One day I was surprised to find an Old Testament passage which seemed to deal with a very down to earth practice: “Give to the most High as God has given to you, generously, according to your means” (Sirach 35:9). I was also puzzled . . .
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Of all the stories told in Sacred Scripture, I am convinced no one can tell a fish story like St. John (Jn. 21:11). Perhaps I enjoy him so much is because he brings back a childhood ritual planted firmly in my memory—that of my mother . . .
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We, both as a society and as individuals, need tools for getting out of bondage. Who? Me? Us? What kind of bondage could we possibly be in? For starters, how about our daily media which, by the evils it presents as possibly happening to us, can plunge us in the prison of fear. . .
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If someone suggested we should base our lives on the adage, “Blessed are those who do it the easier way,” we might smile indulgently and give the idea tacit consent. But I wager most of us would harbor some skepticism and not really believe it a very practical way of life. . . .
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Today there seems to be dwindling interest in those aspects of life which once could stir us into a state of at least temporary enthusiasm: new discoveries, new goals, New Year resolutions. Recently, after being with families and friends not living my lifestyle, I became aware, more acutely, that this observation is not peculiar to myself. . . .
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Monsignor Charles Pope published his blog “Paradoxes of Christmas” on the web site of the Archdiocese of Washington on December 21, 2011.
After reading it one wonders how the whole of nature didn’t join in the joyous singing of the angels. A heavenly impossibility, unthinkable, and incomprehensible! . . .
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