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November 29, 2012
November 29, 2012
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Anger – The Father of all Sins

If pride is the mother of all sins, anger is the father.  While all sins are born from pride, those same sins are often supported by anger.  Pride nurtures sin, and anger defends it.

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November 19, 2012
November 19, 2012
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God’s Use of Special Agents

Last week after Georgette finished talking to a friend on the telephone, she said to me, “When I was talking about the benefits of praying the rosary, my friend (a former Catholic) asked, ‘If God is omnipresent, why would He approve of you praying to someone else, instead of directly to Him – and how do we know the saints can hear our prayers?’” Georgette then asked me, “How would you respond if someone asked you that question?”

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October 3, 2012
October 3, 2012
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Angels – Pure, Created Spirits

One interesting theory that has been written about by some theologians is that God’s original plan did not include the creation of humans.  Instead, His original intention was to populate heaven with angels.  Unfortunately, because of the pride and rebellion of Lucifer and his followers, a conflict arose and Lucifer and his followers were subsequently cast into hell.  According to the theory, it was at that time that God decided to create the human race, with the intention of populating heaven with the exact number of humans needed to replace the fallen angels.  Although it’s an interesting theory, we have no way of knowing whether it’s true.

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April 28, 2012
April 28, 2012
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Walt Disney & The Renegade Bishop

I’ve written before about Fr. John Hardon, a spiritual advisor and mentor of mine during the 1990s.  From 1989 to 1999, I attended 11 men’s retreats that were given by Fr. Hardon.   He died in 2000 at the age of 84.

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August 28, 2010
August 28, 2010
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Your Very Own Miracle Worker

Imagine you’re trapped on the 19th floor of a burning building and you have no way of communicating with anyone.  Your only way out of the building is through a window.  You look out the window toward the ground and all you can see is a concrete sidewalk and street. 

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August 21, 2010
August 21, 2010
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The Perfect BFF

AngelGabrielA few months ago my son’s girlfriend joined our family for dinner at our home.  During dinner, she made a couple of comments about her “BFF.”  The comments were made in the context of “I told my BFF about…” and “Then my BFF said…”

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August 14, 2010
August 14, 2010
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An Invisible Friend

guardian-angelAbout a year after Georgette and I got married, she started calling me Houdini (after the great magician, Harry Houdini).  She claimed that every time there was work to be done around the house, I would disappear.  Unfortunately for her, I liked being compared to Houdini, and considered it to be a great compliment.  If she had asked my mom before we got married, my mom would have told her that I was really good at two things: (1) getting out of doing work; and (2) getting other people to do work for me.

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