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Angels Don’t Sing! Or at least that is my proposition. When I say this to people they usually respond. “Of course angels sing, you are just plain wrong.” I would like to challenge you to find that I am wrong. Perhaps I am. But why do I say that angels don’t sing? A number of reasons: …
This song is an interesting speculation to pray about. When Peter had tried to defend Jesus by taking up a sword, Jesus waved him off and said, Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? (Matt 26:53) This song …
See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father (Mat 18:10) In this text Jesus affirms the truth that we have Guardian Angels. Today is the feast of the Guardian Angels and it is …
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A new website exists to refute and clarify many of the claims made in the movie “Angels and Demons. You might like to check it out or to send others to it: The Truth About Angels and Demons Westminster Seminary is a Calvinist Seminary, so be careful about there article “What’s the Difference Between Protestants …
Another movie quite unfair to Catholics and the Church has been released: Angels and Demons. It remains true that the attacks against the Catholic Church would never be tolerated against Muslims or Jews. Fundamentalist and Evangelical Christians are also groups that it is OK to attack. None of the usual rule apply about bigotry or …
In the readings at Mass this past Sunday we pondered the account of original sin. Many tend to describe original sin merely as the eating of a forbidden fruit. While this accurate, it is incomplete and leads many to wonder why all this trouble came just from eating a piece of fruit. I believe it …
One of the bigger mistakes one can make is to read Scripture as a spectator, treating it as merely a collection of stories and events that took place thousands of years ago. While these are historical accounts, they are much more than that. Truth be told, these ancient stories are our stories. We are in …
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The Gospel today says that Jesus was tempted by the devil in the desert. Hebrews 4:15 also affirms, For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. How exactly a divine person, with a sinless …
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