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Archive for October, 2008

Radio Guests for Friday, October 31

Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Radio Guests | No Comments »

Fr. Thomas Weinandy: The head of the USCCB's Office of Doctrine talked to us about All Saints Day and All Souls Day. He briefly explained the Communion of Saints and talked about Purgatory and why Catholics pray for the dead. ...

In Defense of Marriage

Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Reflections | 2 Comments »

"Marriage is not something we invent or change to suit our own purposes,"explains Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, the Archbishop of Louisville, and chair of a bishops' committee to defend marriage as only the union of a man and a woman. Want to ...

The Good Work in You

Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in :60 Reflections | No Comments »

In the first reading, we begin reading St. Paul's letter to the Philippians. I think this is some of St. Paul's finest work. Grab your Bible today and read through the letter to the Phillipians. More on that in a ...

Radio Guests for Thursday, October 30

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Fr. J. Brian Bransfield: Fr. Bransfield is with the USCCB Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis and talked about conscience and the voting booth. He reminded us that the right to life is the one issue from which all other justice ...

The Armor of God

Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »

In today's first reading from Ephesians 6, St. Paul tells us to "put on the armor of God." He goes on to explain just what that is. More in a moment. In the Gospel from Luke 13, some Pharisees tell ...

The Narrow Gate

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »

In today's first reading from Ephesians 6, St. Paul talks about relationships. Relationships between parents and children, slaves and masters, God and us. He tells us that with God there is no partiality. He loves us all! In the Gospel ...

Radio Guests for Tuesday, October 28

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Michael Grose: The author of Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It talked about birth order. Where we fall in the family structure has a large bearing on our personalities. The book gives some ...

St. Jude

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »

Today is the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles. Typically I do your :60 on the daily Scripture readings. But I want to veer from the format today. The readings are the same as the feast days of other ...

Radio Guests for Monday, October 27

Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Radio Guests | 1 Comment »

Sister Ilia Delio: The author of Ten Evenings with God told us about her vocation to the religious life and about discernement. Ten Evenings with God takes you through the process of finding God, finding out Who God is and ...

God’s Schedule

Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in :60 Reflections | 1 Comment »

What a beautiful reading from Ephesians 4 today. St. Paul exhorts us on to leading lives fully immersed in Christ. "Be imitators of God...live in love...for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as ...