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9-11 Promises

September 12, 2011 by Charlotte Upah Leave a Comment

Image Source Just over ten years ago as the Twin Towers fell in New York City, we counted our blessings, prayed for healing for those directly impacted, took extra time to give our spouses and children an extra tight hug, and asked for forgiveness from those we had wronged. In those moments we looked at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Guest Contributors Tagged: forgiveness, Sirach 27-28

Holding Back and Hurting Ourselves

September 9, 2011 by Deacon Joel Schmidt Leave a Comment

September 11, 2011: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Have you ever held a grudge? C’mon, who among us hasn’t? When we have been wronged, our first instinct is usually to get angry. Our second instinct then is to hold onto our anger, because we somehow feel justified in doing so. Forgiveness comes later, much later if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Communion, Debt, Ego, forgiveness, Grudge, Healing, Judgment, justice, Kindness, love, Martyr, mercy, Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Paul, Peter, Psalm 103, Reconciliation, Resentment, Revenge, Romans, sacrament, sin, Sirach, Trespass, Wisdom

Spiritual Sticker Shock

August 25, 2011 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 1 Comment
Sticker Shock

August 28, 2011: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time The juxtaposition of this week’s readings against last week’s readings is hard to ignore. Last week, Peter was “all in” when Jesus commanded him to build a Church, essentially to marshal a spiritual army of disciples and storm the gates of the sinful world with the power of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Devil, Discipleship, Evangelization, Faith, Follow Me, forgiveness, Gary Zimak, Gift, Great Deceiver, Heaven, Jeremiah, Jesus, love, Offer It Up, Passion, Persevere, Psalms, Punsihment, Rock, Romans, Satan, Scripture, St. Paul, St. Peter, Will, witness

Love is Greater than Fear

April 26, 2011 by Charlotte Upah Leave a Comment

And they waited. And we waited. And we are rewarded. We are rewarded by a love that conquers our fears, a love that achieves our hopes, a love given to us by His grace because we believe. And all because one man, Jesus, had a love for us greater than the fear of suffering; a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Guest Contributors Tagged: cross, Death, Easter, Fear, forgiveness, Hope, Humiliation, Jesus, Lent, Light, love, Moses, Noah, patience, Resurrection, Service, Torture, Waiting

They Know Not What They Do

September 13, 2010 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 1 Comment

September 12, 2010: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time The daily Mass readings this past week urged us to conduct our affairs in a manner pleasing to God. In 1 Corinthians, St. Paul urged us to purge immorality from our lives (Mon.), deal justly with one another (Tue.), refrain from idolatry (Thu.), exercise discipline (Fri.), and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Catholic, Confession, conscience, Father, forgiveness, Golden Calf, Holy Spirit, ignorance, love, mercy, Moses, Reconciliation, relationship, sacrament
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