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Maccabees

Happily Ever After

November 9, 2010 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 2 Comments

November 7, 2010: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The “afterlife” is an interesting topic. Bring it up with enough people and you will get responses ranging from reincarnation to rapture and everything in between, including nothing at all. What do you believe? This was the subject of the past Sunday’s readings. Maccabee Martyrs. In the first … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Catholic, Death, Faith, Heaven, Hope, Iraq, Maccabees, Martyr, Mass, Original Sin, Our Lady of Salvation, Sadducees, Sainthood, saints, St. Lawrence, trust, virtues

Three Critical Questions

September 6, 2010 by Deacon Joel Schmidt Leave a Comment

September 5, 2010: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Who am I? Where am I?  Where am I going?  These three critical questions can be applied to the readings this past Sunday and can assist us as we apply the teachings in our daily lives throughout the week and beyond. Who Am I? “If anyone comes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Catholic, deuterocanonical, disciple, Father, Heaven, Hebrews, intentional, James, journey, Jude, Judith, Maccabees, Onesimus, Paul, Philemon, Revelation, Sirach, Tobit, trust, Wisdom
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