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Romans

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

It’s a War out There

August 18, 2011 by Deacon Joel Schmidt Leave a Comment

August 21, 2011: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time This week’s Old Testament readings are filled with contrasting images of leaders, often depicted in battle, in action. Those whose faith is in God are exalted and do great things in His name; those whose faith is in themselves are humbled. Don’t Flatter Yourself. In the first … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faith, Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Ecclesia Militans, Eliakim, Faith, Gentiles, Gideon, God, Incarnation, Isaiah, Israel, Jephthah, Jesus, Jews, Judges, Kingdom, Lord, Lumen Gentium, mercy, Psalm 138, Rock, Romans, salvation, Shebna, St. Paul, St. Peter, Wisdom
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