Category: life experience and life as it is
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JUBILE
SPES NON CONFUNDIT BULL OF INDICTIONOF THE ORDINARY JUBILEEOF THE YEAR 2025 FRANCISBISHOP OF ROMESERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD TO ALL WHO READ THIS LETTERMAY HOPE FILL YOUR HEARTS Everyone knows what it is to hope. In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come,…
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I killed Him
But he endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne. All the while we thought that his suffering was punishment sent by God. But because of our sins he was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole…
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REARVIEW MIRROW SYNDROME
One of the most crippling causes of mediocrity in our life generally is a condition that is called rear-view mirror syndrome (RMS). Our subconscious minds are equipped with a self-limiting rear-view mirror, through which we continuously relive and recreate our past. We mistakenly believe that who we were is who we are, thus limiting our…
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Children cry for love
Fr. Don Chambers’ is my godfather. He picked me when I almost gave up on my vocation. He is not only a priest but he’s a writer. BREAKING NEWS He wrote and this was Published:Thursday | February 1, 2024 | 12:09 AM THE EDITOR, Madam: Every day, stories are like writings on the wall, communicating…
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I AM A VICTIM OF POINTING FINGERS
As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” Mark 2:23–24 I am a victim of pointing fingers at others. I…
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Not doing anything differently
What could you do differently? Trying to answer this ponyant question I came across this statement that spoke to me a million ways. “There are a lot of things that I could have done differently, but I wouldn’t go back and change them, because my experiences have made me who I am. I try to…
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IT’S OK
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? Between 2021- 2023 have been forced to be ok. During that time, I learned a statement that carried me through tough times. It is okay not to be okay. Hayley Williams states “The biggest lesson I’ve learned is: it’s okay. It’s okay for me to…
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THE EPIPHANY
The story of the Magi is our own story. We are discerning, searching and filled with many questions. We want to find the Truth. We are on a journey, a pilgrimage towards this truth. There are many pointers that lead us to this Truth. One of them can be the word of God, as consulted…
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EMPTY YOUR PILLOW
We live in a traumatic generation and I cannot pull myself off this hook because I am part of it big time. My mind is filled with both the past and the future and they both want a space in my big head. During Christmas time there reached a point just before my birthday the…