Tag Archives: Reconciliation

Transcript of Talk on Prayer and Sacramental Life

Transcript of a Talk I gave to parents of Confirmation students on November 11, 2018 I want to say welcome to all the Confirmation parents and thank you for being here to guide your children on their journey towards receiving … Continue reading

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Nothing Can Penetrate God’s Grip

  Brothers and sisters: It is widely reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of a kind not found even among pagans– a man living with his father’s wife. And you are inflated with pride. Should you not … Continue reading

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God Alone

    Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. Mark 10: 18 By: Ashley Blackburn and Susan Skinner It is not by our own merit that we are “good” or are we even able … Continue reading

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Don’t deliver yourself to the Torturers

The Unmerciful Servant – Domenico Fetti “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.  Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as … Continue reading

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Saint Joseph – Terror of Demons

Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.  Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him … Continue reading

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Who do you need to forgive?

All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling must be removed from you, along with all malice. And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. Ephesians 4:31-32 A meditation on the Wounds of … Continue reading

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Unclean Spirits, Repentance and True Conversion

“He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in … Continue reading

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A message of how to Trust

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your own intelligence do not rely; In all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths.  Proverbs 3:5-6   My friend Ashley Blackburn and I wrote this … Continue reading

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Purity and the Domestic Church

This piece I wrote was originally written on August 11, 2016 and posted over at the Next Right Step.  Though parts of it I had actually written to my own local school on March 17, 2016.  I wrote the article … Continue reading

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Prophecy and Prayer

“Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.” –St. John Vianney I shared in my January 1 post my journal entry from December 18, 2017.  A … Continue reading

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