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To Man’s Image and Likeness
Man was created in God’s image and likeness, not in a bodily image and likeness of God, for God does not have a bodily form. Rather, man was created in the image and likeness of God’s essence. Hence, man is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodily Image of God, Creating Life, From Conception to Natural Death, God’s Bodily Form, God’s Essence, God’s Image, God’s Likeness, God’s Likeness of Being, Heart of Man, Likeness of God, Man’s Essence, Proclaiming Truth, Renunciation of Human Essence, Seek Truth, Sustaining Life
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To a Humble Heart
The Lord hears and responds to the call of a humble heart. Call on Him with confidence and courage. The Lord seeks and desires a heart free of self and the world, for a heart burdened with self and the world … Continue reading
To Live and Practice Our Faith
Jeremiah gives a beautiful description of how to live and practice our faith: Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Meditations On Biblical Verses
Tagged Glory in Glory, Glory in his Riches, Glory in Knowledge, Glory in Might, Glory in Power, Glory in Wealth, Glory in Wisdom, How to Live Our Faith, How to Practice Our Faith, Jeremiah, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, Justice, Know God, Know the Lord, Lord Delights, Practice Justice, Practice Righteousness, Practice Steadfast Love, Psalms 106:3, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8, Psalms 49:9, Righteousness, Steadfast Love, Understand God, Understand the Lord
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To Human Freedom
Freedom brings us glory or ignominy. Our freedom is rooted in reason and will. Through freedom is the power to rise above all creatures on earth or to dwell amongst the lowest of earth’s creatures. The power of freedom resides … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Freedom, Glory, Goodness, Greater Good, Human Experience, Justice, Life Shaped by Choice, Reason and Will, Truth
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Petitions Offered in Prayer
According to St. Francis de Sales in his Sermons on Prayer, petitions offered in prayer are between meditation and contemplation prayer. He contends that petitions are made to God in prayer when “we become confident enough to ask for and … Continue reading
To My Rock, Fortress, and Deliver
The Psalmist frequently refers to the Lord as my rock, fortress and deliver. Throughout 1 and 2 Samuel, Kings and Chronicles when the Lord is called on by Judah He supports, protects, and defends her from peril. However, when Judah … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle Powers, Battle Principalities, God Defends, God Honors Our Choice, God Protects, God Supports, God Withdrawals, Individuals, Judah, My Deliver, My Fortress, My Rock, Nations, Powers and Principalities of this World, Psalmist, Psalms, Seek the Lord with Lord with Entire Mind Body and Soul
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To the Domestic Church
Jesus Christ was born into a family, a domestic church of Joseph and Mary, husband and wife. God’s plan for humanity was the family, from which faith, hope and love springs forth to others. Woman was created to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Attacks Against the Sanctity Marriage, Be Fruitful and Multiply, Created Woman, Days Will Be Long, Domestic Church, Ephesians 5:32, Family, Fill the Earth, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Great Mystery, Honor Thy Father and Mother, Husband and Wife, Importance of Family, Let Us Make Man in Our Image, One Body, Procreative Nature of Marriage, Sacred Nature of Marriage, Scared Nature of Marriage, Ten Commandments, Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery, Thou Shall Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Woman Companion of Man
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Jesus Christ, His Only Son
On Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus the true Son of the one, true God. God, the Father, acknowledged Jesus as His “beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:17) and Jesus spoke often of his father, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arius, Beloved Son with Whom I am Well Pleased, Christmas, Heresies, I and the Father are One, I Will Acknowledge Before My Father, I Will Deny Before my Father, Jesus Son of One True God, Jesus True Son, John 10:30, John 1:13, Matthew 10:32-33, Matthew 3:17, Only Son from the Father, Photinus, Sabellius
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To Love and Truth 