Category Archives: Meditations On Biblical Verses

To Our Human Dignity

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Michael

This coming Wednesday we will celebrate the birth of Christ, the embodiment of God in human flesh. God, the maker of all things visible and invisible will take on a human body, that which after the angles is most like … Continue reading →

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How Do the Righteous Live

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Michael

The Old and New Testaments teach that the righteous person lives by faith, freely committing their entire self to God, seeking only to know and do God’s will. God’s reply to the plea of the Old Testament Prophet Habakkuk is, … Continue reading →

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Live the Faith

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Michael

Faith is more than a personal relationship with God; faith is a personal relationship with God and His people. Jesus preached a faith where “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, … Continue reading →

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Cultural Pork

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Michael

Sometimes an event will linger with me throughout the day, into the next.  Yesterday, I had such an event.  It was the Old Testament reading at mass, 2 Maccabees. The passage was about a prominent scribe, Eleazar, who Syrians agents … Continue reading →

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St. Paul on Reconciliation

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Michael

St. Paul taught that those in the state of sin cannot inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, … Continue reading →

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Worship of God is How We Live our Life

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Michael

God has revealed the type of worship He desires, worship carried out in how we live our life.   Worship is not only the words we pray, it is also the actions we take throughout each day. In 1 Samuel (15:22) … Continue reading →

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Seeing and Hearing Truth

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Michael

When a child does not want to acknowledge a parent, they close their eyes and cover their ears.  Some adults are not much different, they too close their eyes and cover their ears when they do not want to acknowledge … Continue reading →

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Indifference

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Michael

Indifference in a garden results in a garden overran with weeds.  Indifference towards a family member or friend results in a broken or impaired relationship.  Spiritual indifference results in a lost soul.  The products of spiritual indifference are a lack … Continue reading →

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To Dewfall

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Michael

The Eucharistic prayers of mass contain many beautiful phrases.  One of my favorite is, “Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like dewfall, so they may become for us the Body and Blood … Continue reading →

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Call

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Michael

Some believe God is has little, if any, interest in man.  This is not the God of the Old and New Testaments.   God incessantly longs to be with us.  “When you call me, when you go to pray to me, … Continue reading →

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