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Category Archives: Meditations On Biblical Verses
The Hallow Effect
The hallow effect is a marketing phenomenon that I believe can benefit the spiritual life. So, what is the “hallow effect?” It is best understood though an example. A shampoo is typically tested marketed containing difference fragrances to determine which … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Matthew 20:28, Rationalization, Serve, sin, Spiritual Life
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Leave Us Alone. Let Us Serve the Egyptians.
In today’s reading we heard the Israelites complaint to Moses: “Why did you do this to us? Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Did we not tell you this in Egypt, when we said, ‘Leave us alone. Let … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Exodus 14:11-12
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I Drew Him Out of the Water
When the child grew, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her son and called him Moses, for she said, “I drew him out of the water.” (Exodus 2:10) Pharaoh feared the Hebrews. He had Hebrew baby boys … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptism, Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Christianity, death, Exodus, Exodus 2:10, Family, Life, Moses, Nation, Nile, Water
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Proverbs and the Eucharist
“Let whoever is simple turn in here!” To him who is without sense she says, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.” The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Christianity, Eucharist, Proverbs, Proverbs 9
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The Babe Leaped in Her Womb
The babe leaped in her womb (Luke 1:41) is a verse that I frequently prayerfully meditate on. John the Baptist leaped in Elizabeth’s womb when he encountered Christ veiled in the womb of the Blessed Mother. I prayerfully mediate on … Continue reading
The Crushed Revives the Spirit and Heart
On high I dwell, and in holiness, and with the crushed and dejected in spirit. To revive the spirits of the dejected, to revive the hearts of the crushed. (Isaiah 57:15) The above verse from Isaiah resonated within as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Christ, Christian., Eucharist, Isaiah 57:15
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Today’s Evening Psalm
As I reflected on the Psalm for today’s evening prayer, my heart cried for all who are confronting the evils of abortion and same-sex marriage in their countries. My thoughts wondered back to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, how the … Continue reading
Our Golden Calf
Have our needs become our gods? All too often we seek happiness and security in fulfilling them. Our needs may be financial (money, wealth), bodily (sexual, food, sensual) or emotional (power, fame). Whatever, they are. We become obsessed with them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic, Catholicism, Christian., Golden Calf, Matthew 11:30, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:32-34
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You will be Persecuted and Reviled
What are we as Christian to take of Jesus’ opening and closing statements of his public ministry, where he speaks of the rejection and hatred that we, his followers, will experience? In the opening sermon of his ministry, Jesus speaks … Continue reading
Rejoice in Hope, Endure in Affliction, and Persevere in Prayer*
Our culture has co-opted and corrupted hope. Culturally, hope is a wish for a particular outcome or result. Christian hope is not a wish for reality to be different. Christian hope lies in the fulfillment of truth and reality, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Affliction, Betrayal, Catholicism, Charity, Christian., Cross, Endurance, Endure, Faith, grace, Hope, Hope vs. Wish, Lord, Pain, Paul, Perseverance, Persevere, prayer, Psalm (40:1), Psalms, Rejection, Ridicule, Romans, Romans (12:12), Suffering, Tribulation, Virtue, Yoke
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To Love and Truth 