New Catholics - Good Friday service has a collection each year which directly benefits the Church in the Holy Land, including medical care, education, upkeep of the holy sites, etc.
The story of Good Friday is in one sense the most typical story of all: an authoritarian regime putting to death anyone who dares dissent, religious leaders more concerned with their own power than the truth, people eager to spit on anyone who calls out their hypocrisy.
Yet, it is also the strangest story of all: how an unjust act led to …
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Notes have become the playground of my writing. Sometimes an article gets started and then gets revised as I fine tune what I’m trying to say. The picture in this case is one that I took when I was at Christ The Good Shepherd in Saginaw, MI. One of many pictures I have in my collection.
“He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Jesus rides a donkey, a symbol of peace, into the heart of violence and oppression. This Holy Week, we have the opportunity to reflect on the kind of symbols we embrace — and how they challenge us to action in this moment.
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“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament...There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth..."—J.R.R. Tolkien to his son Michael, March 1941
The tendency to value human beings based on their perceived normality and economic production is ever present across the political spectrum and around the world. We do not value what cannot be priced.
Our true value is that we belong to God and are made in his image!
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"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Luke 23:42
This is a phrase that has been in my mind all week heading into Easter. Something that I’ve been reflecting on in my own journey in this Catholic faith.
This moment that is recorded deals with the two thieves that are on the Cross with Christ at the crucifixion. One who mocks Christ for being there. The other with a more repentant heart. As he pleads for his soul.
How many times can we see ourselves in both thieves on the Cross? I …
My wife and I took our kids on a quick vacation this week, which is why I’ve been so quiet on Notes. She worried it would be unfair to share pictures because so many people aren’t fortunate enough to be able to visit such beautiful places in the current economic climate, but also because so many people we know and love are currently spen…
50-Year Championship Change Flashback April 17th, 1975: Scott Casey defeated Karl Von Steiger (CH) for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship at the Sports Arena in Amarillo, Texas
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All that was required in late 2020 and into early 2021 was that People consider that the response was a complete and total failure and that when we didn't BOMB THE CCP FLAT within 2 weeks of the release of the WuFlu that C19 was an inside job and our Givernment really wanted many of US DEAD. So, I believe that not one single critical thinking American participated in the GLOBAL IQ TEST in which People had to choose between EXPERIMENTAL mRNA Bioweapons or take their chances of infection. By the …
Please read RFK Jr.'s "The Real Anthony Fauci" and try to decide for yourself the real source of the Coronavirus GOF research.
As a hint, I look at WIV and the Bat-Lady as subcontractors, or at best collaborators.
I trust the CCP's stories more than most other governments; they are very transparent about their plans- world domination, re-annexation of Taiwan, and ownership of the South China Sea. On the other hand, their economic data are difficult to believe or use to guide investment. They may …
I will never trust the CCP or anyone in US Politics. 72% of Congress are TRAITORS. Visit congress.gov to see the evidence for yourself. RF Kennedy was a Heroin junkie for 15 years so his lifer democRAT opinion means little to me. I will continue to trust my common sense. So should the rest of US.