Scribe on December 29th, 2011

Jesus said: If your brother wrongs you seven times in a day, And seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ Forgive him. Ask yourself today: is there less compassion within us for those who never ask? Keep the faith! – Amen  

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Scribe on September 18th, 2011

St. Paul writes: I am certain that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from God (which is in the LORD Jesus).   (Adapted from Romans 8:31-39)     ...

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Peter writes: Watch over those who are entrusted to you, not simply as a duty,     * but with gladness of heart.     * According to God’s will. 1 Peter 5:1-4 Keep the Faith! – Amen       (The asterisk marks shown above are breath marks. As used when reading Psalms aloud, at that mark you ...

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Scribe on August 7th, 2010

I was following, almost as a tangent last week, the story of the latest convocation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in their decision to put off a decision on same-gender couple marriages for another two years of study (no big surprise there: large denominations tend to make canonical change at glacier speeds.) What was most ...

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A prayer of dedication even in the face of not knowing, by Thomas Merton: My Lord God, I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. I have no idea where I am going. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think ...

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