"Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief corner stone; this came about f rom the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes?" ~ Matthew 21:42
A second-century story concerns a king who tried to get an influential sub ject to denounce Jesus. The king said, "If you don't reject your Jesus, I will be forced to banish you." The subject replied, "My dear king, you c an't banish me from Jesus. He remains with his followers forever."
T he king showed irritation and said, "If you don't denounce this Jesus, I' ll seize everything you treasure." The subject said, "The only thing I tru ly treasure is stored in heaven. There's no way you can seize it". The king erupted and shouted, "You leave me no choice but to kill you." The subjec t said, "My dear king, I am already dead. I died with Jesus in baptism an d share His own Divine life. You cannot kill me. You cannot kill Him." ~ Ma rk Link, S.J.
At different times in your lif...
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"Kind words bring life, but cruel words crush your spirit." ~ Proverbs 15:4
You cannot bring about prosperity by disc ouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men... You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You can not help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of tro uble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherho od of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on bor rowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing f or them what they could and should do for themselves. ~ William J. H. Boetc ker
Which of the above "cannot's" is a problem in today's world? Whi ch are you most guilty of?
'Two things are bad for the heart - ru nning up stairs and running down people." ~ Bernard Baruch
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St. Boniface, Bishop & Martyr
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"Jesus saw a very poor widow dropping in (the Temple treasur y) two little copper coins. He said, 'I tell you that this poor widow put in more than all the others... She... gave all she had to live on." ~&n bsp;Luke 21:2-4
Journalist Leo Aikman said there are four kinds of "bones" in every organization First, there are the Wishbones. They see the problem, talk about it ,and hope that someone will something about it. Second, there are the Jawbones. They see the problem, talk about it , talk about it some more, but do little else. Third, there are the Knuc klebones. They see the problem, talk about it, and criticize what's being done about it.
Finally, there are the Backbones. They see t he problem, study it prayerfully, roll up their sleeves, and do what nee ds to be done. ~ Author unknown
One of the persistent challenges fac ing the leadership of the Knights is a lack of widespread involvement on th e part of Council members. Are you a backbone of your Coun...
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St. Norbert, Bishop
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Ave Maria Catholic Church - Brownstein Hall
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Officers and Directors meeting at 6:00 PM, Rosary beginning at 6:30 PM the meeting to follow around 7:00 PM in Brownstein Hall.
Covid -19 guidelines:
- No food will be served, however drinks will be allowed .
- Hall to be cleaned up and sanitized (by officers) after the meetings.
- Masks are worn at all times unless it is the main speaker.
If you a re uncomfortable with meeting in person despite the precautions, please do not feel obligated to attend. There will not be any streaming of the meeti ng at this time.
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"Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the LORD r ather than for men." ~ Colossians 3:23
Long ago in ancient Greece an aged sculptor was laboring over a block of stone. He carved with utmost care, probing the rock with his chisel, chipping away a fragment at a time, gauging the marks with sinewy hands before making the next cut. When it was finished, the piece would be hoisted high into the air and se t on top of a towering shaft, and so would become the capital, or uppermo st part, or a column. And the column would help support the roof of a loft y temple.
"Why spend so much time and effort on that section?" asked a government official who passed by. "It will sit fifty feet high. No huma n eye will be able to see the details." The old artist put down his hammer and chisel, gazed steadily at his questioner, and replied: "But God will see it!" ~ as told by William Bennett
Do this story remind us who th e really important audience is as we go about our daily...
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"Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you... Do not be worried and ... afraid." ~ John 14:27
Piri Thomas waited until his young prison cell mate was asleep. Then he knelt a nd prayed aloud to God. When he finished, a voice added, "Amen!" It was h is young cell mate. "I believe in Dios, also," said the kid. "Maybe you d on't believe it, but I used to go to church, and I had the hand of God on me. I felt always like you and I feel now... quiet, peaceful." Then Thoma s asked the kid, "What's it called, chico, this what we feel?" "It's Gra ce by the Power of the Holy Spirit," the kid said.
Thomas wrote; " I didn't ask any more. There in the semi-darkness, I found a new sense of awareness... I fell asleep thinking that I heard the kid crying softly. 'Cr y, kid,' I thought, "I hear even Christ crying.'" ~ Piri Thomas, excerp ted from Down These Mean Streets
When was the last time our Council prayed together with the fervor of P...
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"(Some soldiers heard David say he'd love a drink of water f rom a certain well. They sneaked through the enemy's lines.) drew some wate r from the well, and brought it back to David. But he.... poured it out as an offering to the LORD and said, "I could never drink this! It would be like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives!" ~ 1 Chron icles 11:18-19
An old story concerns a king's knight. He came upon a spring of delicious water. After filling his leather canteen with it, he began a daylong journey home to present it to the king. The king drank it w ith great relish and thanked him profusely. After the subject left, the ki ng's advisor asked for permission to take a drink of water. When he did, h e nearly spit it out, because it was tepid and terribly stale.
He t urned to the king and asked, "Why did you pretend to relish the water?" Th e king replied, "It wasn't the water that I was relishing; it was my knig ht's love." ~ Author unknown
What is th...
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St. Ephrem, Deacon & Doctor of the Church
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO 80138, USA
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Hot breakfast at 5:45 am followed by discussion. Please join
us. For more information contact Brad Riddell at 303-548-
6184 or Bill Was serman at 954-817-5706.
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"Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the p atient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit." ~ Ecclesiastes 7: 8
Socrates said that the love of wisdom was the practice of death. A Greek story about a rich king who boasted of his wealth and then found him self beggared concludes, "Call no man happy till he is dead."
If th is seems to be a very gloomy view of life, that indicates how far we have drifted from the realities that surround us. In the words of Bob Halligan, Jr. of the band Ceili Rain, all of us have a date to "lay down in the back of that long, black Cadillac". Getting ready for that date is ult imately what we are all in the business of doing. Our end matters far more than our beginning. We start from a wide variety of circumstances that we h ave no control over. To be proud of our beginnings is to take silly credit for our gifts from God, like being proud of our hair color. To receive gra ce is to humbly thank God for his gift in Christ J...