"Jesus prayed: Father! May they be i nus, just as you are i n me and I in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that yo u sent me." ~ John 17:21
Bill Russell is a basketball legend. He grew up in Monroe, Louisiana. There his father worked long hard days. But his father was a strong man, and would return home each night still full of energy. Bill wrote:
"He'd call to my brother, mother and me. We would follow him to the fields where the grass grew tall as wheat, and the our of us would play hide-and-seek... When it was time to go home, my fat her would reach down and pick me up under one arm and my brother under the other. Then he would lean down so my mother could crawl up on his back. The n he would run all the way home, carrying his whole family, as if we weig hted nothing." ~ Second Wind
How is this image of Russell's father an image of God our Father and the human family?
"Father! To God himself we cannot give a holier n...
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"I waited patiently for the LORD's help: then he listened to me and heard my cry.... He taught me to sing a new song." ~ Psalm 40:2 , 4
"As I write this, I'm at 35,000 feet... The airplane was an h our and a half late. People are grumpy... downright mad. Flight attendants are apologizing... The sports film on golf just broke down and so did the n ervous systems of half the men on board. It's a zoo... For a change, I ref used to be hassled by today's delay. I asked God to keep me calm, cheerful , relaxed and refreshed. Know what? He did. He really did! No pills. No bo oze... Just relaxing in the power of Jesus." ~ Charles Swindoll, Growin g Strong in the Seasons of Life
When have you refused to be hassled and simply given it to Christ? Have you ever been frustrated by something related to our Council? What was the outcome?
"We m ust wait for God long and meekly - in the wind and wet, in the lightning a nd the thunder, in the cold and in the dark. Wa...
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"Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied hi mself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross." ~ Philippians 2:6-8
In San Antonio, Texas, there is a large a nd lovely statue of St. Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of the city. Th e statue was a gift of Portugal (Anthony's birthplace) to San Antonio. It s tands in a public park along the San Antonio River in the heart of the city . The Christ child in Anthony's arms stands on the Bible and his arms are e xtended in the shape of the cross as if embracing the whole world - as if A nthony is saying: "I hold up to all, as Savior of the world, this humble God of self-emptying love!"
The image of Anthony holding the divine infant is a symbol and model for each of us. The image inspires us t o go through life clinging to the wonderful mystery of...
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"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD..." ~ Psalm 33:12
Patriotism is a positive attitude for believers. The Pledge o f Allegiance reads: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Sta tes of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under G od, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. < /i> Patriotism to our nation is a secondary allegiance under the general umbrella of covenant loyalty to God. We are submitted to God's authority, and are therefore submitted to every authority that He allows on earth (Ro mans 13:1-7). In the allegiance to the country in which we dwell, we have a covenantal obligation to seek its welfare. Seek the peace of the city. .. and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace&n bsp;(Jeremiah 29:5-7). When we pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States, we are not doing it in a blind loyalty which says, "My country - right or wrong." We recognize the flag as a symbol ...
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"(One day Jesus came to John for baptism. John said,) I oug ht to be baptized by you..." Jesus said, "Let it be so for now." ~ Mat thew 3:14-15
John had told people to be baptized as a sign of their commitment to turn away from sin and back to God. This raises a question: W hy was the sinless Jesus baptized? By becoming one of us, Jesus bec ame a member of our sinful human family.
He would not separate himse lf from us - even in our sinfulness. Thus, he teaches us an important less on. We cannot separate ourselves from our sinful human family either, espe cially from its "family" sins: disregard for the poor, disrespect for life in all forms, discrimination against human differences. ~ Author unknown< br> If Jesus was crucified for our "family" sins, what should we as Kni ghts do about these sins?
"No man is worth his salt who is not re ad at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his lif e, in a great cause." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
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"The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him." ~ Proverbs 23:24
All foster fathers n eed only look to Saint Joseph for strength. We know Joseph was a man of fai th, obedient to whatever God asked of him without knowing the outcome. Whe n the angel came to Joseph in a dream and told him the truth about the chil d Mary was carrying, Joseph immediately and without question or concern fo r gossip, took Mary as his wife.
When the angel came again to tell him that his family was in danger, he immediately left everything he owned , all his family and friends, and fled to a strange country with h is young wife and baby. He waited in Egypt without question until the angel told him it was safe to go back. When looking for the epitome of fatherhoo d, one need look no further than Saint Joseph himself. ~ Author unknown
How can our Council apply Saint Joseph's example to our Columbian Squa re Circle?
"It doesn't matter who my fat...
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us. For more information contact Brad Riddell at 303-548-
6184 or Bill Was serman at 954-817-5706.
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"When Jesus was twelve years old... (he spoke with teachers in the Temple) All who heard him were amazed." ~ Luke 2:42-47
At four, Ayinde Jean-Baptiste memorized Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream " speech. At twelve, he mesmerized a vast throng of men gathered in Washin gton, DC, for the Million Man March with a two-minute oration on fatherho od. Ayinde wrote it with the help of his father and mother. An excerpt read s:
"When you stop making excuses, when you start standing wi th our mothers, when you stick it out with our families... then we can bui ld a new nation... My fathers... you must re-dedicate yourselves to a new b eginning." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
How can our Council encourage strong f ather figures, and renewed emphasis on family life? How can we encourage t he involvement of the Knight's Lady and children in our commitment to the l ife of Catholic knighthood?
"Dad has left home. He won't come bac k until it dawns on him that the most profound sa...
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