".... there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, ever y part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it." ~ 1 Corinthians 12:25-26
I tremble to make the analogy betw een cancer in the physical body and mutiny in the spiritual body of Christ. But I must. In His warnings to the church, Jesus showed no concern about the shocks and bruises His Body would meet from external forces. "Th e gates of hell shall not prevail against my church (Matthew 16:18)." I must concentrate on how I, as an individual cell, should respond to t he crying needs of the Body of Christ in other parts of the world.... From the perspective of spending eighteen years in one of the poorest countries on earth, the contrasts in resources are astonishingly large. We treated l eprosy patients on three dollars per patient per year. Then we came to Amer ica where some churches were heatedly discussing the...
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"When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he lo ved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother." And from that hour the disciple took h er into his home.: `~ John 19:26-27
American servicemen came hom e from the Pacific with all kinds of remembrances. Cyril O'Brien treasures one, especially. It is a small holy picture of Our Lady.
One day, on the island of Guam, his patrol encountered three Japanese soldie rs. A volley of gunfire followed. Routinely, the patrol checked the dead s oldiers for grenades and possible intelligence material O'Brien put his han d into the pocket of one of the Japanese solders. It contained a picture of Mary. It was the pocket over the soldier's heart.
"At the cr oss her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close t o Jesus to the last.
Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword...
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Sts. Simon & Jude, Apostles
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"Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying, < i>"Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?" "Here I am; "I said; "send me!" ~ Isaiah 6:8
One of God's people said to God, "LORD , there is so much pain and suffering in Your world. Why don't You send he lp?"
God said, "I did send help, I sent your!" ~ Two Seekers in No Jesus, No Peace, Know Jesus, Know Peace
God 's holiness and universal reign awed Isaiah. Why has God sent you to your world?
Respect Life Month is drawing to a close, what has our Council accomplished during this time?
Will our efforts now cease a nd move on to less burdensome endeavors?
Once or twice a century an issue arises....so far-reaching in its consequences, and so deep in its foundations, that it calls every person to take a stand. ~ John T. Noonan
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"I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on our laws." ~ Psalm 119:30
Seek the truth Teach the truth Love the truth Abide by the truth And defend the truth Unto death. ~ J ohn Hus, selected
As a Knight, have you taken the time to educate yourself on the Church's stand on all Life issues from the moment of conception until natural death?
How have you defended the truth in your everyday life when confronted with a particular Life issue? Why doe s the Church teach that married couples are to remain open to the transmiss ion of new life? Why is the dignity of the human person seriously threat ened by genetic manipulation and fetal experimentation? How do we affirm the right to Life of the elderly and the terminally ill against the satani c seductions of euthanasia and assisted suicide? Where does Christ, Him self executed as a capital criminal, command us to stand on the issue of c apital punishment? How is our Council prepar...
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"Someone asked Jesus, "Good Teacher, what must I do to rec eive eternal life?"... (Jesus answered) "You know the commandments... Do no t commit murder." ~ Luke 18:18-20
Thomas Jefferson was the autho r of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd President of the United St ates. He once said: "The care of human life and happiness, and not their d estruction, is the first and only object of good government."
Yet, today, thousands of "legalized" abortions destroy human life each day in the country that Jefferson helped to found. Meanwhile, several million U.S . couples are on agency lists, waiting to adopt a child. ~ Mark Link S.J.< br> How do you explain the drift from the thinking of our founding fathe rs to the practice of modern citizens?
"The basis of effective go vernment is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethi cal standards falter or appear to falter." ~ Sir Knight John F. Kennedy
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"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God: ble ssed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God: bl essed are they that are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." ~ Matthew 5: 8-10
All Saints' Day is for all the known and unknown saints who have died and gone before us and who are at rest with Christ. Simply put, to be a saint is to do God's will eac h day throughout one's life to the best of one's ability. This is God's cal l for each of us who have been brought into His Body, the Church, through Baptism. The origin of this feast day can be traced back to the 4th centur y. Ephrem of Syria and John Chrysostom, both Eastern Church Fathers, call ed this day the feast of martyrs of the whole world. Pope Gregory IV (827-8 44) made November 1st as the feast day for all the Saints. ~ Catholic Encyc lopedia
How does our Council remember our deceased Brothers? Are you a Knight who each day lives his faith the be...
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"Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who he ar will live." ~ John 5:25
Author and lecturer, Leo Buscaglia, once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the cont est was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went i nto the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little b oy said, "Nothing.....I just helped him cry." ~ Fr. Pat Umberger
Re member our Order's admonition, "Time flies, remember death"....
Ho w do you honor those who have died? What do your actions say about your bel ief in the resurrection of the dead (see 2 Maccabees 12)? What has our Coun cil done to remember fallen Knights?