"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the de ep." ~ Psalm 107:23-24
The following are the musings of a strong ly devout man and his efforts to find a shortcut to the Indies:
At a very early age I began to sail upon the ocean. I prayed to the most mercif ul LORD about my heart's great desire, and He gave me the spirit and the i ntelligence for the task. It was the LORD who put into my mind th e fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. all who h eard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. But no one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior, if it is jus t and if the intention is purely for His holy service.... Oh what a graciou s LORD.... Day and night, moment by moment, everyone should express to Hi m their devoted gratitude. ~ Christopher Columbus, Book of Prophecies i>
Because Columbus was a devout C...
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"I do have faith, but not enough. Help me have more!" ~ Mark 9:24
Saint Augustine was walking along a beach. He was l ost in meditation on the central mystery of Christianity, the Holy Trinity: "How could God be three and one at the same time?" Suddenly, his attenti on was drawn to a little girl carrying a small container of water from the sea to a hole she had dug on the beach. What are you doing? he asked her.&n bsp; With childlike simplicity, she replied: "I'm emptying the sea int o this hole." Then he stopped dead and thought: "I am trying to do what tha t little girl is doing - trying to crowd the infinite Creator into the fini te creation of my little mind." ~ Mark Link S.J.
Jesus said (Mark 9: 23), "everything is possible to one who has faith." Why can't the Knights be the ones who have faith? What Council activity can we engage in that wou ld save just one life?
"(Be glad when trials come.) Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gol...
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"Be still and know that I am God." ~ Psalm 46:10
Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, I thought the w orld was intent on dragging me down. And if that weren't enough t o ruin my day, A young boy out of breath approached me, all tir ed from play, He stood right before me with his head tilted down And said with great excitement, "Look what I found!" Wanting him to take h is dead flower and go off to play, I faked a small smile and then shift ed away. He declared, "It sure smells pretty and it's beautiful, too.< br>That's why I picked it; here, it's for you." But instead of placing the flower in my hand, He held it mid-air without reason or pla n. It was then that I noticed for the very first time That weed-totin g boy could not see; he was blind. I heard my voice quiver; tears shon e in the sun As I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, Unawa...
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St. Callistus I, Pope & Martyr
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St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin & Doctor of the Church
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"You are like light for the whole world." ~ Matthew 5:14
Can you recall receiving a seemingly small kindness just when you n eeded it most?
"Small drops wear down big stones." ~Russian P roverb
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"Unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven." ~ Matthew 18:3
With Matthew 18:3 in mind, what Life issue can our Council undertake in conjunction with our Squires Circle?
"Every child comes with the message that God is not discouraged with us." ~ Rabindranath Tagore
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St. Hedwig, Religious; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
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"In all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make strai ght your paths." ~ Proverbs 3:6
When Joe Wright was asked to ope n the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual p olitically correct generalities. But in 1996, they heard instead a stirrin g prayer, excerpted below. The response was immediate - with a number of l egislators walking out during the prayer.
Heavenly Father, we ask Y our forgiveness and seek Your guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe onto those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. We confess that: We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyl e; We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation; We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare; We have killed our unborn and called it choice; We have abused power and called it political sav vy; We have ridiculed the time-honored values of ou...
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St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop & Martyr
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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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"I set before you life and death... Choose life then, that you and your descendants may live." ~ Deuterono my 30:19
Would you respect human life in the following situations? 1. A preacher and his wife are very, very poor. They already have 14 kids. How she finds out she's pregnant with the 15th child. They are livin g in severe poverty. 2. The father is ailing, the mother has tuberculos is. The eldest child is blind, the second died, the third is deaf, and t he youngest also has TB. The mother learns she's pregnant again. 3. A wh ite man raped a 13 year-old black girl and now she's pregnant. 4. Anothe r teenage girl is pregnant. She's not married. Her fiance is not the father of the baby, and he's very upset.
If you thought ending a innocent life was the best solution under these circumstances - in the first case, you have just killed John Wesley before he could become the famed evangeli st from England. In the second case, you aborted...
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