"... In your relations with one another, clothe yourselves with humility, because God is stern with the arrogant, but to the humble he shows kindness... Cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you." ~ 1 Peter 5:5-7
Years ago, Don Shula, legendary coach of the M iami Dolphins, was vacationing in a small town in Maine. One rainy afterno on, Shula, his wife, and five children went to the town's only theater. When they walked in, only six other people were there. To a person, howev er, they stood up and applauded the Shula family.
As the Shu las sat down, a man came running up and shook the famous coach's hand. "Ho w did you recognize me?" Shula asked him. "Mister, I don't know who you ar e," he replied. "All I know is that the manager announced before you came in with your family that unless five more people showed up, there wouldn't be a movie today." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
Humility creates in us a capa city for the closest possible intimacy with God. How do y...
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"I am writing to you, little children, because your sins h ave been forgiven you for His name's sake." ~ 1 John 2:12
A prie st is walking down the street one day when he notices a small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. The doorbell is just outsid e the reach of the young man. After watching the boy's efforts, the priest steps smartly across the street. He walks up behind the little fellow and , placing his hand kindly on the child's shoulder, leans over and gives th e doorbell a solid ring.
Crouching down to the child's level , the priest smiles benevolently and asks, "And now what, my little man?" To which the boy replies, "Now we run!" ~ Unknown author
Recall a favorite boyhood memory. Were you mischievous? Today, are you more likely to err on the side of doing what you shouldn't or not doing what you should ?
"The wildest colts make the best horses." ~ Plutarch
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"... The greatest among you should be like the youngest, an d the one who rules like the one who serves." ~ Luke 22:26 Exalt Christ. Use a sharp knife with thyself. Say little, serve all, pass on. This is true greatness, to serve unnoticed and work unseen.Oh, the joy of having nothing and being nothing, seeing nothing but a Living Christ in Glory, and being careful for nothing but His interes ts down here. ~ J. N. Darby
Service is one of the hallmarks of knigh thood and the greatest is he who serves others (Matthew 23:11). How generou sly do you serve others?
"Service is the stairway by which we mou nt to the throne of God." ~ Author unknown
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"When you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you." ~ Matthew 6:6
Rabbi David Wolpe auth ored the book, Teaching Your Child About God. He tells a story abou t a boy who began wandering into the nearby woods. This concerned the child 's father, so one day he said, "I have noticed that each afternoon you wa nder off into the woods. What do you do in such a dangerous place?"
The child said, "I go there to find God."
"That is a good th ing; I'm glad that you are searching for God," said the father. "But, my child, don't you know that God is the same everywhere?" "Yes," the boy a nswered, "but I'm not." ~ Mark Link, S.J.
What is the point of Rab bi Wolpe's story? Is there a place where you readily find God?
"O h, help me, LORD, to take the time to set all else aside. That in the se cret place of prayer I may with Thee abide." ~ Author u...
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"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy , to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God ~ th is is your spiritual act of worship." ~ Romans 12:1
When the Spa nish explorer Hernando Cortez landed in Mexico in 1519, he was intent on c onquest. To ensure the devotion of his men, he set fire to this fleet of e leven ships. With no means of retreat, Cortez's army had only one directio n to move, into the Mexican interior. Cortez understood the price of commi tment and he paid for it.
The apostle Paul also understood th e price of dedication. After assuring us of our victory in Christ, he call s on us to burn our ships, bridges, or anything else that ties us to our destructive former life. Furthermore, he challenges us to commit ourselves completely to God (see above scripture). Is Paul asking a lot? Yes! But he 's not asking too much. He begins his exhortation with the word 'therefore' because he wants to point us back to everything he...
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"Happy are those who work for peace: God will call them his children!" ~ Matthew 5:9
Although Truman hastened the war's end with his controversial decision to drop the atom bomb, he ordered a "peace statement" to be made on the nation's presidential seal. It was used to sh ow an eagle with arrows (war) in one talon and the olive branch (peace) in the other. Early versions had the eagle face the arrows. Truman ordered all future versions to show the eagle facing the olive branch, to symbolize t hat our nation was turned toward peace, not war. ~ Mark Link, S.J.
What are some of the things pointing our nation in the wrong direction? Si r Knights, how can we move the nation in the right direction?
"O God... help us to keep in mind the real causes of war: dishonesty, greed , selfishness, and lack of love. Drive them out of this ship, so that we may be a pattern of the new world for which we are fighting." ~ Lord Hu gh Beresford, Royal Navy, 1941
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