"How can a young person live a pure life? He can do it by ob eying your word. With all my heart I try to obey you, God. Do not let me b reak your commands. I have taken your words to heart so I would not sin aga inst you." ~ Psalm 119:9-11
David Brenner grew up poor in Philad elphia. He didn't expect a graduation gift when he finished high school. Ye t, he received one he never forgot. "Some of my friends got some neat gift s. The few rich kids got brand new cars or new wardrobes. Just having my fa mily there was enough for me. But after the graduation, my dad said, 'I h ave your graduation gift.' He extend his hand toward me - a nickel! 'Buy a newspaper with that,' he said. 'Read every word of it, page one to the la st page. Then turn to the classified section and get yourself a job. Get in to the world. It's all yours now.' I laughed. 'A nickel! Thanks a lot,' I said as I forced a smile. I always thought that was a great joke my father played on me until a couple of years lat...
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"In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as th eir own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one eve r hated his own body, but he heeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church." ~ Ephesians 5:28-29
Husband, take positives steps to meet your partner's emotional needs. Your wife longs to be encouraged, built up, and praised. She wants to feel close to you emotionally. This wi ll come as you love her in the way the Bible describes. A husband can alway s meet his wife's deepest needs by loving her as Christ loves us. A husband 's love has been compared to a warm coat he wraps around his wife. As long as she feels encircled and sheltered in his love, she can give herself com pletely to him. In this safety, she can accept herself as a woman and valu e her femininity.
We husbands may not be able to fully appreciate th e deep longings that influence our wives, but if we love them with the she ltering love described in Ephesians 5:28-29 we wil...
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"Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow." ~ Matthew 5:41-42
A mother was preparing breakfast for her sons, Christian, 6, Douglas, 4. The boys b egan to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the op portunity for a moral lesson.
"If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait."
Christia n turned to his little brother and said, "Doug, you be Jesus!" ~ Melissa Flores, adapted
When you read the above Scripture, who in your lif e do you think of?
"You will never be saved by works; but let us tell you most solemnly that you never will be saved without works." ~ T.L. Cuyler
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6:30pm-8:30pm
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Ave Maria Catholic Church, 9056 E Parker Rd, Parker, CO - Dwyer Hall
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Officers and Directors meeting at 6:00 PM, Rosary beginning at 6:30 PM, dinner and the meeting to follow around 7:30 PM in Dwyer Hall.
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"The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him." ~ Proverbs 20:7
Some years ago a newspaper ran an interesting contest in which children were to write essays on "My Po p's Tops." Here is a young son's top entry:
"We have so much fun wit h my dad that I wisht (sic) I had known him sooner. He is a farmer. He smel ls like a cow, and when I smell that cow in the house, I know Pop is home and I am glad. My pop's tops because every time I ast (sic) for a knickel (sic) he will start preeching (sic) that when he was a boy he had to earn h is knickels (sic), and at the same time he is putting his hand in his pock et and pulls out a knickel (sic) for me. My pop's tops because he was a bra ve soldier. He didn't see me till I was three years old, yet he is just as good to me as if he knew me all my life."
It's evident this little guy was judging his dad by the common everyday things. A smell, a nickle, the feeling inside. Does anything matter mo...
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St. John Eudes, Priest
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St. Bernard, Abbot & Doctor of the Church
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"Let patience have her perfect work." ~ James 1:4
The carpenter hired to restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his elect ric saw quit and now his old pickup truck refused to start. While I drove h im home, he sat in stony silence. Upon arriving, he invited me to meet hi s family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door, he underwent an amazing transformation.
His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss. Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and m curiosit y got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier. " Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having trou bles on the job but one thing for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and children. So I just hang them u...
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"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patienc e, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control..." ~ Galatians 5:22-23
There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his tem per, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven thirty-seven nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He disc overed it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally, the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. H e told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull o ut one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father then led him to the fence. He said, " You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, ...
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St. Pius X, Pope
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6:00am-7:00am
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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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"If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especia lly for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unb eliever." ~ 1 Timothy 5:8
Christian faith has always been measured (in the Catholic tradition) not by miracles or wonders, but by l ove. Miracles alone do not a saint make. After all, Balaam's Donkey perfor med the wonder of speaking, but the Church never got around to canonizing it. Likewise, Caiaphas, the man who desired the execution of Christ, mad e the true prophecy that it was better for one man to die than for a whole nation to perish, but this hardly guaranteed his sanctity. No, the way th e Church has always determined the measure of a person is by the love they demonstrate. Such love, as always, begins at home. We crawl before we wal k or run. And so, before we try to save the world or be Mother Teresa, we begin by loving the people God has surrounded us with: our mother, father , brother, sister, son, daughter, uncle, aunt. Often, just...