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A World Worthy of its Children

on March 01, 2014

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A Rainbow Kind of Mood

Photo by Jorge Fernández Salas on Unsplash Last June, I was absentmindedly gazing out my kitchen window when I spied a beautiful rainbow in the eastern sky. I love rainbows, a reminder of God’s promise, so I headed outside for a better view, watching as the rainbow became brighter, until finally the full arch of the double rainbow was visible. I have often seen rainbows there on a stormy day, when the setting sun breaks through the clouds just right. It reminded me of another day years earlier, in 2005, when my husband’s cousin Chip called from his father’s house nearby, telling me to look out to see the rainbow he’d spotted. It had been a difficult year for Chip and his family. In February 2004, Chip had been diagnosed with melanoma and given only four months to live. Chip had already outlived the predicted four months when his father died suddenly in January 2005. A month later, his brother was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer and told he had just two months to live. Chip...

The Splendor of Truth

Photo copyright Catholic News Service "Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man” - Mt. 22:16 In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees use charm in their attempt to trick Jesus with their question about the payment of taxes, but they are unsuccessful. They have unknowingly spoken the truth about Him in saying He is a truthful man, yet they fail to see that He is even more. He is the Truth, and all who follow Him must abide in truth and love. But we all know how difficult that can be. Discerning the truth can be tricky, especially when confronted with complex moral questions. A good place to begin the search for truth is in the Gospels, guided by Church teachings. This week, on Oct. 22nd, we celebrate the Feast Day of St. John Paul II. This holy man undertook an examination of moral truth in his encyclical letter The Splendor of Truth. In it, John Paul states, “The Church knows that the issue of morality is one which deeply touches every person; it involves all people, even those who d...

At the Name of Jesus, Every Knee Should Bend

“Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also for those of others. Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Phil 2:2-11 The humility that was shown by Jesus in becoming one of us is beyond all human understanding. The Lord, who is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, took on t...

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