Devotion
If I were the Devil
If I Were the Devil (By Paul Harvey) [Edited] If I were the devil, I would: Gain control of the most powerful nation in the world Delude their minds into thinking that they had come from man’s effort instead of God’s I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of the […]
Blessing or Woe: On Which Side of the Beatitudes Do We Stand?
“Blessing or Woe: On Which Side of the Beatitudes Do We Stand?” Sermon for Sixth Sunday of the Year, cycle C, Feb 14-15, 1998 by Most Rev. Dr. Robert M. Bowman, Presiding Bishop, United Catholic Church Jeremiah 17: 5-8 Psalm 1: 1-6 1 Corinthians 15: 12, 16-20 Luke 6: 17, 20-26 …. But Luke’s version […]
How to love and pray for your enemies
On loving one’s enemies. In one of the Sunday Gospel readings we hear very difficult words: “love your enemies,” – the Lord says to us, – “and do good unto those that hate you.” These words are difficult for us to comprehend, because such a situation – to love one’s enemies – seems unnatural to […]
BLESSED TO BLESS
SCRIPTURE: ‘I tell you the truth, any one who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward’.(MARK 9 : 41). ‘A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed’. (Proverbs 11:25) There is a lovely circle here to look […]
Does Jesus have the Answers?
I have spent many years listening to sermons of the Scriptural exegesis type. I would hear lengthy historical backgrounds, much emphasis on the true meaning of every word, often with Greek or Hebrew meanings woven deeply around the topic. Totally Biblical and solid sound teaching, for which I am most grateful. To be honest, though, […]
God sometimes whispers
I heard a story about a young man and an old preacher. Pacing about the preacher’s study, the young man ranted about his problem. Finally he clenched his fist and shouted, “I’ve begged God to say something to help me, preacher, why doesn’t God answer?” The old preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something […]
Shabbat Seder
CHARITY (Tzedakah) SEDER LEADER Shabbat is the time we take to remember the blessings of creation and redemption, the blessings of life and abundant life. Before we partake of Shabbat, let us remember those less fortunate than ourselves and do what we can to help. [A donation is made to the collection box. (pushke)] CANDLELIGHTING […]
Devil’s Beatitudes
If the devil were to write his beatitudes, they would probably go something like this: 1. Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians – they are my best workers. 2. Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and […]
FAITH IS
… reliance on the certainty that God has a pattern for my life when everything seems meaningless … remembering I am God’s priceless treasure when I feel utterly useless … depending on the fact that God is Love – not on my ability to figure out the why’s in the midst of smashed hopes, reversal, […]
Thankfulness
When Matthew Henry was robbed, that very night he prayed: “I thank Thee, first, because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse, they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, and not […]
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