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on December 27th, 2025 at 20:22
Oh Joseph
 What a sight it must be;to bundle your family in a tightand take flight in the middle of the night..Do questions strike your mind,or protest spike your words?Do confusions or…
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on December 27th, 2025 at 19:40
Knowledge (acceptance) that everything comes from God, a Good conscience, and mortification of desires or the limitation of delightslead to contentment and diminution of misery.Thank you for sharing this wisdom for the Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen; I love him, too.All evils become lighter if we endure them patiently, but the greatest benefits can be poisoned by discontent. The miseries of life are sufficiently deep and extensive, without our adding to them unnecessarily. All evils become lighter if we endure them patiently, but the greatest benefits can be poisoned by discontent. The miseries of life are sufficiently deep and extensive, without our adding to them unnecessarily. All evils become lighter if we endure them patiently, but the greatest benefits can be poisoned by discontent. The miseries of life are sufficiently deep and extensive, without our adding to them unnecessarily.
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edenj
posted in Personal Reflections
on December 27th, 2025 at 19:13
On St. John's Gospel
CHALLENGE“If John’s Gospel is reliable, why is it different from the others?”DEFENSEEvery author has his own style, and John was supplementing the other Gospels.Differences between John and the synoptic Gospels…
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on December 27th, 2025 at 17:35
FAITH is the point of departure!
Contentment, therefore, comes in part from faith— that is, from knowing the purpose of life and being assured that whatever the trials are, they come from the hand of a…
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on December 27th, 2025 at 11:51
Saint John please pray for us!
Saint John as one who was especially loved by our Lord Jesus, intercede for for those of us that are living in darkness. Pray for us to run to Jesus…
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James H.
replied to Patmos Island
on December 27th, 2025 at 11:51
Wow such a wonderful grace you have received....thanks for sharing!
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John Z.
posted in Personal Reflections
on December 27th, 2025 at 11:25
Our God…. Is a God of Love!
In reflecting on this evening’s reading, we behold a Divine Exchange that only a God who is “Love itself” would do.The Lord of Glory, who lacks nothing, entered into our poverty to…
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on December 27th, 2025 at 10:50
Is now the winter of our discontent?
Contentment is not an innate virtue. It is acquired through great resolution and diligence in conquering unruly desires; hence it is an art which few study. Because there are millions…
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on December 27th, 2025 at 8:37
Let me raise others, in whatever I do. Oh I love this prayer - thank you...
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LEIZEL S.
replied to Saint John Pray for Us
on December 27th, 2025 at 8:04
AMEN.Such a beautiful prayer.Thank you!
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edenj
posted in Personal Reflections
on December 27th, 2025 at 7:29
Jesus Christ – the Firstborn of Creation by Fulton J. Sheen
Eden J: Please read and read again, savoring every word.THE PREHISTORY OF CHRISTThe Lord to be born of Mary is the only Person in the world Who ever had a…
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Donna
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on December 27th, 2025 at 6:32
Patmos Island
I had the good fortune to visit the cave where St John wrote Revelations in the Isle of Patmos. On the wall was an indentation from his head at where…
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