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Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.—Ecclesiastes 9:7 (KJV) THE
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.—Timothy 2:5 BABE RUTH’S MEMORIAL, ST. MARY’S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR DEPENDENT BOYS In 1921
Greater Love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. —John 15:13 CALIFORNIA FIRES AND THE FIREFIGHTERS’ CROSS As
On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hell will not overcome it.—Matthew 16:18 ANARCHISTS TRY TO BOMB ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
IS ORGANIZED RELIGION OUT OF DATE? According to the well-known actor Bruce Willis, modern religion is out of date: …religion is the end trail of
Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me into the degenerate shoots of a
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, “Do not fear; I will help you”—Isaiah
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For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.—Corinthians 15:53 Noah’s Living Longer Story Imagine a hip,
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But all things should be done decently and in order.
Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear,
Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” —Proverbs 22:6 Introduction—Duhigg’s Book
But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of
Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD Almighty has
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. — 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 INTRODUCTION: STORIES
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I
“He will fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting” (Job 8:21). Today is St. Patrick’s Day. A day of joy and celebration
“Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?” Isaiah 60:8 (KJV) When Jesus walked on water, St.