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SACRED SCRIPTURE Christ - The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture 101 In order to reveal himself to men, in the condescension of his goodness God speaks to them in human words: "Indeed the words of God, expressed in the words of men, are in every way like human language, just as the Word of the...

THE FALL 385 God is infinitely good and all his works are good. Yet no one can escape the experience of suffering or the evils in nature which seem to be linked to the limitations proper to creatures: and above all to the question of moral evil. Where does evil come from? "I sought whence evil...

Jesus 430 Jesus means in Hebrew: "God saves." At the annunciation, the angel Gabriel gave him the name Jesus as his proper name, which expresses both his identity and his mission.18 Since God alone can forgive sins, it is God who, in Jesus his eternal Son made man, "will save his people from...

406 The Church's teaching on the transmission of original sin was articulated more precisely in the fifth century, especially under the impulse of St. Augustine's reflections against Pelagianism, and in the sixteenth century, in opposition to the Protestant Reformation. Pelagius held that man...

If we love Jesus, we sense a growing desire within ourselves to know the life-giving experience contained in his words. The life- giving experience comes, in part, through our service to others, in imitation of Jesus. But what kind of service can there be without a recollected...

I am not the problem! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=birnA3_tm5E

Mennonite intrigue and drug trafficking ... interesting story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWPCJC7JqRI

The first two years of Donald's presidency is nearly over and the house of representatives is changing hands from a Republican majority to a Democrat majority while the Senate remains Republican. What we've seen in two years of Donald is corruption, incompetence, support for wicked dictators and...

THE HERESIES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. – ARTICLE I. – OF THE HERESIES OF LUTHER. – I- THE BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF THE LUTHERAN HERESY. 1. -Erasmus of Rotterdam, called by some the Precursor of Luther; his Literature. 2.-His Doctrine was not sound, nor could it be called heretical...

FIRST REASON HOLY WRIT Of the many signs that tell of the adversaries’ mistrust of their own cause, none declares it so loudly as the shameful outrage they put upon the majesty of the Holy Bible. After they have dismissed with scorn the utterances and suffrages of the rest of the witnesses, they...

Modesty is an interesting trait. Here we have some very modest men from Yorkshire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k

If you look for Me at Christmas, you won’t need a special star - I’m no longer just in Bethlehem, I’m right there where you are. You may not be aware of Me amid the celebrations - You’ll have to look beyond the stores and all the decorations. But if you take a moment from your list of things to...

For me these are relaxing and beautiful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrfd51mns8

Alleluia, alleluia! A holy day has dawned upon us. Come, you nations and adore the Lord, Today a great light has come upon the earth. Alleluia! GOSPEL John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all...

This is from a local parish priest, the parish nearest to my home. Christmas is all about the incarnation. The incarnation means that God's Son came down on earth, took on our human nature in order to confer on us the dignity of children of God. The mystery of the incarnation is a mystery of...

Make space for wonder and surprise this Christmas, Pope Francis urged on Wednesday 19th December, explaining that the first Christmas had many surprises – including that God came into the world as a tiny baby. The Blessed Virgin Mary was surprised by the Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation...

Are there tacos in heaven? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUbXrOoj2J8

People like story telling. The 1968 "little drummer boy" production is very sentimental, sweet, and well pitched for children and adults alike. It tells a story about greed, hate, and love with Christ at the centre but only for a moment. How very much like us it is. Christ takes pride of place...

Bishop John Fisher Sermon Against the Pernicious Doctrine of Martin Luther preached during the octave of Ascension (1521) “When the Paraclete comes, whom I will send you, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me” [John 15:26]. These words are the words...

The POTUS loves to tweet He recently tweeted about smocking and a while back he tweeted about covfefe So is it possible that he has been smocking his covfefe?