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Lent Day SixteenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe last step to humility, according to St. Benedict is to be humble in everything action.The twelfth degree of humility is, when a monk is not only h.. |
Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, Go..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesEvery once in a while I run across an atheist who decides he is going to show my the error of my ways and the level of my delusion. A rational, educat.. |
Lent: Day Eighteen–I’m No Judas! I’m So Much..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWhen I was still in college, I had a dream that I was sent back into time to the time of Jesus. In the dream, my job was to make sure that Jesus was c.. |
Lent: Day NineteenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesJesus said to his disciples:“Don’t assume that I have come to sabotage Moses’ set of rules or the prophets’ teachings. I haven.. |
Lent: Day Twenty-OneA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesA biblical scholar heard them debating and approached them. When he saw how well Jesus responded to the clergy, he asked Jesus, “Which commandme.. |
Lent: Day Twenty-TwoA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThen Jesus told this story to those who look down on everybody else, while being convinced that they themselves are hot stuff. “Once upon a time.. |
Lent: Day Twenty-ThreeA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesTax-collectors and people with notoriously bad reputations flocked around Jesus so that they could hear him speak. But the lay-ministers and bibli.. |
Lent: Day Twenty-FourA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesCain sacrificed his brother to his jealousy and sin, and that blood never stopped accusing him, declaring his guilt; God sacrificed His Son for us.. |
hello ladysA Poem by poetical#1an odd poem with an pecuiluar humor |
Jesuit 101--Jesuit SpiritualityA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWe have a Jesuit pope now, so a lot of people are probably trying to learn what that means. |
Palm SundayA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe reign of King David was coming to an end. To put it plainly he was old. He was definitely tired. The first half of his life was spent building a k.. |
God is LoveA Poem by Bishop R. Joseph Owlescould be a poem; could be a sermon; could be a passing thought... |
When Bad Things HappenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWritten in the morning; Tragedy in Boston in the afternoon... |
The Kingdom of God is Here -- Right Here, Right No..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe Kingdom of God is not something new. It is something old. It is the original purpose for the earth. The Kingdom of God is the way the earth is des.. |
Blind Bartimaeus and a Vision of Sainthood.A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThis is actually, for lack of a better term, a description of a vision. |
poem: Good MedicineA Chapter by Marie Anzaloneyour home, my home, everyone's home |
SeekingA Poem by Renée DupreeThe life of a faithful in fifteen lines. |
False Prophets and the Face in the MirrorA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWatch out for false prophets! They’re hungry wolves disguised as harmless sheep. You’ll be able to tell them from real prophets by the sor.. |
Spiritual Tax-Collectors -- The Sick Leading the S..A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesAs Jesus left from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting in a tax-collecting office. Jesus said to him, “Be my student!” And Matthew g.. |
Show, Don't TellA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesMaybe at Confirmation, or at Conversion, or at sometime in Sunday School or Youth Group, experienced Christians should be giving all new or budding Ch.. |