24 of our Latest Daily & Weekly Treats

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The Pieces Began to Fit!

About 2000 years ago, a small group of Jewish people, living under the tyranny of Roman rule, began to listen to the words of an itinerant preacher. They saw him…
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Our Circle Is Too Small!

When Mother Teresa was asked, “What the biggest problem in the world today?” She answered, without hesitation, “The biggest problem in the world today is that we draw the circle…
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24 Things Dying People Say!

In the book, The Fourth Quarter of Your Life, Matthew Kelly says that he once spent quite a bit of time with a group of hospice nurses. He says he…
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Only God Knows!

             In the seminary when we had to do practice preaching, I used to get super-uptight. I remember one time I had to get up in front of my classmates…
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A Prayer for Bad Times!

January often gives us cold spells with sub-zero temperatures and many inches of snow. I am reminded of a night in January, 1960 when I attended a CELAM Latin American…
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Our Moral Integrity!

When the Statue of Liberty was remodeled in the 1980’s, it was discovered that the entire inside support system had to be replaced.   The outside copper skin of the statue…
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Joyful Possibilities!

In a Peanuts cartoon Snoopy the dog is feeling great. He comes dancing into the first frame saying to himself: “Sometimes I love life so much I can’t express it!”…
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He Was Born in a Manger!

Many years ago there was a Jewish lady named Mrs. Rosenberg who was stranded late one night at a fashionable resort on Cape Cod – one that did not admit…
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Closing the Chasm!

Many years ago, I was walking in the farm that has belonged to my father’s family in Kentucky for many generations, and I happened to looked down and I saw…
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The Rest of Your Life!

When we are children, people ask us, what do we want to do when we grow up? When we are teens, people ask us, what do we want to study…
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