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The Devil and Despair
2024-12-06 08:16 Job 9:28-29 "I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know thou wilt not hold me innocent. I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?"   It does feel like this sometimes, doesn't it? W...
We Get Back So Much More Than We Give
2024-12-05 07:03 Deuteronomy 14:22-23 "You shall tithe all the yield of your seed, which comes forth from the field year by year. And before the Lord your God, in the place which he will choose, to make his name dwell...
How Do We Handle Wicked Authority?
2024-12-02 08:23 2 Chronicles 21:8-9 "In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah, and set up a king of their own. Then Jehoram passed over with his commanders and all his chariots, and he rose by night and smote...
I'm Not Crying While I Write This, You Are
2024-12-01 10:49 2 Kings 2:11-12 "And as they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and cried,...
Lack of Mercy Betrays a Wicked Soul
2024-11-30 10:39 Proverbs 21:10 "The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes."   Throughout the last five years I have seen so many people sucked into the "Narrative" to the point of...
He Draws Us Near
2024-11-28 07:03 Jeremiah 30:21 "Their prince shall be one of themselves, their ruler shall come forth from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach m...
Sin, Risk, and Reward
2024-11-26 11:06 Joshua 2:1 "And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, 'Go, view the land, especially Jericho.' And they went and came into the house of a harlot named Raha...
Wait, We Have To Do This Forever?!
2024-11-25 07:37 Isaiah 6:3 "And one called to another and said 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.'"   Last Wednesday, the first reading at Mass was from Revelation...
Earthly Power Often Confuses Itself for the Godly
2024-11-24 08:41 1 Maccabees 8:11-12. "The remaining kingdoms and islands, as many as ever opposed them, they destroyed and enslaved. But with their friends and those who rely on them they have kept friendship."   T...
Sometimes Division Is Part of the Plan
2024-11-23 09:18 Psalm 60:6 "God has spoken in his sanctuary: 'With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out of the Vale of Succoth.'"   David is singing this Psalm in defeat - "O God, thou hast r...