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“I am the Lord, thy God, thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.” It is the first commandment and the bottom line commandment. Once this is broken then every other commandment becomes fair game. If God is God, then His commandments are not options but rather the rule of life for His creation. Now […]

A desperate father runs to our Lord and beseeches Him to come quickly for his son is at the point of dying. Our Lord’s response seems cruel but there is purpose behind it. “Unless you people see signs and wonders you do not believe.” The insistent father loves his son so much that in humility […]

Is there a single thought that can guide the soul to its true destiny? St. Augustine answered: “Yes, there is a ‘great thought’.” This great thought is exemplified in everyone of God’s creatures but let us consider one for the moment and then apply this great thought to our lives and the eternity we expect. […]

A host of souls were brought to a banquet in which they found the most appealing foods a soul could imagine but in the first room those at table were confused and complaining for they were given 3 foot long chop sticks to eat their food and they just could not do it. The souls […]

Which is easier to say? Your sins are forgiven or stand and walk. For God a single word is creative, prophetic and eternal. So what is the problem in this story? The problem lies in the intellect of each man and woman born under the pain of original sin. We lost the awesome gifts of […]