Temple University in Philadelphia is the third largest university in Pennsylvania; it enjoys a worldwide reputation for research, scholarship, and education, and has international campuses in Tokyo and Rome, in addition...
On the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear the familiar term Kingdom of Heaven. It must be quite important because we hear it often; but do we clearly know what it refers to? Other similar terms are: the Good News, the Gospel, Jesus Christ, the...
Jesus tells us over and over that we are to live a life of grace, a life of healing and a life of abundance. Jesus wants to heal us emotionally and heal our deepest wounds and memories. One of the most important areas...
I like to think of the tongue as a double-edged sword. The Bible greatly and splendidly helps me to think this way. As we know, the tongue has both positive and negative effects. It would be interesting to have a closer...
Early in World War II, Nazi Germany defeated and occupied the country of France. One day a German soldier, a devout Catholic, went into a small village church for Mass; aside from the French priest, he was the only one...
Are these orders from Jesus (Luke 6: 27-37) a string of exaggerations designed to shock us? NO! We all know very well that Jesus means every single one of these statements, shocking and nearly impossible to implement as...
Every time my wife and I go to a Costco, I head for their small table featuring best-sellers at discount prices. To my surprise Hope, the new autobiography of Pope Francis was available. It had been on my list so I put...
In 1996, the American singer & songwriter, Sheryl Crow, wrote and performed a song that made its way to the Billboard Top Ten and earned her a Grammy. Entitled If It Makes You Happy, the lyrics go like this… If it...
After a weekend of football and the presidential inauguration, my problem is not that I had nothing to write about but that there were just too many interesting topics from which to choose. Unfortunately, most of the...
A constant theme in the presentations I make through Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, my apostolate, is that of forgiveness, beginning with forgiving ourselves. We are forgiven. Amen? We may know that in our heads, but is...
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