Today, I saw a man wearing t-shirt that said, “I will vote for the convicted criminal.” The criminal is the former president who has just been convicted of 34 counts of fraud in his business dealings before he was elected in 2016. What will it take for his supporters to realize what he is, Satan. Too many Americans are accepting his words and deeds as normal. Whatever happened to morality in this country? Like so many other things in our…..
I now know what it is like to have to say, “Good-bye,” to your pet cat; he lifted me up when I was down and gave me all the love I really needed to keep going after losing his brother, Sammy, two and half years ago. Dogs and cats are not supposed to be friends, but my two guys were the best of friends, slept together, and squabbled over the last treats as brothers often do. God does not give…..
If, in the future, someone asks me what I believe in, I will say the following. I believe in the power and love that was created by a living God, who created all mankind, and who continues to create the universe day by day. I believe in my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, who is God in the flesh. I know who I am and what I can become because of His life, work, suffering, and death. God is present…..
The is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. It was a beautiful day for church, to sing, and to realize that we are the most blessed nation in the world. Rehearsing “God Bless America” this morning for the Memorial Day service out at the park made me tear up; with all of the negative things in the world, the here and now is so wonderful to be a part of. I…..
It’s Mother’s Day, 2024, and I’m fondly remembering my dear mother. She was the “loving glue” for our family, but she was so much more. She was the first child born to Hungarian immigrants in 1917. The Old World values of her family became our family’s values and are now mine. She was a loving, intelligent, and strongly faithful Christian woman. She could sew a dress simply by looking at it without a pattern. She was an incredible cook and…..
“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 15: 9-10 and 12 (KJV). Love…something we all need, search for, and crave, but love doesn’t exist in so many parts of the world, even…..
Love one another because love is from God. When we love, we are born in God. Whomever does not love, does not know God. God’s love is shown to us by God sending His only Son into the world so that we may live through Him. He sent Christ to sacrifice for our sins; because He loves us, we should love one another. By loving one another, God lives in us, and His love is made new in us. Because…..
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! In the liturgy today, the Gospel speaks about Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd. He lays His life down for the sheep of His flock. One, who is not the shepherd, a hired hand, sees the wolf coming and runs away. The wolf snatches sheep, and the scared ones scatter to all parts of the field. Christ knows His sheep, and they know Him……
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Psalm 118:24) Today is much like the day that Jesus Christ returned to His Disciples after His Resurrection. The Disciples were mourning His loss and were very frightened and startled when He appeared. Christ said, “Look at my hands and my feet. See it is I. Touch me; I am not a ghost.” While they were overjoyed to realize that everything written about…..
When the Challenger exploded after take off at Cape Canaveral, all I could think about was what Christa McAuliffe said, “Teachers touch the future.” With the challenges teachers face today, I hope Christa’s words are still true. There have been so many medical and scientific advances since that year, and I know my grandchildren know more now than I knew at their ages. With that perspective, we haven’t really done more for education in our nation’s state and federal budgets……