tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78481998501192595672024-03-18T10:45:06.543-04:00Association Of Catholic BloggersMelanie Jean Juneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762839203074357706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8906125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-71455626372964394322024-03-18T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-18T06:00:00.149-04:00The Big Question (Podcast)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WYmzy9e0onT4jP7VuY8eDrZW2jQdw4b2UqyJTysPR_jqseMkelCRrQNRHWSXFDicNLVakA9PEhUazTq56FEUmpxbc_Dl5YYSPstgzW4vTR92KeffbSvka6tLwACyFVsTbETnOSmoBalBV-cW7-myGFZRwpgmSEhf8Z5hiHWPhvIY0KFsZ9nvRVoqP1pI/s1280/Fork%20in%20the%20Road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WYmzy9e0onT4jP7VuY8eDrZW2jQdw4b2UqyJTysPR_jqseMkelCRrQNRHWSXFDicNLVakA9PEhUazTq56FEUmpxbc_Dl5YYSPstgzW4vTR92KeffbSvka6tLwACyFVsTbETnOSmoBalBV-cW7-myGFZRwpgmSEhf8Z5hiHWPhvIY0KFsZ9nvRVoqP1pI/s320/Fork%20in%20the%20Road.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; 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Gill's 'Everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day'. (2012)" style="object-fit:contain;width:658px;height:494px"/></a></p>
<p>St. Patrick's Day is a public holiday in Ireland (Republic of <strong>and</strong> Northern), Newfoundland, Labrador, and Montserrat.</p>
<p>It's a day when folks wear something green. I've heard that some even drink green beer. Why anyone would think green beer is a good idea is beyond me, and that's another topic.</p>
<p>Chicago celebrates by turning the city's river green.</p>
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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color" style="color:#007800">If today's holiday post looks familiar, maybe you're remembering the one I wrote three years back.</p>
<p>This one was going to be shorter. But aside from eschewing asides about Ptronius Maxiums, a Roman Emperor whose body got tossed in the Tiber, and Suffolk County's Evacuation Day<sup><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#1">1</a></sup> — fact is, I ended up <strong>adding</strong> a few paragraphs, and polishing the rest:</p>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/"><strong>Pick a Peck of Prickly Problems</strong></a><ul>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#protest">Protest, Perspectives, and — King Lear?!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#previous">Previous Prickly Problems</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#sinner"><strong>"...I am a Sinner" — St. Patrick, Shamrocks and All That</strong></a><ul>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#shamrocks">Shamrocks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#legends">Legends and a Forbidden Pit</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#saints"><strong>Saints</strong></a>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#due">Due Process</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/#new"><strong>New and Improved Folklore</strong></a></li>
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<p>More at <a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/st-patricks-day-shamrocks-saints-leprechauns-and-me/">A Catholic Citizen in America</a>.</p>
<p>(A Catholic feast day and a festive holiday. How I see green beer and a green river. An Irish Saint, attitudes, and assumptions. And, briefly, canonization.)</p>Brian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-44916154567221705642024-03-15T16:24:00.000-04:002024-03-15T16:24:46.299-04:00<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4460955238152478858" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2645911398349631966" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkj61e9-kp03t2ujZNLzw4H6nIDfHXGO9whkfOCxQ6do0jGpTXs9CkK4flkZN1H4BFQyXRhnbd9BWvQ_1isaqeplqQBUNxahmcGQM_DI-85FLKeASaP1uz4zEbu-fLt2z0BprEaQL19o/s1300/Van+Gogh%252C+Sheaves+of+Wheat%252C+WGA.jpg" style="color: #ff9900; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="948" height="743" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkj61e9-kp03t2ujZNLzw4H6nIDfHXGO9whkfOCxQ6do0jGpTXs9CkK4flkZN1H4BFQyXRhnbd9BWvQ_1isaqeplqQBUNxahmcGQM_DI-85FLKeASaP1uz4zEbu-fLt2z0BprEaQL19o/w542-h743/Van+Gogh%252C+Sheaves+of+Wheat%252C+WGA.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="542" /></a></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2645911398349631966" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 26px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Sheaves of Wheat</span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 14.95px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Vincent van Gogh [<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3501239684776771639/2645911398349631966" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a>]</span></span></i></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 14.95px;">T</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 20.7px;">ruly, truly, I say to you, </span>unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit (John 12:24).</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">In Ireland the Solemnity of St Patrick is celebrated this Sunday, with everything from the Mass for that feast including the Gloria. However, the readings are those of the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B.</span></b></i></p></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://www.universalis.com/20240317/mass.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Readings </a></span></b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;">(Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031724-YearB.cfm" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Readings</a> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;">(New American Bible: Philippines, USA)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12%3A20-33+&version=ESVUK" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gospel</a> </span></b><span lang="EN-PH" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">John 12:20-33</span><span lang="EN-GB"> (<i>English Standard Version Anglicised, India)</i></span></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="text"><span lang="EN-US">Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span class="text"><span id="en-ESVUK-26590">So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”</span></span> <span class="text"><span id="en-ESVUK-26591">Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.</span></span> <span class="text"><span id="en-ESVUK-26592">And Jesus answered them, </span><span class="woj">“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26593">Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26594">Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26595">If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honour him.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span id="en-ESVUK-26596">“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26597">Father, glorify your name.”</span><span class="text"> Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”</span></span> <span class="text"><span id="en-ESVUK-26598">The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”</span></span> <span class="text"><span id="en-ESVUK-26599">Jesus answered, </span><span class="woj">“This voice has come for your sake, not mine.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26600">Now is the judgement of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26601">And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”</span></span> <span class="text"><span id="en-ESVUK-26602">He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><i><span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.catholicireland.net/readings/?feature=sunday&lang=irish" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Léachtaí i nGaeilge</span></a></span></span></i></b></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: medium;">Christ in Agony on the Cross</span></span></i></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><u1:p><span style="line-height: 14.95px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">El Greco [<a href="https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/19/1902grec.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a>]</span></span></u1:p></i></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><i><u1:p><span style="line-height: 14.95px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></u1:p></i></i></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself </i>(John 12:32; Gospel).</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">+++</span></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span lang="EN"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I am using here what I posted in 2012 on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B, with some modifications.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">When Fr Patrick Sheehy died suddenly at the age of 80 in the Columban retirement home in Ireland eight days before Christmas 1999 people began to notice that certain things weren’t being done anymore, simple things such as newspapers and letters being brought to men who weren’t very mobile.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 16.8pt;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Continue at <a href="https://bangortobobbio.blogspot.com/2024/03/and-i-when-i-am-lifted-up-from-earth.html" target="_blank">Bangor to Bobbio</a>.</i></b></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div>Fr Seán Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287947090085700335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-29274502767533468952024-03-15T11:47:00.002-04:002024-03-15T11:47:43.246-04:00Grab What You Can Now? (Podcast)<div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xjkvuk6" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r1k:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ8vQ2uDPv_YIICbH672nq5a6MLrfa2UFEmX4Nisbar-34SIsAvQBPJbCvYxzXKJXR1hZ6i_tKareM69LSoyy2lGN9FBDyw69-TajCy9nDUFKvohj3EMJLBd8ZDsGPfnC89v6W9PAzzeLKtB1WdK58hH-UYmNUx2MM39NAUtau2mM8PXGzNLaC__hZ0O2/s4032/Book%20of%20Wisdom,%20nature%20pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ8vQ2uDPv_YIICbH672nq5a6MLrfa2UFEmX4Nisbar-34SIsAvQBPJbCvYxzXKJXR1hZ6i_tKareM69LSoyy2lGN9FBDyw69-TajCy9nDUFKvohj3EMJLBd8ZDsGPfnC89v6W9PAzzeLKtB1WdK58hH-UYmNUx2MM39NAUtau2mM8PXGzNLaC__hZ0O2/s320/Book%20of%20Wisdom,%20nature%20pic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you know someone who thinks that this is all there is, that there is nothing beyond this world? 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Some readers here are just passing through, quick reading here and there and rarely commenting. Some choose to return and read their favourite authors. Others never come back and leave for pastures new. I for one accept that of my readers. I will lose some by what I say but then, I believe that what I say is too important not to be said. Tell me what you think <b><a href="http://timeforreflections.blogspot.com/2024/03/sorry-youre-leaving-us.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.<br /><p></p>Victor S E Moubarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-37718431084416270662024-03-14T15:02:00.003-04:002024-03-14T15:02:53.638-04:00Is Your Spirit Faint?<p> </p><div data-contents="true"><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="9vkk4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9vkk4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="9vkk4-0-0"><span data-text="true"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgP_ibXQFyzuUjfSbE5QJUNXsqYT7JuscbQf7znFIFx86Enl8V667iZWxoqPp8DH0ZoJ0Cp6PLJ7FsupwfjV3sd0-cavRfdYhVPbzHC_xYJYb8yDFGRTL57BH3lchP9f9ZBzrue0F55c23Kx5a1F8M2K8KUyD7jhZucgNMj_R0hCO_A7bAL4DlrUNfOE/s835/Faint%20of%20spirit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="835" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgP_ibXQFyzuUjfSbE5QJUNXsqYT7JuscbQf7znFIFx86Enl8V667iZWxoqPp8DH0ZoJ0Cp6PLJ7FsupwfjV3sd0-cavRfdYhVPbzHC_xYJYb8yDFGRTL57BH3lchP9f9ZBzrue0F55c23Kx5a1F8M2K8KUyD7jhZucgNMj_R0hCO_A7bAL4DlrUNfOE/s320/Faint%20of%20spirit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9vkk4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="9vkk4-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9vkk4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="9vkk4-0-0"><span data-text="true">In Psalm 142 we read:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="cn5ui-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cn5ui-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="cn5ui-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="8e4tf-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8e4tf-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="8e4tf-0-0"><span data-text="true">"Lead my soul from prison, that I may give thanks to your name."</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="cr6t9-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cr6t9-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="cr6t9-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="257vq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="257vq-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="257vq-0-0"><span data-text="true">Our
soul, which was created to love, by God our Creator, who IS love, can
find itself "in prison" when we close ourselves off from the outpouring
of God's grace, by setting our hearts elsewhere.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="19gph-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="19gph-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="19gph-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="84v51-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="84v51-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="84v51-0-0"><span data-text="true">What
is imprisoning your soul this Lent? What needs to be cleaned out and
purified so that you may be free of sin and worldly desires?</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="b5734-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b5734-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="b5734-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="duav6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="duav6-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="duav6-0-0"><span data-text="true">When
we experience the Holy Spirit guiding us away from sin, it is then that
we find ourselves most grateful for all of God's blessings.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="c8t9q-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c8t9q-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c8t9q-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="4jj82-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4jj82-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="4jj82-0-0"><span data-text="true">As
Psalm 142 tells us, God is our refuge. When we feel we are being
pursued, we need to cry out to God for help. Sometimes our "spirit is
faint" within us and it is in those very moments that we must ask God to
"thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from sin cleanse me." (Psalm 51)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="dcd8f-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dcd8f-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="dcd8f-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="asf2n-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="asf2n-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="asf2n-0-0"><span data-text="true">I
hope we can all arrive at Easter, renewed in the Spirit, and prepared
to set our hearts on God, for it is only in God that we can experience
true freedom.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="bh26d-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bh26d-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="bh26d-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="bfac0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bfac0-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="bfac0-0-0"><span data-text="true">Janet Cassidy </span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="4jap6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4jap6-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="4jap6-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://janetcassidy.com"><b>janetcassidy.com</b></a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="ekpg4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ekpg4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="ekpg4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Follow my Facebook page at:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="5shk6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5shk6-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="5shk6-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/"><b>https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/</b></a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="f62t3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f62t3-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="f62t3-0-0"><span data-text="true">Check out my YouTube Channel at:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="amsqp" data-offset-key="96bni-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="96bni-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="96bni-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy</b></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-49621247835474001022024-03-13T15:08:00.005-04:002024-03-13T15:08:59.075-04:00Special Roles to Play<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsEyszVZWlLgxiG4z5dPD5bZKSDaoV-NC9n-NMTd91ZbErAsLKl6lG5tQxxv7DTwqlbg2xenC7WhgmFh42h0zSqj2RSJg7CRNCLrhu6iyGTkKU7RV1-z2IxpvL-JZiS4rpjUuVfpsn0Wket05JeMUzxeq_u0cNIWymoh7KMzOOUB2lf44OObWwJGz-eT7/s1198/Gods%20will.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1198" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsEyszVZWlLgxiG4z5dPD5bZKSDaoV-NC9n-NMTd91ZbErAsLKl6lG5tQxxv7DTwqlbg2xenC7WhgmFh42h0zSqj2RSJg7CRNCLrhu6iyGTkKU7RV1-z2IxpvL-JZiS4rpjUuVfpsn0Wket05JeMUzxeq_u0cNIWymoh7KMzOOUB2lf44OObWwJGz-eT7/s320/Gods%20will.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="6h89m-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6h89m-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6h89m-0-0"><span data-text="true">Because I watch the news, and Caitlin Clark has been in it lately, I've been picking up on how talented she is. In case you don't know, as a basketball player for Iowa's women's team, she has a resume like no other. She is amazing on the court and fun to watch, as it appears she sinks every three-pointer she attempts.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="fjdhp-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fjdhp-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="fjdhp-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="8r131-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8r131-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="8r131-0-0"><span data-text="true">I read that she is "the first Big Ten women's basketball player to record 500+ 3-pointers in a career." She's a real stand out. She is unique and has a special role to play.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="2prmj-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2prmj-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="2prmj-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="djcan-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="djcan-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="djcan-0-0"><span data-text="true">In today's reading from the Gospel of John (Chapter 5), the emphasis is on the communion of Jesus and the Father. Jesus talks about how much the Father loves him, what the Father does, and the fact that the Father gives him life, as well as power to "exercise judgment."</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="dbcoi-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dbcoi-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="dbcoi-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="1k5cf-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1k5cf-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="1k5cf-0-0"><span data-text="true">Here's the clincher:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="dfols-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dfols-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="dfols-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="f8h3s-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f8h3s-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="f8h3s-0-0"><span data-text="true">"I cannot do anything on my own;</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="fc6gh-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fc6gh-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="fc6gh-0-0"><span data-text="true">I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just,</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="duh07-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="duh07-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="duh07-0-0"><span data-text="true">because I do not seek my own will</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="8me6r-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8me6r-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="8me6r-0-0"><span data-text="true">but the will of the one who sent me."</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="b79ce-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b79ce-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="b79ce-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="fo4q0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fo4q0-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="fo4q0-0-0"><span data-text="true">If Jesus, in his special role as the Son of God, thought it was essential to do the will of the Father, we should make that our goal as well.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="ahq2g-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ahq2g-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="ahq2g-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="hiko-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="hiko-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="hiko-0-0"><span data-text="true">What is the will of the Father for your life?</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="f8oq6" data-offset-key="9kof7-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9kof7-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="aef63-0-0"><br data-text="true" /><br /></span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-6044678620690089982024-03-12T10:11:00.003-04:002024-03-12T10:11:50.339-04:00Healing<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrBez3vRre7muEZqHCzq2b_nAr5FZCBBDLbioI80jSX4ytdYIbgLu8Fe4p_Cypdk5DufWbdAGcy74IRR_fg-Re5fAGd1aehuJXibK9tSWIU5trgxQg76iP5JW3x8YEOnEFlbmPGaHqL3Y4m1CQpS8mEV8c9E_s07-2vn-4fQ9sR7dwG9hOFxyCtYiwkg/s274/Confession.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="274" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrBez3vRre7muEZqHCzq2b_nAr5FZCBBDLbioI80jSX4ytdYIbgLu8Fe4p_Cypdk5DufWbdAGcy74IRR_fg-Re5fAGd1aehuJXibK9tSWIU5trgxQg76iP5JW3x8YEOnEFlbmPGaHqL3Y4m1CQpS8mEV8c9E_s07-2vn-4fQ9sR7dwG9hOFxyCtYiwkg/s1600/Confession.jpg" width="274" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">At
our penance service last night, the priest pointed out that Confession
isn't so much about our sins, but about the mercy of God.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">While
it is important that we name our sins and face them, and confess them
to a Priest, we have nothing to fear in doing so. Jesus took our sins
upon him, on the cross, and he loves us so much, that his forgiveness is
poured out on us freely, as a gift.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The
importance of the Sacrament of Reconciliation ("Confession") in the
Catholic Church, is that through the transforming power of God, we are
able to chip away in this life all that is preventing us from being all
that we can be as a child of God. This is very liberating.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In
today's reading from the Gospel of John (Chapter 5), Jesus heals the
man who had been ill for 38 years. He did so on the Sabbath, which was
against the law. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Jesus didn't let the law of not working on the Sabbath interfere with the good he could do. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The
only thing Jesus asked for was an acknowledgement from the man that he
wanted to be healed. It was only after his miraculous healing that
Jesus said, </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Do you want to be healed? Are you willing to say Yes! to Jesus?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">No
matter how you have sinned, Jesus is waiting with open arms for you to
come to him so that he can pour his mercy out upon you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Return
to this Sacrament, or come and learn about it, so that like the man in
the Gospel, you, too, can have a personal encounter with Christ and
receive his absolute forgiveness.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Janet Cassidy<br /><a href="http://janetcassidy.com"><span style="color: red;"><b>janetcassidy.com</b></span></a><br />Follow my Facebook page at:<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/"><b><span style="color: red;">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/</span></b></a><br />Check out my YouTube Channel at:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy"><span style="color: red;"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy</b></span></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><br /><br />Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-41429615093272362282024-03-11T06:00:00.001-04:002024-03-11T06:00:00.137-04:00Mapping out Life<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIiGkTQhsJzvnQognXzHppRcdw6zs1GTmt6exRggDBTHfBFgCSaodT9FortGZBErlzHtNfyUFg0_2SlucEKbI8IkrJ95iPRP71fPUjvBQoObWNA724_B5WDS6iuCy_ZM7Jg7adeFZ0JnHf9S5_3OqbOSmH2QkW18z7UNZ6zsINBU4dTnHMwFbJ5PPup2o/s2573/Palestine%20in%20time%20of%20Jesus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="1826" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIiGkTQhsJzvnQognXzHppRcdw6zs1GTmt6exRggDBTHfBFgCSaodT9FortGZBErlzHtNfyUFg0_2SlucEKbI8IkrJ95iPRP71fPUjvBQoObWNA724_B5WDS6iuCy_ZM7Jg7adeFZ0JnHf9S5_3OqbOSmH2QkW18z7UNZ6zsINBU4dTnHMwFbJ5PPup2o/s320/Palestine%20in%20time%20of%20Jesus.jpg" width="227" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="65hbu-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="65hbu-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="65hbu-0-0"><span data-text="true">When I read passages from the bible that give the names of geographic locations, I like to look up the places on a map. It gives me a real sense of the ground Jesus covered and the people he encountered.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="a26m9-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a26m9-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="a26m9-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="80f95-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="80f95-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="80f95-0-0"><span data-text="true">Take that idea and make a map of your life, up to this point. And beyond the notion of location, look at where you have been on a different level. </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="80f95-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="80f95-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="80f95-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="80f95-0-0"><span data-text="true">What did you believe at an earlier time in your life? Who were your peers? What did you dream of doing? What did you want to accomplish? What did you fear?<br /></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="54dp2-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="54dp2-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="54dp2-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="5qqvb-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5qqvb-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="5qqvb-0-0"><span data-text="true">Now, put on your map where you are today. </span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="d2s7k-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d2s7k-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d2s7k-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="celrr-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="celrr-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="celrr-0-0"><span data-text="true">Then, put on this map what you hope for in your years remaining.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="138m1-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="138m1-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="138m1-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="4o0av-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4o0av-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="4o0av-0-0"><span data-text="true">What you will likely (hopefully) notice when doing this exercise is your personal growth. Your ideas, hopes and dreams, shift as you age. What was once important, may be less so today, with other things taking a primary spot.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="e343l-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e343l-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="e343l-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="d3ke9-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d3ke9-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d3ke9-0-0"><span data-text="true">Everyone's life map will look different, depending on their experiences and personality, but creating one will help you get a broader perspective.</span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d3ke9-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d3ke9-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d3ke9-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d3ke9-0-0"><span data-text="true">Hopefully that broader perspective will include the recognition that God has been (and continues to be) with you, every step of the way, even when you didn't know it.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="d5n1a-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d5n1a-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d5n1a-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="6empc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6empc-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6empc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Blessings for Lent.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="aqqv5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aqqv5-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="aqqv5-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="1l56o-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1l56o-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="1l56o-0-0"><span data-text="true">Janet Cassidy</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="d1ugb-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d1ugb-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d1ugb-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="34m3k-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="34m3k-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="34m3k-0-0"><span data-text="true">Follow my Facebook page at:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="94dmi-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="94dmi-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="94dmi-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="5cmvg-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5cmvg-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="5cmvg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Check out my YouTube Channel at:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8rae1" data-offset-key="25nv4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="25nv4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="25nv4-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy ">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy </a></span></span></span></div></div>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-78648077919500428432024-03-11T01:00:00.001-04:002024-03-11T01:00:00.127-04:00Radiation Therapy, and a Household's Weekly Schedule<p>Our number-two daughter starts radiation therapy this week....</p>
<p>More at <a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/radiation-therapy-and-a-households-weekly-schedule/">A Catholic Citizen in America</a>.</p>
<p>(Cancer treatment for one of our daughters starts today. Besides health concerns, I realize that this will take a great deal of time out of each week.)</p>Brian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-2768008026871515502024-03-09T01:00:00.003-05:002024-03-09T01:00:00.136-05:00Half-Million-Year-Old Structure: Rethinking Cavemen, Origins<p><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/"><img src="https://brendans-island.com/blogsource/20240129ff/20240306-Annotated-images-of-the-BLB5-upper-log-object-1033-showing-areas-of-intentional-658.jpg" alt="Lawrence Barham et al.: 'Annotated images of the BLB5 upper log (object 1033) showing areas of intentional modification From left to right, the location of the central notch in profile, shaping marks in and on the margins of the notch (a–k), the notch in profile from the opposite side. The image on the right shows the upper surface of the log, and the three parts of the log (1–3) separated by cracks. White arrows indicate locations of shaping facets on the sides and upper surface of the log.' (2023)"/></a></p>
<p>Wood generally doesn't last long if left out in the open. That's why finding interlocking logs near the Kalambo River is such a big deal. Well, part of the reason.</p>
<p>They've been submerged, it that's the right word, in wet sediment. For something like a half-million years. Which makes them part of the oldest known wooden structure.</p>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#ancient"><strong>Ancient Builders on the Kalambo River</strong></a>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#luminescence">Luminescence Dating and Carbon 14: a Nerdish Digression</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#finally">Finally Finding Kalambo Falls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#cavemen">Cavemen, Labels, and Me</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#lincoln">Lincoln Logs Long Before Lincoln</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#this">This Doesn't Change <em>Everything</em>: But It's a Big Deal</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#friends"><strong>'Friends, Romans, Hominins...'</strong></a>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#good">Good News, Bad News, and (Slowly) Changing Attitudes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/#were">We're Learning</a></li>
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<p>More at <a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/half-million-year-old-structure-rethinking-cavemen-origins/">A Catholic Citizen in America</a>.</p>
<p>(The Kalambo River structure: interlocking logs that are a half-million years old. New data leads to rethinking old assumptions about "humans".)</p>Brian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-80016556836628648452024-03-08T14:42:00.000-05:002024-03-08T14:42:10.269-05:00'I thought it would be better if I died instead of many people.' Sunday Reflections, 4th Sunday of Lent, Year B<p><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5468770828886839601" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2zuK8sM8Zjs2-FPH40O1aHCT750ViaPilFvw8N41e6C0R_FvSpOodSUyPXGyzPPF7uudZSB2AN9bsS2OeY1AraV3wyVpsG3mheCG90wEHE4F5-PZv46GTqIPKfK_kRP5hvlRpJtJMmc2_d3n-lWJwK1sOQlBt_NPvuYJfT7lREk2SXXwkd_qJSjTvvU/s1144/Fra%20Angelico,%20Entombment,%20WGA.jpg" style="color: #ff9900; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1144" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2zuK8sM8Zjs2-FPH40O1aHCT750ViaPilFvw8N41e6C0R_FvSpOodSUyPXGyzPPF7uudZSB2AN9bsS2OeY1AraV3wyVpsG3mheCG90wEHE4F5-PZv46GTqIPKfK_kRP5hvlRpJtJMmc2_d3n-lWJwK1sOQlBt_NPvuYJfT7lREk2SXXwkd_qJSjTvvU/w552-h434/Fra%20Angelico,%20Entombment,%20WGA.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Entombment</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessed Fra Angelico [<a href="https://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/highlight.cgi?file=html/a/angelico/07/marco_p5.html&find=Nicodemus" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a>]</span></span></span></i></div><p></p><p><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; line-height: 21.4667px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Nicodemus is supporting the body of Jesus in the painting.</span></i></span></p><p><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; line-height: 21.4667px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;">Readings </span></b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;">(Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland)</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 14.95px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.universalis.com/20240310/mass.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.universalis.com/20240310/mass.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031024-YearB.cfm" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Readings</a> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="line-height: 18.4px;">(New American Bible: Philippines, USA)</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A14-21&version=ESVUK" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gospel</a> </span></b><span lang="EN-PH" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">John 3:14-21</span><span lang="EN-GB"> (<i>English Standard Version Anglicised, India)</i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus said to Nicodemus:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="woj"><b><sup><span lang="EN-US"> </span></sup></b></span><span class="woj"><span lang="EN-US">As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26125">that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><span id="en-ESVUK-26126">“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26127">For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26128">Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26129">And this is the judgement: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26130">For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.</span></span> <span class="woj"><span id="en-ESVUK-26131">But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"><span class="woj"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #666666; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><i><span lang="EN-PH"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.catholicireland.net/readings/?feature=sunday&lang=irish" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Léachtaí i nGaeilge</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.5pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzCX2Iq4YxObKMhFzBI1w4WdIyOXfUq-_be0IL1SDhFmPjx5cny-WEaFKx3g7xKqLa0oukBcrlQ7cauiFsjJm5CWC2NzK_BddMFUfa1c4t9vxQ-j329qxzfntQXPFmcMO0YKRapVTpvM/s2048/Stefano+Moderno%252C+Nicodeumus+with+the+Body+of+Christ%252C+WGA.jpg" style="color: #ff9900; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1125" height="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzCX2Iq4YxObKMhFzBI1w4WdIyOXfUq-_be0IL1SDhFmPjx5cny-WEaFKx3g7xKqLa0oukBcrlQ7cauiFsjJm5CWC2NzK_BddMFUfa1c4t9vxQ-j329qxzfntQXPFmcMO0YKRapVTpvM/w474-h860/Stefano+Moderno%252C+Nicodeumus+with+the+Body+of+Christ%252C+WGA.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="474" /></a></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nicodemus with the Body of Christ</span></span></i></b></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stefano Maderno [<a href="https://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/highlight.cgi?file=html/m/maderno/pieta2.html&find=Nicodemus" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a>]</span></span></i></span></i></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pharisees generally have a bad name and the adjective 'pharisaical' is defined in Merriam-Webster as <i>marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness</i>. Those words could certainly describe most of the Pharisees we meet in the gospels. But they do not apply to Nicodemus. He was patently a good man who said to Jesus when he met him at night, <i>Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him (John 3:2)</i>. He was also with Jesus at the end helping to prepare for the burial. <i>Nicodemus, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight (John 19:39)</i>.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Continue at <a href="https://bangortobobbio.blogspot.com/2024/03/i-thought-it-would-be-better-if-i-died.html" target="_blank">Bangor to Bobbio</a>.</i></b></span></span></span></p></div>Fr Seán Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287947090085700335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-2264499909686488082024-03-08T10:52:00.000-05:002024-03-08T10:52:00.411-05:00Adding value to your sacrifice (podcast)<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">How's your Lent going? Are your sacrifices feeling a little empty? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Take a couple of minutes to see what you can do about it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here's the link: <a href="https://youtu.be/rztT7MlWDuE "><span style="color: red;"><b>https://youtu.be/rztT7MlWDuE </b></span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Janet Cassidy<br /></span> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="janetcassidy.com ">janetcassidy.com </a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith ">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith </a><br />YouTube channel:<a href=" https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassi"> https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassi</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy ">dy </a><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-22800916224813239652024-03-08T06:00:00.001-05:002024-03-08T06:00:00.140-05:00Chrystals and Christ?<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">
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went down a rabbit hole the other day and watched an interview with the
world-renowned model, Gisele Bündchen (Tom Brady's ex.) </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She said when her kids ask her what their religion is, she tells them "love is your religion and nature is your temple." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Oh brother.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">She's got it wrong if their love "religion" means following questionable practices that exclude God, which seems to be the case.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Apparently, </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Bündchen
and Brady are both Catholic and were married in a Catholic Church, but
from what I read, she encouraged him to rely on "special" "healing and
protection stones," to win his football games. Add to that a necklace
she had him wear, drops she had him take and mantras he had to say, and
things start to go off the rails. (<a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/witchcraft-and-marriage-didnt-mix-for-tom-brady"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ncregister</span></b></a>)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I
know a lot of athletes have their superstitious practices, but what we
need to be careful about is when we start to believe that these
practices and objects contain actual power, like for winning, or
healing, such as people believe about crystals.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">God,
who created all that is beautiful, cannot be replaced by objects. He
IS love incarnate! God IS the great healer--not a stone.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Crystals might look pretty, but they don't belong in our homes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A
nice crucifix, as a reminder of the One who gave up his body and blood
for us, his actual human flesh, would be a much better choice. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You can't rely on crystals AND Christ. It just doesn't make sense.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Janet Cassidy<br /><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a><br />Follow my Facebook page at:<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/</a><br />Check out my YouTube Channel at:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy ">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy </a><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><br /><br />Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-75102539101637236272024-03-07T09:36:00.003-05:002024-03-07T09:36:12.596-05:00Politics<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwmVSb6sbFJvRHo872LpxRLTL-_8Q3v28tqQ__cyUMrOs4KhKA2O7AsoLBSN6Vr2nlZiXHSxs8VqMv_kkRFZrwJ8b_3mCQJ1SSfbXyf47M6sxh04iyDqbL6QXyOcIRDGoa7MZrKiqM1XG8crzx46htCXfylUnGS4zsVaFwAiHTahHe89BqQIhvY1LF2w/s1200/Politics.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwmVSb6sbFJvRHo872LpxRLTL-_8Q3v28tqQ__cyUMrOs4KhKA2O7AsoLBSN6Vr2nlZiXHSxs8VqMv_kkRFZrwJ8b_3mCQJ1SSfbXyf47M6sxh04iyDqbL6QXyOcIRDGoa7MZrKiqM1XG8crzx46htCXfylUnGS4zsVaFwAiHTahHe89BqQIhvY1LF2w/s320/Politics.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="vfc0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="vfc0-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="vfc0-0-0"><span data-text="true">I
typically don't write about politics here (although it is a great
interest of mine), but I have to bring it up because of what I read
recently in Liz Cheney's book (Oath and Honor). This woke me up as to
how naive I have been.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="80lfr-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="80lfr-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="80lfr-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="1slif-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1slif-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="1slif-0-0"><span data-text="true">You
see, the image in my head has always held onto the hope that even
though our parties have differences, they share a love of our country
and strive, together, to work for our betterment. (They actually did
attempt to do this recently with a bi-partisan bill about the boarder,
but it couldn't get passed, because of the "politics" game being
played.)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="34hrn-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="34hrn-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="34hrn-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="c59ii-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c59ii-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c59ii-0-0"><span data-text="true">Anyway, here's an insider's description that snapped me into the reality of how things really work. I found it very sad:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="90nd4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="90nd4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="90nd4-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="a5iep-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a5iep-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="a5iep-0-0"><span data-text="true">"It's
hard to overstate the extent to which Democrats and Republicans inhabit
different worlds in Congress. Our parties meet separately and organize
</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="db5rs-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="db5rs-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="db5rs-0-0"><span data-text="true">separately
. . . . This is not to say that bipartisanship doesn't exist; it does .
. . But in a legislative body such as the House of Representatives, the
majority and minority parties are typically working toward different
goals and objectives, trying to thwart the other's plans at every step."
(Oath and Honor)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="b5kf0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b5kf0-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="b5kf0-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="8g862-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8g862-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="8g862-0-0"><span data-text="true">It's
like a really bad marriage, apparently. In a healthy marriage, two
people work together in the best interest of each other and the family.
In the political scenario, if the parties are our parents, and we (and
our country) are their children, me thinks we are in big trouble and
headed for divorce.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="b0b0f-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b0b0f-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="b0b0f-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="8cs6r-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8cs6r-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="8cs6r-0-0"><span data-text="true">I'm
not a historian, so maybe you can tell me, was there ever a time when
my vision of a somewhat healthy, political marriage was a reality?
Seriously, I'd like to know, but please avoid any snarky, mean comments.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="v06c-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="v06c-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="v06c-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="39u44-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="39u44-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="39u44-0-0"><span data-text="true">Janet Cassidy</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="c5set-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c5set-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c5set-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="d1k6e-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d1k6e-0-0"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d1k6e-0-0"><span data-text="true">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith</span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="2gba" data-offset-key="f182u-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f182u-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="f182u-0-0"><span data-text="true">YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy ">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy </a></span></span></span></div></div>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-59744786337204044822024-03-06T11:49:00.000-05:002024-03-06T11:49:17.040-05:00Are you singing today?<p>Today's podcast may just have you singing!</p><p>Check it out! It's under 2 minutes!</p><p>You can find it at: <br /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/xFoa6rY7TgA"><span style="color: red;">https://youtu.be/xFoa6rY7TgA</span></a></p><p>While you're there, be sure to check out Part 2 of my conversation with Deacon Art on Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. It's a good one! </p><p>All of my videos and podcasts can be found on my YouTube Channel link below. <br /></p><p>Janet Cassidy<br /><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith</a><br />YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy ">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy </a></p><p> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-84313508081497947742024-03-06T06:00:00.002-05:002024-03-06T06:00:00.137-05:00I'm running out of time<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKE0i5EIOM7KE35RNlafeJCPn9ZpZJ3iPsd-6k9n3OwyqANG6IAr5gfum_-3-ykcdt1sJtcTeMNobqREuvGHg7xQK5hmLtiFalcOoJ65PYyMR2Be_dGUz0xU7NO6otxpvxXd5yBjof6fYbXYg7IgTSc4lQN84mQK4sGTSXyjXqElg9RqhsRAL1XVbT1IJ/s876/count%20your%20blessings.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKE0i5EIOM7KE35RNlafeJCPn9ZpZJ3iPsd-6k9n3OwyqANG6IAr5gfum_-3-ykcdt1sJtcTeMNobqREuvGHg7xQK5hmLtiFalcOoJ65PYyMR2Be_dGUz0xU7NO6otxpvxXd5yBjof6fYbXYg7IgTSc4lQN84mQK4sGTSXyjXqElg9RqhsRAL1XVbT1IJ/s320/count%20your%20blessings.jpeg" width="219" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="3ce49-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ce49-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="3ce49-0-0"><span data-text="true">I was listening to a Christian radio station the other day and they played the song "Counting My Blessings" by Seph Schlueter. I was unfamiliar with the song, but these lines jumped out at me:<br /></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="2hde5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2hde5-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="2hde5-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="16i7n-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="16i7n-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="16i7n-0-0"><span data-text="true">"The more that I look in the details</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="54mdg-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="54mdg-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="54mdg-0-0"><span data-text="true">The more of Your goodness I find</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="29dig-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="29dig-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="29dig-0-0"><span data-text="true">Father on this side of Heaven</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="2gvc6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2gvc6-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="2gvc6-0-0"><span data-text="true">I know that I'll run out of time"</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="9u463-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9u463-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="9u463-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true">On this side of Heaven . . . I'll run out of time . . . reminded me that every day God gives us is a gift, and I asked myself, "How am I spending this gift of time?"</span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true">It's a good question. <br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true">Do we spend our days making pleasure, leisure, wealth and contentment our main goals, or are we striving to follow God's will for our life?</span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true">Personal pleasure is not opposed to the gospel, of course, but we have to be able to recognize goals that satisfy our earthly existence, versus goals that will lead us to eternal life. They don't have to be mutually exclusive, but the latter brings everything together, for there is great joy in following God's will.<br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true">Sing a song of gratitude for all that God has done, for the scriptures are full of this encouragement:</span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true">"Give thanks to the Lord, who is good, whose love endures forever." (Psalm 106:1)</span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true">Gratitude leads us outside of ourselves. Be sure your goals are doing just that.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1ebl2" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />Janet Cassidy<br /><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith</a><br />YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy ">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy </a><br /><br /></span><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c1uri-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-68458199060018417002024-03-05T06:00:00.001-05:002024-03-05T06:00:00.141-05:00Principles to Practice<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjW0kR1rZQCfcqnyBtuDDpCYFgPJfWe9tYoHhNFs-BY2xBbm5HAHP9b7sOKhneB5DVE9hx0eg6PHqCuCoWAg2Zr1aLvWrMJ5TSByuMdNqNFEscieHPUWhzBhnPn0dgjkh-Q9eb16TfZA3GlTySLsM_sDGBNZa3nU2fL7BobAm-lH4HJDvmbQhcYMIRmMor/s2000/george%20clooney.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1429" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjW0kR1rZQCfcqnyBtuDDpCYFgPJfWe9tYoHhNFs-BY2xBbm5HAHP9b7sOKhneB5DVE9hx0eg6PHqCuCoWAg2Zr1aLvWrMJ5TSByuMdNqNFEscieHPUWhzBhnPn0dgjkh-Q9eb16TfZA3GlTySLsM_sDGBNZa3nU2fL7BobAm-lH4HJDvmbQhcYMIRmMor/s320/george%20clooney.jpeg" width="229" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="ckrpc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ckrpc-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="ckrpc-0-0"><span data-text="true">I heard the actor George Clooney say he was raised with this mindset:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="bka3f-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bka3f-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="bka3f-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="fqkl4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fqkl4-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="fqkl4-0-0"><span data-text="true">"Challenge people in power and defend people with less power."</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="egf2b-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="egf2b-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="egf2b-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="bgiut-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bgiut-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="bgiut-0-0"><span data-text="true">Seems like two good principles to me!</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="956hh-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="956hh-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="956hh-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="6nbbb-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6nbbb-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6nbbb-0-0"><span data-text="true">I'm half way through the book "Oath and Honor" by Liz Cheney and it is very clear that the first principle from Clooney's family was not--and still is not--taken seriously when it comes to politics.</span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6nbbb-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6nbbb-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></span></div></div><span data-offset-key="bq8us-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The intimate details of what happened leading up to the January 6th attempted takeover is a real eye-opener. You should read it, no matter what party you favor. It is a thought-provoking read.</span></span></span><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="ens6i-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ens6i-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="ens6i-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="1f7cu-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1f7cu-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="1f7cu-0-0"><span data-text="true">Still today, too many people bow down to people in power, regardless of whether they deserve their respect, and in the process, they throw away their personal integrity. I'll never understand it. How can one's position and power be more important than honesty and doing the right thing for the common good?</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="dcfq6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dcfq6-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="dcfq6-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="ca8r1-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ca8r1-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="ca8r1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Cheney's book offers a first-hand account of the lies and scheming that took place as the false idea that our election was stolen, was promoted; unfortunately, the same playbook is still being used today.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="eiobq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eiobq-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="eiobq-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="9t7pm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9t7pm-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="9t7pm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Cheney's strong focus is on the importance of adhering to the Constitution to protect our Democracy and the danger of leadership run amok. Her book offers a serious warning that we need to be paying attention to in this election year.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="c00lq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c00lq-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c00lq-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="e3cum-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e3cum-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="e3cum-0-0"><span data-text="true">The second Clooney family "rule," "defend people with less power" is an essential part of just being human. Defending the vulnerable and giving them a voice is a sound principle. </span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="fb1rm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fb1rm-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="fb1rm-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="6rlq9-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6rlq9-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6rlq9-0-0"><span data-text="true">Who do you know that needs your voice to lift them up?</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="382j3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="382j3-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="382j3-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="428l6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="428l6-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="428l6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Janet Cassidy</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="fl442-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fl442-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="fl442-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="c15ac-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c15ac-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c15ac-0-0"><span data-text="true">Follow my Facebook page at:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="5p0is-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5p0is-0-0"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="5p0is-0-0"><span data-text="true">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/</span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="69iem-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="69iem-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="69iem-0-0"><span data-text="true">Check out my YouTube Channel at:</span></span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="772ml" data-offset-key="cek5l-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cek5l-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="cek5l-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy</a> </span></span></span></div></div>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-15274548592969951102024-03-04T06:00:00.005-05:002024-03-04T06:00:00.138-05:00An Air Zoo?<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioG0yI3a-06346Kq3eRAAbqG95BPwsNfMrbnzkMgKok3I6CJdF1y4rVGjBKNvMpD9S00iJgrScc_8wcE7h2PH2hmDNdkJhcL3RPId3aXB3zgCH3qQP4UXJ3a8A_gmyxPgvxJmQzVYjolhH9ymWfMi7k0D8MzQUP1ZmEXnOT3bOoAdpVPsxZhbsSrnnfPiB/s991/Air%20Zoo%20Pic.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="991" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioG0yI3a-06346Kq3eRAAbqG95BPwsNfMrbnzkMgKok3I6CJdF1y4rVGjBKNvMpD9S00iJgrScc_8wcE7h2PH2hmDNdkJhcL3RPId3aXB3zgCH3qQP4UXJ3a8A_gmyxPgvxJmQzVYjolhH9ymWfMi7k0D8MzQUP1ZmEXnOT3bOoAdpVPsxZhbsSrnnfPiB/s320/Air%20Zoo%20Pic.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="cmn5q-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cmn5q-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="cmn5q-0-0"><span data-text="true">We visited an Air Zoo recently, and it was phenomenal. In case you don't know, an air zoo is a huge Smithsonian-type place with tons of old airplanes and even some NASA stuff.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="318m5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="318m5-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="318m5-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="d51bp-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d51bp-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="d51bp-0-0"><span data-text="true">We really enjoyed it, but I suppose in different ways.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="3vbmd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3vbmd-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="3vbmd-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="8j2q5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8j2q5-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="8j2q5-0-0"><span data-text="true">My husband stood and listened to a docent talk about engines and propellers; I am more of the "Isn't that a pretty yellow color on that plane?" kind of person. All of us were amazed at the size and power on display at the exhibit, and we did enjoy the historical content offered.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="6osi0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6osi0-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6osi0-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="8joo8-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8joo8-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="8joo8-0-0"><span data-text="true">The day before we were walking a trail at a nature center. As we were leaving, a Porsche pulled in next to us. I'm about as good with cars as I am with planes. "What's that red thing on the wheel?" I asked my husband, who explained it to me.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="2bbas-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2bbas-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="2bbas-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="e5lv0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e5lv0-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="e5lv0-0-0"><span data-text="true">It's kind of like religion. There is a lot more than what meets the eye, and unless you take the time to learn more about it, you don't really know anything other than what you guess it is about, or what you see on the surface.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="5jjir-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5jjir-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="5jjir-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="1rjiq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1rjiq-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="1rjiq-0-0"><span data-text="true">There's more to a plane than its color, and there's a lot more to faith than you might imagine.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="cf5j6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cf5j6-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="cf5j6-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="cjpl8-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cjpl8-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="cjpl8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Take some time to learn more about Jesus this Lent. You'll be glad you did.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="c4c65-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c4c65-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c4c65-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="f2c2g-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f2c2g-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="f2c2g-0-0"><span data-text="true">Did you listen to my new podcast reflection yesterday? It is posted on all of my platforms. It's titled "For Parents - Woman at the Well."</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="2iloc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2iloc-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="2iloc-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="elag5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="elag5-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="elag5-0-0"><span data-text="true">Janet Cassidy</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="4gm8a-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4gm8a-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="4gm8a-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a></span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="erg9e-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="erg9e-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="erg9e-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith</a></span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bash1" data-offset-key="3vjm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3vjm-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="3vjm-0-0"><span data-text="true">YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy ">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy </a></span></span></span></div></div>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-50644753803635983252024-03-03T16:18:00.001-05:002024-03-03T16:18:22.237-05:00For Parents - Woman at the Well<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNEk1zWblYFsOF4IznUwo8-WiEML-Gu1gz2kdQhDGxaad7vyaDJKIGUyrrhY5TN-CyOQf57bPByU4NaepLwpM9xYnkDCVb7DpM9md32SgyPtlA9_vH3H5DNga_nqw9vGU-8coEtdIj9CXRZRghTVplMN2NuAGjPzMk5rDDJBCyhGHRAQz25PxILgHbvQ/s3000/Cassidy_Comments_3(2)%20correct%20size.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNEk1zWblYFsOF4IznUwo8-WiEML-Gu1gz2kdQhDGxaad7vyaDJKIGUyrrhY5TN-CyOQf57bPByU4NaepLwpM9xYnkDCVb7DpM9md32SgyPtlA9_vH3H5DNga_nqw9vGU-8coEtdIj9CXRZRghTVplMN2NuAGjPzMk5rDDJBCyhGHRAQz25PxILgHbvQ/s320/Cassidy_Comments_3(2)%20correct%20size.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today
I'm publishing a very short audio reflection about the importance of
giving your testimony about your faith in Christ. Especially for
parents, this reflection is a good reminder of the importance of passing
on the faith to your children, and what you can do to help them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Using
the Gospel of John, Chapter 4, The Samaritan Woman (at the well), we
can learn about what made a difference to the townspeople she spoke to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Here is the link to today's audio reflection:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://janetcassidy.blubrry.net/2024/03/03/for-parents-woman-at-the-well/">https://janetcassidy.blubrry.net/2024/03/03/for-parents-woman-at-the-well/</a> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Don't forget to check out my other social media, including my recent interview with Deacon Art Miller on Martin Luther King's <em>Letter from Birmingham Jail. </em>Here is a direct link to Part 2 of this interview: <a href="https://youtu.be/_IACHopqBoI"> https://youtu.be/_IACHopqBoI</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Janet Cassidy<br /><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith</a><br />YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy">https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-30274179135725133102024-03-02T07:38:00.005-05:002024-03-02T07:38:48.824-05:00Is it ever right to be angry?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqr8FiwFOlkOILsNwQWh6SUwbqifY-rpReoYyOQHzXGRneZOwftizv_-gqoIPOGdNSNg6Qgs9MdwbX3mH5H8iDZsF2eSP7QqRyN7GIDtAPTvIaYns6AeOtwR-4vvGHMOfoLsZBVHlK_g6F4rsVSOakESTVyRzjVv1lUhtGCQ9aC-OCCHkszRp3thYMfOr/s342/at3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="342" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqr8FiwFOlkOILsNwQWh6SUwbqifY-rpReoYyOQHzXGRneZOwftizv_-gqoIPOGdNSNg6Qgs9MdwbX3mH5H8iDZsF2eSP7QqRyN7GIDtAPTvIaYns6AeOtwR-4vvGHMOfoLsZBVHlK_g6F4rsVSOakESTVyRzjVv1lUhtGCQ9aC-OCCHkszRp3thYMfOr/s320/at3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Are you angry at someone or something? Why? Is it righteous anger or are you just being your usual self? Is it ever right to be angry? Read more <b><a href="https://www.catholic365.com/article/36783/it-can-be-right-for-us-to-get-angry.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.<br /><p></p>Victor S E Moubarakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-85163769864843352632024-03-02T01:00:00.002-05:002024-03-02T01:00:00.266-05:00Any Landing You Can Radio Back From: IM-1 Odyssey<a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/"><img src="https://brendans-island.com/blogsource/20240129ff/20240227-_132726978_screenshot2024-02-23at22.09.59-658.jpg" alt="Screenshot from 'NASA News Conference on Intuitive Machines' First Lunar Landing' NASA video (https://www.youtube.com/live/ZWEwR8fscFY?si=-v1jQP4NOEXjOSO4): Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus shows what may have happened during the IM-1 Odyssey landing. (February 23, 2024)"/></a>
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<p>"Any landing you can walk away from is a good one."<br>(Gerald R. Massie, photographer, following the crash-landing of his B-17 (1944) (<span style="font-size: small;">from "<a href="https://airfactsjournal.com/2016/08/stayin-alive-16-favorite-aviation-quotes/">Stayin alive — 16 favorite aviation quotes</a>", Dan Littmann, Air Facts (August 25, 2016)</span>)</p>
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<p>So far, this has been a good year for Lunar exploration.</p>
<p>Both JAXA's SLIM and Intuitive Machines' Odysseus made good landings. Not perfect: and that's what I'll be talking about this week.</p>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/#tipped"><strong>Tipped, Tilted and Maybe Tripped: But Successful!</strong></a>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/#im1">The IM-1 Odysseus Mission: a "Spicy" Experience and Serendipity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/#odysseus">Odysseus: On Target and "Still Kicking"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/#first">First Successful Commercial Flight, Farthest South Landing</a></li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/#slim"><strong>SLIM: Another Good Lunar Landing</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/#nasa"><strong>NASA News Conference: In Case You're Interested</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<p>More at <a href="https://brendans-island.com/catholic-citizen/any-landing-you-can-radio-back-from-im-1-odyssey/">A Catholic Citizen in America</a>.</p>
<p>(Two successful Lunar landings: SLIM and Odyssey. First successful commercial flight to the Moon, scouting for south polar Lunar base.)</p>Brian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-32203479962087436892024-03-01T11:45:00.001-05:002024-03-01T11:45:26.652-05:00'The Risen Christ was not an abstraction, or mere theological doctrine, to Shahbaz Bhatti.' Sunday Reflections, 3rd Sunday of Lent, Year B<p><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2492810522514602655" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m1UFG5qjM10bmQcTzA4e4D3OxV4UQ5wXR4vH__bYvmDIB4gJZ5l87lOUq78-vI2oRcGPZGrAf5FYqMrSSfchIiDZCR6H6Cx4XVxE2TvOD9Obo_z4OdCoyBEwbyG106HbkmJ8P4-qFXm02oCPkYj3QzdRAH1GxFEsU2RPL1bADIM14XKmwVWAR4T-rJc/s1038/Luca%20Giordano,%20Christ%20Cleansing%20the%20Temple,%20WGA.jpg" style="color: #ff9900; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1038" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7m1UFG5qjM10bmQcTzA4e4D3OxV4UQ5wXR4vH__bYvmDIB4gJZ5l87lOUq78-vI2oRcGPZGrAf5FYqMrSSfchIiDZCR6H6Cx4XVxE2TvOD9Obo_z4OdCoyBEwbyG106HbkmJ8P4-qFXm02oCPkYj3QzdRAH1GxFEsU2RPL1bADIM14XKmwVWAR4T-rJc/w552-h388/Luca%20Giordano,%20Christ%20Cleansing%20the%20Temple,%20WGA.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="552" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Christ Cleansing the Temple</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Luca Giordano [<a href="https://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/highlight.cgi?file=html/g/giordano/1/cleansin.html&find=Christ+Cleansing+the+Temple" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a>]</span></span></span></i></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple</i> (John 2:15; Gospel).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://www.universalis.com/20240303/mass.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Readings</a> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; line-height: 18.4px;">(Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030324.cfm" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Readings</a> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif"; line-height: 18.4px;">(New American Bible: Philippines, USA)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A13-25&version=ESVUK" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gospel</a> </span></b><span lang="EN-PH" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, "serif";">John 2:13-25</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"> (<i>English Standard Version Anglicised, India)</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #666666; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"><a href="https://www.catholicireland.net/readings/?feature=sunday&lang=irish" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Léachtaí i nGaeilge</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><b><i><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: Georgia, "serif";"><br /></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18peNHhRmhOM6GD9VAc3-Vno-9_2wwM42_-o1u5SKVjVvSAjVKLXPSB508sJO0SeafBA_BS0ZKqy7Uljgnxuoh_kwHWdhjJyOg4Q25eZ4NL2rjTPLQC3eD99EnuQfzYha78MvDjghbxZ8ZtrzhH0sXL3mAI8B9TiI7l6L4xrX69XUiBUuNiG61nanc1c/s900/El%20Greco,%20Christ%20in%20Agony%20on%20the%20Cross,%20WGA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ff9900; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="524" height="951" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18peNHhRmhOM6GD9VAc3-Vno-9_2wwM42_-o1u5SKVjVvSAjVKLXPSB508sJO0SeafBA_BS0ZKqy7Uljgnxuoh_kwHWdhjJyOg4Q25eZ4NL2rjTPLQC3eD99EnuQfzYha78MvDjghbxZ8ZtrzhH0sXL3mAI8B9TiI7l6L4xrX69XUiBUuNiG61nanc1c/w552-h951/El%20Greco,%20Christ%20in%20Agony%20on%20the%20Cross,%20WGA.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Christ in Agony on the Cross</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">El Greco [<a href="https://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/highlight.cgi?file=html/g/greco_el/19/1902grec.html&find=Christ+on+the+Cross" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a>]</span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Since I was a child, I was accustomed to going to church and finding profound inspiration in the teachings, the sacrifice, and the crucifixion of Jesus. It was his love that led me to offer my service to the Church </i>(Shahbas Bhatti).</span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 20.7px; text-align: center;">Last week I focused on the life and death of Shahbaz Bhatti, assassinated in Pakistan on </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 20.7px; text-align: center;">2 March 2011. I want to do the same this week as I think that this man exemplifies what being a follower of Jesus is.</span> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here are two quotations from him. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Continue at <a href="https://bangortobobbio.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-risen-christ-was-not-abstraction-or.html" target="_blank">Bangor to Bobbio</a>.</i></b></span></span></p></div>Fr Seán Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287947090085700335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-40733938352564773322024-03-01T06:00:00.008-05:002024-03-01T06:00:00.137-05:00Deacon Art Miller, Part 2, on MLK (VIDEO)<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="11qkv-0-0"><span data-text="true">I am excited to share with you, Part 2 of my conversation with Deacon Arthur Miller!</span></span></span></p><div data-contents="true"><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="3pmos-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3pmos-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="3pmos-0-0"><span data-text="true">Following up on our previous discussion about Emmett Till and the significance of his murder to the Civil Rights Movement, we now go in-depth and discuss Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="9dh1r-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9dh1r-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="9dh1r-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="bdjk-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bdjk-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="bdjk-0-0"><span data-text="true">I hope you find it as thought-provoking as I have. Deacon Art's insights shed so much light on Dr. King's convictions about just and unjust laws and his determination to stand up for what is right. This letter is worth a good study!</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="812m5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="812m5-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="812m5-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="7rll3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7rll3-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="7rll3-0-0"><span data-text="true">Here is the link to our conversation, on my YouTube Channel. I hope you will share it with others as well. I welcome your comments.</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="51ko7-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="51ko7-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="51ko7-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="58g3k-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="58g3k-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="58g3k-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://youtu.be/_IACHopqBoI"><span style="color: red;"><b>https://youtu.be/_IACHopqBoI</b></span></a></span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="5t9ip-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5t9ip-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="5t9ip-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="20c3u-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="20c3u-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="20c3u-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="20c3u-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="20c3u-0-0"><span data-text="true">Have a blessed Lent!</span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="6m7og-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6m7og-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6m7og-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="3ld0o-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ld0o-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="3ld0o-0-0"><span data-text="true">Janet Cassidy </span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="c4ut8-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c4ut8-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="c4ut8-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://janetcassidy.com">janetcassidy.com</a></span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dl47m" data-offset-key="6e10m-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6e10m-0-0"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="6e10m-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith">https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith</a></span></span></span></div></div></div>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848199850119259567.post-42370485409295575712024-02-29T08:14:00.002-05:002024-02-29T08:14:09.766-05:00Who Am I?<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTMFRw1WvEN8ApwvrcLlqVUMDKJTYrchFjxLtja_BYd4QNZEFrNYBNmMnqLEr-DjTnItTxYWkEcLpsNiYbvWO0Od8Uo94SQ5A_o4NPMmE4cTMGG8kw_cKTwsbKiQa5XyF42avruGGWfxyTFPIm7oLWsqAL9OC4sP4_6JjOoehrwoIbKvrr4-1h4K2vNs/s5000/Who%20Am%20I.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5000" data-original-width="5000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTMFRw1WvEN8ApwvrcLlqVUMDKJTYrchFjxLtja_BYd4QNZEFrNYBNmMnqLEr-DjTnItTxYWkEcLpsNiYbvWO0Od8Uo94SQ5A_o4NPMmE4cTMGG8kw_cKTwsbKiQa5XyF42avruGGWfxyTFPIm7oLWsqAL9OC4sP4_6JjOoehrwoIbKvrr4-1h4K2vNs/s320/Who%20Am%20I.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I find myself waiting on God--alot.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wait for him to show me the direction in which he wants me to go. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wait on him for a clear sign.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If
you find yourself in a holding pattern, I would suggest you make the
most of it. Perhaps God is pruning your patience. Maybe he is trying
to get you to listen more closely. Maybe he is trying to tell you that
you are right where you need to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Reading
the tea leaves can be hard, but rather than trying to read them, it is
more helpful to listen. That can be the most important activity you
need to be doing sometimes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If
God wants us to move, he will let us know. More often than not, we get
in too much of a hurry, looking for the next thing, or what's around
the corner.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I
had a Religious Ed. Director make an observation about me that I have
found useful over the years. We were doing a program that I thought
needed to be changed. She said, "Janet, every time we offer this, it is
to new people. I think you get bored and that's why you want to change
it. It's still good."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I
heard an interview the other day that had the same sort of clarifying,
self-awareness for me. The guest said he likes to create and build
things, and then move on.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I
could see myself in that. I think most people who have multiple ideas
floating around, who like to create new things, understand that. I
always say that it can be hard to choose between all of the good things
God gives us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Am I a writer? A podcaster? A teacher? Employee? Leader? Retiree? Disciple?<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The list is endless, especially when you factor in questions related to family, personal talents and volunteerism.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Make
your list and then see how things unfold. God doesn't give gifts just
to leave us guessing. Whatever you are struggling with today, be at
peace where you are and let God lead the way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I hope you are having a blessed Lent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Janet Cassidy <br /><a href="http://janetcassidy.com"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>janetcassidy.com</b></span></a><br />Follow my Facebook page at:<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>https://www.facebook.com/reflectionsinfaith/</b></span></a><br />Check out my YouTube Channel at:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@janetcassidy </b></span><br /></a><br /></span><br /><br /></p>Janet Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17679250439590323877noreply@blogger.com0