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  Okay, it’s hard enough for me to comprehend the idea that kids don’t need to learn to read and write cursive anymore, but this one takes the cake, well at least the doughnut. My brother was in the parking lot of the doughnut shop and I asked him to pick us up some doughnuts.   Just to make things easy, I told him I would call in and give them our list and I decided to pay for them as well, by credit card. As I was giving the girl my card information, she asked me for the expiration date on the card.   Since the month is August, I just told her August and the year. She started guessing.   “That’s seven, eight?” At first I didn’t understand her, and then it hit me.   I said, “August, uh yeah, eight.” Do you know what she said?   What she actually said to me over the phone? “Okay, well, I’m not down with numbers like that.” That’s right, she really didn’t know that August was the eighth month. Heaven help us.   I just couldn’t believe it.   First cursive, now this.  

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St Peter in Penitence El Greco [ Web Gallery of Art ] Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Gospel  Matthew 18:21-35 ( English Standard Version Anglicised) Then Peter came up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”   Jesus said to him,  “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.   When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.   And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.   So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’   And out of pity for him, the master of that se

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This politics-charged environment today can be pretty challenging.   For many of us, it is through gritted teeth that we have conversations with people whose political views differ from our own. Honestly, it can make your blood boil when you listen to people speak who are uninformed (and truly, many are) using what I would call “surface language.” You know what I mean.   They repeat things they have heard without delving deeper into the topic to sort out what is actually true.   If you ask them a question that runs below the surface, they stutter and stammer, unable to clarify what they are talking about. Drives me crazy. Anyway, that is not my point. I want to talk about the election and share my opinion and also provide some sound guidance from a solid Catholic organization.   If you start to begin now, prayerfully educating yourself, you should be able to make a reasoned, conscientious decision in November. If you are sitting in church and anyone tells you who to vote fo

  People who act selfishly do so because something is lacking in their life. There is a neediness to compensate for lack of self-esteem, money, prestige, and/or security. A selfish person looks out for himself, at the expense of others. By their actions alone, one can see that selfishness is unfulfilling. Selfishness is Unfulfilling For example: When a person must be seen as #1, the best at what they do, it is usually because of low self-esteem. Even when they receive praise for their work, it rings hollow due to disbelief. Because of the low self-esteem, the selfish person finds it difficult in sharing credit with teammates, resulting in the perennial jockeying for first place among one’s peers, even at the expense of the efforts of others. A selfish and greedy person can never have enough money. The fear of being poor is intolerable. So, the selfish person climbs over others to get what they want. Yet, once they get more money, the need to obtain even more money surfaces. A vicious c

  Do you know enough to speak up about Jesus? If you are not a student of theology nor particularly knowledgeable about matters of the faith, and no wiser than the ordinary person in religious matters, what are you going to say to someone who uses scripture to defend their point?   It can be hard for us ordinary people if we have no “weapons” in our arsenal to defeat a strong debater.   But the point isn’t to get into a debate or win a war of words. If you have a sense that you can do little more than go silent when you find yourself in a religious conversation, don’t worry, you actually do have what you need. Take a close look at this reading from the Book of Micah (5:1-4): The LORD says: You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; Poor little Bethlehem.   Nowhere near as strong as those clans of Judah.   You’re just so seemingly insignificant. But wait!   What is that you