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The Treasure of the Word: Commentary on Biblical Readings for Sundays, Feast Days, and Solemnities, Cycle C walks the reader through the lectionary's year of readings, beginning with Advent, the first season of the liturgical year. In his reflections on the passages appointed for each Sunday, feast day, and solemnity, Rev. Fr Isidore Okwudili Igwegbe highlights the major themes of the selections. Growing out of his own prayerful study of the readings,...
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Decalogue: A Meditation on the Ten Commandments is true to its title. It is a reflections on the ten-pillar Mosaic code. For three millennia, the Ten Commandments have had a profound influence as a central moral framework for human society. "Decalogue" plumbs afresh this moral influence, while also arguing for the code's metaphysical and remedial importance. Matteson mostly sidesteps interpretations of the Commandments relating to particular contemporary...
23) Seeking Grace
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I'm really a morning person, if left to my own devices. When I'm involved with someone (when I was married or when I'm dating someone) that schedule gets pushed to the back. For one thing, I seem to pick night owls. But for another, it is hard to find one-on-one time before kids are in bed, which means staying up. But when I am left on my own, I tend to go to bed at the same time as the kids - 9 or 9:30, read for maybe 30 minutes and then crash. That...
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These readings from the Bible have been compiled with the aim of providing a source of daily encouragement and guidance for Christians. The extracts have been specially chosen to give inspiration – and at times challenge – to believers. The readings are accompanied by extracts from hymns, which can be used to make a personal response to God and his word. The Bible portions and hymns in this book could perhaps best be complemented by following...
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Hoy en da, la humanidad se posiciona en dos principales actitudes individuales: los que creen en algo trascendente y los que rehsan o ven con indiferencia a esta muleta de la condicin humana cuyas eventuales pruebas, manifestaciones o testimonios consideran como simple proyeccin de la mente, alucinaciones o fenmenos por explicarse un da. Personalmente no hago gran diferencia entre un ateo y un creyente cuando en ambos existen bondad, respeto a la...
26) A Gem of Worth
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Spiritual Birthstones:Each chapter highlights the birthstone of the month, its history and special meaning. These gems are connected to the stones used in The High Priest of the Hebrews' (Aaron) breastplate. It's assured they have spiritual meanings. The colors also hold the key to understanding all God has in store for us.What does your birth month reveal?Special addition: Flowers of the month, their meanings and medicinal properties.
27) Remembrance Book
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Are you troubled? Connect with God and find peace.As a mother of three school-aged children, I felt as though I lived in my car. I struggled to be on time. I tried to hold myself together. Too many rules interfered with my life at home and work.I created this book of verses to help me maintain my conscious contact with God. He is my source of comfort and peace. Reading these verses help me keep a smile on my face even in traffic.I offer them to you...
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Each devotion contains a reference to a brief Bible passage, a key verse and then the author's thoughts for applying the teachings of the passage to the reader's situation in life. The book has evolved from a quarterly comb bound book of devotions for seniors in a retirement center. Because of the positive response of readers it was expanded to a yearly comb bound book. A number of median and young adults used the book and found it meaningful and...
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Death will come certainly but it may come suddenly.
Through her own struggle to find purpose, author Callie Daruk opens our eyes to the importance and urgency of fulfilling our callings. Her thought-provoking reflections cause you to look into your own heart and stir you to ask for yourself the question we should all be asking, What Does God Want You to do Before You Die?
It's time to take a long hard look at ourselves. Have we as Christians asked...
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Special dedication to Lamont Bershawn
I don't know what I've done in my life to be so blessed. I had a brother named Daniel, when I was forty years old he passed. I met a man named Thomas and a man named Lamont. I didn't know when I met them they'd become my new brothers. I never had a younger brother and I never knew what it would feel like to have a healthy older and younger brother. For my brother Daniel had been sick his entire life.
I'm...
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Este libro contiene 40 meditaciones bíblicas para una jornada en compañía de Jesús. Cada meditación ha sido preparada con la idea de que esa jornada sea un peregrinaje de fe, aprendiendo en Jesús, escuchando su voz, reconociendo sus gestos y recordando el sentido del discipulado integral en dialogo con el contexto del mundo en que vivimos. Estas meditaciones pueden ser desarrolladas en pequeños grupos, en familia o de manera personal en procura...
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The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are sacred and essential doctrines of the Christian faith, yet Easter baskets and the holiday's annual reoccurrence dilutes its message. Christians sincerely want to appreciate Easter but need a fresh approach to wake their souls. Easter weekend passes, and Christians feel like they have missed something important. This devotional prepares believers to experience Christ's death and resurrection in a way that...
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This book offers something different. It gives reflections on the lectionary (Mass) readings for every day of the Advent and Christmas seasons in 2013-2014, but these reflections are different from any others you will find. They follow a plan. There are five sets of reflections each year, and each focuses on one of the five mysteries of Baptism. (Didn't know there were five? Read the reflections for a year and you will be immersed in them). The five...
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Here is a guide to devotions for each week of the year. The priests of old tended the fire in the tent of meeting, where the people offered their gifts and rededicated themselves to God. Because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, we no longer worship with burnt offerings. Yet we must tend and preserve the spiritual fires. Brother Lawrence, Martin Luther, and many others have fanned the flames. Jesus Christ is still the Way, the Truth, and the Life....
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In a 1987 commencement address at Duke University, broadcast journalist and news anchor Ted Koppel entertained the audience with his observation about the Ten Commandments: "What Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai were not the Ten Suggestions. They are commandments." Unfortunately Mr. Koppel was wrong on both counts. In the Hebrew text, the translation is properly "words" or "sayings" rather than "laws" or "commandments." This part of the sacred text...
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Are you seeking a Christian approach to meditation but don't know where to start?
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Whilst it is recognised that the death of Jesus has worldwide implications, this book is an attempt to put these events into a more personal context, hence the title "I Was There".
It is so easy to externalise the events leading up to and including the death and resurrection of Jesus but fail to internalise them by seeing ourselves as part of the story.
These Easter Reflections are intended to help the reader see something of himself/herself through...
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Surviving Pitfalls on the Path is a devotional that explores forty snares believers can expect to encounter as they travel the path to their destination. Each chapter exposes the danger of a particular pitfall and offers encouragement and support to help avoid the trap and its entanglements.
Both the Old and New Testaments speak to the chapter's pitfall. And as believers turn to their biblical guidebook for help, they come to understand this sacred...
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Jesus said, "Your mistake is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God." Mark 12:24 NLT. Thus, to be successful in life, it is vitally important to get Scripture into your mind. There are many ways to accomplish this, from reading a favorite version of a print Bible, to listening on an audiobook, to using a Bible app on the phone or a devotional book. Mostly Scripture q.d. takes a somewhat different approach, it is "mostly...
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If you are an animal lover or if you have experienced the dreadful pain of losing a beloved pet, fasten your seatbelt, for this is a journey into the age-old controversy; do animals go to heaven? For almost a decade, Melinda Cerisano has devoted herself to the examination of one of the most famous pieces of literature to answer this question. You will be shocked to discover what the Bible reveals about the animal kingdom. You will discover how translations...
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