Category: Heaven is real
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Angels Among Us
In Hebrews 13:2 it says, “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” Suzanne and I started our family in an old “lumberjack” house built in 1881 with white pine and oak. It was a rambling house that consisted of add-on…
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Francis Meets the Good Shepherd
Francis and his wife Mary lived in a house around the corner, but their lot is larger and extended behind ours. Our back yard was small with the garage attached behind the house. This left little room for the growing boys to play. I built them a play structure with a sandbox at the bottom…
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Prayer of St. Augustine
Almighty Father, come into our hearts, and so fill us with Thy love that forsaking all evil desires, we may embrace Thee, our only good. Show us, O lord our God, what Thou are to us. Say to our souls, I am your salvation, speak so that we may hear. Our hearts are before Thee. …
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A Study In Righteousness
As we look at His Holy Face, we see the face of a man that was beaten, reviled, spit upon. His beard and moustache were plucked, His nose broken. His scalp was bleeding from the crown of thorns. And yet… ..His face is serene, calm, even regal. He did not complain, cry out…
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Divine Mercy Chaplet
Jesus called Sister Faustina Kowalska His “Secretary of Mercy.” She recorded many conversations with Jesus in her diary, “Divine Mercy In My Soul.” In her diary, she writes, “”At the hour of their death, I defend every soul that will say this Chaplet as I do my own glory. When this Chaplet is said by…
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Conversations with Mac
Conversations with Mac. This is one of those stories that leaves more questions than answers. It started with a phone call from Mac, a total stranger who wanted to have a business meeting with me. We set an appointment a few days later to meet at my office. Mac was an unusual looking man. He…
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Saving Pat Ryan
Saving Pat Ryan The first time I saw Pat Ryan was at the Parish Elementary School Christmas Pageant. Our children were attending Resurrection School and were expected to sing and perform in the school gymnasium for the benefit of the parents and parishioners, followed by Christmas treats and a visit from Santa Claus. The two…
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Joe, Meet Jesus.
Joe, Meet Jesus. I first met Joe and his family when they moved up to my community from Indiana. We belonged to a charismatic community and he was looking for an environment that would foster his faith and prayer life. Joe was a big man, a former linebacker for the University of Purdue Boilermakers. He…