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Catholics and Time: Tyrant or Tutor, Friend or Foe, Gift or Curse?
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Deacon Keith Fournier
For the Catholic Christian, time is not a tyrant ruling over us. Rather, it is a teacher, instructing and presenting us with opportunity. Rather than a foe, it is a friend. Its role and reach is a part of the redemptive loving plan of God. In the Incarnation, the eternal Word became flesh; breaking into…
Catholics and the Bible: Lectio Divina, Falling in Love with Jesus the Living Word
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
The Bible is an invitation into an encounter with God for every Christian. Its words are not a formula to obtain “success” in life, but an invitation into a communion of Love and a new way of living. The Bible is not some-thing, but reveals “Someone”. In the words of St. Paul to Timothy, all…
Santo Subito! John Paul II Will be Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on Feast of Divine Mercy
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Deacon Keith Fournier
On April 2, 2005 at 9:37 p.m. the Venerable Pope John Paul II died. In April of 2009 his beloved successor, Pope Benedict XVI, told Pilgrims gathered in Rome “With you, I pray for the gift of beatification”. That prayer has been answered. Friday, January 14, 2011 the Holy See released the “Decree for the…
Theophany, the Baptism of Jesus calls us to live our Lives Immersed in God
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
Last Sunday, in the Western Church, we remembered the “Manifestation” to the Gentiles, the Feast of the Epiphany. We reflected on the “wise men” from the East who followed the light to the fullness of Divinity who humbled Himself to share in our humanity. The word “Epiphany” means “manifestation”, it is a making present, a…
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