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2017-11-13T17:38:46-05:00

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The Mystery of the Mind of God

Last updated on: November 13, 2017 at 5:38 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

If you want to know a miniscule amount about the mystery and mind of God, then look at yourself (but not to yourself). Read more

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2017-11-12T18:33:00-05:00

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Predestination and Election

Last updated on: November 12, 2017 at 6:33 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

Don’t look for Him up in the skies or in your imagination, for He has clothed Himself in a Body and is present with us through His Church, which He has elected. Read more

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2017-11-10T21:01:33-05:00

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How Close is the Word of God to You?

Last updated on: November 10, 2017 at 9:01 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

If even the moon and the sun, the stars and the sky speak ceaselessly about God, why doesn’t the crown of creation and why don’t the ones made in His image? Read more

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2017-11-09T12:27:40-05:00

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What is Theogathy?

Last updated on: November 9, 2017 at 12:27 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

What if the problem is not one of theodicy, but theogathy? Read more

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2017-11-08T16:58:38-05:00

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Love is God’s Unbreakable Law of Gravity

Last updated on: November 8, 2017 at 4:58 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

This God is a strange person, unlike any human we’ve ever met. Read more

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2017-11-07T14:11:30-05:00

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What Glory Can There be in a World of Suffering?

Last updated on: November 7, 2017 at 2:11 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

One of the certainties of life is that we will suffer. What's the other one for Christians? Read more

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Saturday of Trinity 10 – Romans 8:1-17

Last updated on: August 5, 2016 at 9:55 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

Romans 8:1-17 Imagine that your house is a single cell that measures 6 X 8 feet. In your house, you have a bed, table, chair, locker, a few shelves, lights and a window. You have access to a community bathroom located at the end of the hallway.  Every day at 7:00 am, 11:30 am, 5:00 pm and 9:30 pm. you must stand and show yourself in your cell to be counted before the Keepers of the Law.  You may not... Read more

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2017-11-05T18:04:45-05:00

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The 2 Me’s

Last updated on: November 5, 2017 at 6:04 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

Don’t you find it kind of strange that one of the most fundamental principles of human nature is that we are both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Read more

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2017-11-03T11:24:55-05:00

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“I do,” says the Bride, the Church

Last updated on: November 3, 2017 at 11:24 am   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

We, the Church, take thee, Jesus Christ, to my wedded Husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, to love and to cherish, forever and ever, according to God’s holy ordinance, and thereto I give thee my troth. Read more

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2017-11-02T15:24:25-05:00

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Who Are You? Identity Confusion and God

Last updated on: November 2, 2017 at 3:24 pm   By Fr. Charles Erlandson

People like Michael Jackson, Madonna, and David Bowie are particularly notable examples of the chameleon-like nature of modern identity. Read more

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