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2024-08-22T07:02:04-05:00

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Dispelling The Illusion

Last updated on: August 22, 2024 at 7:02 am By Henry Karlson

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One of the great truths agreed upon by many religious traditions is that the world we perceive and experience is influenced by our own minds even as our minds are influenced by our actions. That is, our normal experience of the world is not the world as it is, but the world as it is veiled by our minds, indeed, our experience is usually based upon what we make of it due to our minds and the way they engage... Read more

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2024-08-21T02:16:14-05:00

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PRS* XIV Learning To Listen

Last updated on: August 21, 2024 at 2:16 am By Henry Karlson

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One of many things I’ve learned through the years is that I need to silence myself and listen to others and what they have to say. That is, I need to truly listen to them, to treat them as a dignified person, not an object, to truly care about them and who they are instead of what I think they should be like. I have had to learn that when they have problems, when they have issues they want me... Read more

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2024-08-20T07:29:43-05:00

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Salvation And Social Justice

Last updated on: August 20, 2024 at 7:29 am By Henry Karlson

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Jesus spoke out against the abuses of the rich and powerful while defending and promoting the poor and the outcast. In Luke, this is rather clear, as we see him giving blessings to the poor, while giving warnings (or curses) to the rich (cf. Lk. 6:20-26). His mission was to save the world, but that meant more than just preserving it as he found it, it meant he had to transform and reshape the world, righting the wrongs which those... Read more

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Systematic structures of sin

2024-08-18T02:35:04-05:00

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Trust In God

Last updated on: August 18, 2024 at 2:35 am By Henry Karlson

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Paul reminds us as Christians that all our actions should be geared towards love. “Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Cor. 16:13-14 RSV). At times, this can be a difficult challenge for us; when times are difficult, when it seems everything we do is just making things worse, we must put our trust in God, believing that even if things do not improve in the... Read more

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2024-08-15T02:42:34-05:00

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The Dormition Of The Mother of God

Last updated on: August 15, 2024 at 2:42 am By Henry Karlson

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Today, we remember the entrance of the Mother of God into eternity. In the Byzantine tradition, this day is called the Dormition of the Mother of God, the day on which she went to “sleep.” It is important that we do not misunderstand what is meant with the word “dormition.” By saying Mary went to “sleep,” tradition is telling us that she died, using the euphemism which Paul used for death (one, which, to be sure, predated him, as there... Read more

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2024-08-13T05:13:26-05:00

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PRS* XIII God And Science

Last updated on: August 13, 2024 at 5:13 am By Henry Karlson

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I like to visit my local Half-Price Bookstore every week, as it is most likely to have a wide variety of books, many new to the store, letting me discover books which I otherwise did not know existed. Also, I find their clearance section to be unavoidable, as I often find books placed in it which either I did not know they had, or books which I am willing to buy when they are not so costly. Just recently, I... Read more

General Christian

2024-08-12T03:45:39-05:00

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We Need To Focus On Ourselves, Not Others

Last updated on: August 12, 2024 at 3:45 am By Henry Karlson

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We are easily distracted, especially by gossip. What is worse. we often use gossip not only as a means of distraction, but detraction, a means of hurting those who we dislike. The more we speak out of malice, the more spiritually ill we become. We should not be looking to others in order to find a reason to criticize and attack them, thinking in doing so, we prove ourselves to be better than they are. We should not be trying... Read more

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Sayings of the Desert Fathers

2024-08-11T02:36:20-05:00

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The Idol Of The Rich Young Man

Last updated on: August 11, 2024 at 2:36 am By Henry Karlson

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If we want to experience the kingdom of God, we must not close ourselves from it by being self-absorbed, closing in on ourselves instead of being open to God and God’s grace. We certainly must not think it is something we can attain all by ourselves, that on our own, we can do what it takes to become perfect. We can’t. Perfection is impossible without union with God, for God is good, the source and foundation of all that is... Read more

General Christian

2024-08-10T12:53:21-05:00

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Suffering Is Never A Good Unto Itself

Last updated on: August 10, 2024 at 12:53 pm By Henry Karlson

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There are various occasions in our life where we might find ourselves doing actions which lead to our own suffering, and we are willing, indeed, see the need to do them despite such suffering. Due to this, though we might not want to suffer, we still embrace it, realizing that it is necessary for our goal. A prime example of this is if we see a loved one under attack: most of us would immediately put ourselves between them and... Read more

General Christian

2024-08-07T02:33:40-05:00

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PRS* XII Republicans Attacking Businesses And Religion

Last updated on: August 7, 2024 at 2:33 am By Henry Karlson

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While many had their attention diverted by the Olympics, and made-up outrage after made-up outrage concerning what was happening there, Jim Jordan and Thomas Massie, leading the House Judiciary Committee, were conducting an assault on businesses and faith-based groups which take environmental concerns seriously. They claimed that there is a “ESG Cartel” which needs to be stopped, a cartel which has as its goal a desire to protect the environment, and with it, the future of humanity. Why do they... Read more

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