by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Jesus is the way. Indeed he is a two way street. In him, God comes to meet us, holding back, offering everything of who he is and what he has. Through Him and Him alone, we have access to God to such a degree that we can now call him Abba, Father. …”
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“By His resurrection, Jesus has brought us from death to life. He has snatched us from this present evil age (Gal 1:4) and from the death-directed desires of our body (Rom 6:12), and made us into a new and living creation (2 Cor 5:17). As such, we have exchanged the tombstones that once indicated we were dead in our sins
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“Standing before the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pope Francis canonized two shepherd children who saw Mary at Fatima … more importantly, he said, they heeded the call to pray for sinners and trust in the Lord. ‘We declare and define Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto as saints,’ … The Marian apparitions began May 13, 1917, when
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“… In the year 1917, in a mountainous region at the center of Portugal, the Mother of God appeared six times to three young children. Elsewhere on the continent the ‘Great War’ raged, that would cost Europe an entire generation, over 37 million lives. Besides sending her own sons to die (in France and North Africa) Portugal was in political
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“… PopeFrancis will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Vatican on the morning of May 24th. The U.S. leader will also meet with Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and … Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See foreign minister.” Trump’s visit to the Vatican reportedly will be part of a trip featuring a NATO meeting in Belgium, a G7 summit
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“The Fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally called Good Shepherd Sunday, for the readings focus on how our risen Lord Jesus is our Shepherd, who leads us to Eternal Life. Of course the flip side is that we are sheep. We sometimes miss the humor of the Lord calling us sheep. He could have said we are strong and swift
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“… Ask yourselves whether you belong to His Flock, whether you know Him, whether the light of His Truth shines in your minds. I assure you that it is not by faith that you will come to know Him, but by love; not by mere conviction, but by action. John the Evangelist is my authority for this statement. He tells
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“The King of Love My Shepherd Is” – melody: St. Columba (ancient Irish melody), lyrics by H.W. Baker (1868) “The King of Love my Shepherd is, Whose Goodness fails me never. I nothing lack if I am His, and He is mine forever. …”
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“Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless,” melody: St. Agnes, lyrics by Anonymous/ James Montgomery (lived in 18th/19th centuries), performed by Cantor Danielle Svonavec at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana), 2013. “Shepherd of Souls, refresh and bless Your chosen pilgrim flock with manna in the wilderness, with water from the rock. …”
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“#Easter’s empty tomb is a call to #conversion. By this tomb, we should know for certain that #God has made #Jesus both #Lord and #Messiah ….”
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