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The Wooing of Rebekah – Held on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Gen. 24: 01 – 67 – The Wooing of Rebekah Background This story continues the turning point in Genesis from Abraham to his progenitors, in this case, Isaac.  However, it is Rebekah who most mirrors Abraham as the one called … Continue reading

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The Purchase of a Burial Plot – Held on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Personal Note on Posting Timeline For those of you who come to this site I had hoped to post on the Tuesday, then the Wednesday following the Sunday that we had our gathering.  Obviously I haven’t been faithful to that … Continue reading

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Advent – Comments on Parish Bulletin Information – Held on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Advent Our parish bulletin of St. Anthony All Saints in Canton, OH, http://www.stanthonyallsaintscanton.org/, and click on “weekly bulletin” had two sections that caught my attention.  The first, entitled Waiting for Joyful Hope, was a reflection on the Sunday Scriptures.  It … Continue reading

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The Birth of Isaac – Held on Sunday, November 18, 2012

Gen. 21: 01 – 08 – Birth of Isaac Preview Not wanting to be labor the point, in summary two weeks ago I offered as an example of our church’s failure to deal adequately with the scientific revolution the biological … Continue reading

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Gen. 20:01-18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech – Part 2 – Held on Sunday, November 11, 2012

Gen. 20:01 – 18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech Background As the notes on USCCB website http://www.usccb.org/bible/genesis/20 inform us, this is the second story of Abraham passing his wife, Sarah, off as his sister.  The first occurred in Gen. 12:10 … Continue reading

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Reflections on the “Corrupt and Crime Ridden Roman Catholic Church” article – Held on Sunday, November 11, 2012

A Reflection / Response to the article “Why I love the Corrupt and Crime Ridden Catholic Church.” I took my clue for our opening topic from an email that Ken had forwarded to me in which he provided a link … Continue reading

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Gen. 19: 01 – 29 – Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah – Held on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Gen. 19:01 – 29 – Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Review The comments from last week, October 28, which were submitted by Tim, Ken, and Dan, I thought, had a real lesson for all of us to learn.  It seems … Continue reading

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Gen. 18: 16 – 33 – Abraham’s Intercessions – Held on Sunday, October 28, 2012

Gen. 18:16 – 33 – Abraham’s Intercessions Review We started off focusing our attention on a remark that Ken had submitted on our blog last week.  As I heard Ken, he assumed first of all that from an unknown but … Continue reading

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Gen. 18: 01 – 15 – Abraham’s Visitors – Held on Sunday, October 21, 2012

Gen. 18:01 – 15 – Abraham’s Visitors Need for Notification I learned from the group that if I expect them to respond to my posts, I need to notify them when I actually post.  For those who would like to be notified, I … Continue reading

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The New Evangelization – Fr. Shori’s Addressed on the Weekend of October 13 – 14, 2012

The New Evangelization Fr. Shori addressed the topic of the New Evangelization at all the Masses over the weekend of October 13 – 14.  I think this topic is extremely important.  First of all because Jesus’ parting words to us … Continue reading

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