A Head spinning Catholic teaching

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The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Evangelicals and Fundamentalists often attack this doctrine as "umbilical," but the Bible is forthright in declaring it (cf. 1 Cor. 10:16–17, 11:23–29; and, most forcefully, John … Continue reading A Head spinning Catholic teaching

These are my thoughts… (a post from my friend)

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A fantastic post by a good friend….. These are my thoughts... ...shared mostly so you can understand where I am coming from, even if you disagree with me. It is 11:47 pm right now and I should be sleeping. I should be sleeping but I am unable to. One hour ago, it appeared that … Continue reading These are my thoughts… (a post from my friend)

Are you the Fox: A Lenten Reflection

March 8, 2012March 8, 2012 Paul Sposite Called by God, Catholic, church, Death, Easter, Faith, Lent, Life, Mass, Prayer, Religon, Salvation, Works action, actions, agony, altar, bible, blog, blood, breath, Catholics, Centurion, christ, church, cooperation, creation, Death, demons, devil, Earth, Easter, Eucharist, Experience, Faith, Feel, Forgive, friends, garden, goal, grief, Harsh, heart, heaven, Herod, hill, humiliation, Jerusalem, Jesus, lady, Leave, Lenten, Liar, Lies, Life, Lord, Lords, love, luck, Luke, mass, moment, moments, Moreover, narrative, passion, persecution, Peter, Pharisees, Pilate, Place, Pontius, preparation, prophet, purification, reenactment, reflection, representation, resurrection, Sacrifice, sake, salvation, session, Simeon, sins, soul, Spend, spirit, streets, Supper, tears, thorns, times, truth, weapons, word, words

Image via Wikipedia 31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will … Continue reading Are you the Fox: A Lenten Reflection

Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

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25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter … Continue reading Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

Into your Arms, A Lenten Reflection

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Today many people try to make Jesus out to be this hippy type of person who spoke softly and walked around with a smile on his face and a daisy in his hands. You know they type, the “Jesus Loves You” type. Sure, yes I know that Jesus loves me and I know that Jesus … Continue reading Into your Arms, A Lenten Reflection

What is your Focus this Lent?

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Image via Wikipedia Were is your focus this Lent? On you or on Jesus. Lent is not about us, it is not about self-improvement, it is about Jesus, it's about New Birth, it's about New Life, it's about New Perseverance and New Death. New Birth … Continue reading What is your Focus this Lent?

I Want… A Lenten Reflection

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Image via Wikipedia I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 2 Corinthians 11:26-28 We all have wants and needs, statements like this are throughout the bible, someone is always complaining, from the beginning … Continue reading I Want… A Lenten Reflection

Forgiveness… Can you do it?

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Image via Wikipedia The only survivor of white supremacist Mark Stroman's bloody rampage after Sept 11, 2001 is asking that his attacker be spared the death penalty Wednesday for his crimes…. …I forgave Mark Stroman many years ago," he writes on his blog. "I believe he was ignorant, and not capable of distinguishing between right … Continue reading Forgiveness… Can you do it?

Characters of the Passion: A reading for Lent

March 21, 2011March 21, 2011 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, Death, Faith, Lent, Life, Prayer, Religon, Salvation actions, advice, Barabbas, Beatitudes, befuddlement, betrayal, chapters, characters, christ, Christians, contempt, cross, culture, Dear, failure, Faith, fulton, Herod, Judas, Lenten, lesson, Lord, mindset, pain, passion, person, Peter, reader, times, Western, words, world, writer

http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://anamericanpointofview.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/characters-of-the-passion-a-reading-for-lent/ Cover via Amazon I just finished the book, Characters of the Passion, by Fulton J. Sheen, one of two books I am read for Lent, the other is also a Sheen book, The Cross and the Beatitudes. If you have never read a Sheen book, I would recommend it, he is a gifted writer, … Continue reading Characters of the Passion: A reading for Lent

American short term memory loss

February 22, 2011 Paul Sposite conservative, Election, GOP, History, liberal, Life, Media, Politics, Tax Abayomi, action, African, america, American, Americans, Anthony, articles, Azikiwe, benefits, Blogs, Budget, BusinessWeek, Carmelo, Carter, Christchurch, Civil, Commission, competition, convictions, court, CPAC, dandelionsalad, decisions, democracy, Democrats, detroit, dollars, dream, Earthquake, effort, elections, exemptions, Fair, Farruggio, free, friends, Gaddafi, Google, government, Governor, health, Hispanics, hollywood, Homos, hotair, house, hypocrites, industry, juice, justice, KNICKS, lawn, Libya, LITTLE, location, longer, Lower, Lund, members, memory, Mich, michigan, money, Muammar, Nation, needs, nerd, news, November, nwsource, nytimes, option, Partner, path, Paul, pensions, Peter, Philip, Pick, Pleas, proposals, Reagan, REMOVAL, revolution, Rick, ronald, Round, salary, salon, Same, schism, seattletimes, Self, Send, service, Snyder, social, Socialism, stand, State, Still, Supreme, system, Taxes, Taxpayer, tendency, Toward, Wisconsin, word, workers, world, York, Zealand

Image by wmrice via Flickr The American people have a tendency to forget quickly…. This past November we held local, state and national elections all over our great nation. Overwhelmingly we voted for conservatives, we told the powers that that be that we no longer wanted our government to spend our money freely, that we … Continue reading American short term memory loss

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A Head spinning Catholic teaching

These are my thoughts… (a post from my friend)

Are you the Fox: A Lenten Reflection

Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

Into your Arms, A Lenten Reflection

What is your Focus this Lent?

I Want… A Lenten Reflection

Forgiveness… Can you do it?

Characters of the Passion: A reading for Lent

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