Posts Tagged ‘Fr. John Riccardo’
Make the time
“It is so hard to admit that one is a sinner; it is so hard to climb the hill of Calvary and kneel beneath a cross and ask for pardon, forgiveness. Certainly it is hard. But it is harder to hang there.”
Read MoreWhat Pope Francis doesn’t do
“I wish he’d stick it to them!”
That is the single thought that unites conservatives and liberals with the Pope’s visit to the America.
Liberals want Francis to put conservatives in their place for (supposedly) disdaining the immigrant and Mother Earth.
Conservatives want Francis to put liberals in their place for disdaining the pre born and traditional marriage…
Read MorePlease, be merciful O Lord
“It is so hard to admit that one is a sinner; it is so hard to climb the hill of Calvary and kneel beneath a cross and ask for pardon, forgiveness. Certainly it is hard. But it is harder to hang there.”
Read More"If this is the cure, imagine the disease"
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V4jxkoXp2U] This sentence from the Gospel of John is so lacking in heft: “Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged.” To John’s audience of his day, they got it. To modern man, we don’t. I think that’s why Mel Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” was so significant. It depicted the…
Read More“If this is the cure, imagine the disease”
This sentence from the Gospel of John is so lacking in heft: “Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged.” To John’s audience of his day, they got it. To modern man, we don’t.
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