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  • Christian Faith Is Faith In The Incarnation And Resurrection. Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 26, 2013
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    Christian faith is faith in the incarnation of the Word and his bodily resurrection.

    Thursday of 30th Week in Course Lumen Fidei As we consider the gift of faith, this gift of seeing far through new eyes, we are challenged to see beyond the sufferings of the present. St. Paul, in this astonishing chapter 8 of the Letter to the Romans, pictures us in a courtroom, before God, the ...read more

  • Scandal And Anti-Scandal

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 22, 2014
     | 1,944 views

    We must stay award of the stories of those around us who are on the journey of faith

    Thursday of 7th Week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei There is a horrible temptation always attracting the Christian, the one who has been invited to the banquet of Word and Eucharist, has accepted the invitation, has led a good life of service to others. The temptation is to believe that we have ...read more

  • Faith Seeking Understanding

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 1, 2014
     | 2,513 views

    God redeemed the world through suffering, and we can understand, if not fully comprehend, the mystery.

    Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2014 Lumen Fidei On this first day after the solemn beginning of Lent, as we begin our forty-day retreat, the Church gives us some stark words. Deuteronomy tells us that the choice is between life and death, between blessing and curse. Honor and obey God alone, and ...read more

  • On The Festival Of Purim Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 8, 2014
     | 3,276 views

    Theology is faith seeking understanding. It can help us see the relevance of God's Word to our lives, especially when we don't get what we pray for.

    Thursday of the First Week of Lent 2014 Lumen Fidei In the Jewish calendar, which is a lunar, or thirteen-month calendar, spring is the time of Purim, the minor feast of deliverance. The story is well-known in all the world, to Jews and Christians. A Persian king had, in God’s design, an ...read more

  • An Unbroken Chain Of Witnesses Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 15, 2014
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     | 2,770 views

    The rich man was isolated, even from his brothers. True faith comes usually from someone sharing it with us.

    Thursday of the Second Week of Lent 2014 Lumen Fidei Recently we discovered an infestation of what are called “acrobat” ants, Crematogaster hespera, in our house. We had the pest control folks treat the house with good success. The treatment was a chemical friendly to the good fauna ...read more

  • Baptism Is A Gift We Receive Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 4, 2014
     | 2,357 views

    God loved us so much that He gave up His only begotten Son, as the blood-price of our justification. You and I first enter that covenant when we, or our parents and godparents, make covenant promises to God at our baptism.

    Thursday of 5th Week in Lent 2014 Lumen Fidei The Gospel of John, more than the Synoptics, clearly states what the Church has always and everywhere taught–Jesus is the fleshly manifestation of the same God who made a covenant of love and fidelity with Abraham. Although Israel turned its ...read more

  • Your Mission To Your Family Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 7, 2014
     | 3,493 views

    We are sent to be a gift, a blessing, to every human being we encounter, especially in our family.

    Thursday of the 10th Week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei One of the beautiful things we lost with the new liturgical calendar is the Octave of Pentecost. Pentecost is the birthday of the Church, the day when evangelization of the nations began in earnest and in the Holy Spirit, so it deserves to be ...read more

  • God Does Want Humans To Be One In Mind And Heart Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 13, 2014
     | 4,346 views

    Faith gives us a heightened respect for nature so that we "discern in it a grammar written by the hand of God." God's Fatherhood makes it possible for us to live together with one heart and one will.

    Thursday of the 11th Week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei Where did we get the idea that God is our Father? Surely the definitive statement of God’s fatherhood is in this prayer we learned from Jesus, the Son. Still, we didn’t fully know what a father is until Jesus came and established ...read more

  • Faith Needs A Setting Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 29, 2014
     | 2,342 views

    what is communicated in the Church, what is handed down in her living Tradition, is the new light born of an encounter with the true God, a light which touches us at the core of our being and engages our minds, wills and emotions.

    Thursday of 4th week of Lent 2014 Lumen Fidei The name “Israel” was given to Jacob, son of Isaac and Rebecca, after an incident in which this patriarch wrestled all night with a divine being. That name means “God-fighter,” and it applied well to his descendants. Our OT ...read more

  • Destination Bethlehem: A Grave Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 19, 2015
     | 5,117 views

    God's purpose of salvation of fallen man is revealed in the first days of the life of the baby Jesus.

    “There was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he ...read more

  • This Trustworthy Truth Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 16, 2013
     | 2,353 views

    Mary's total dedication to God is paralleled in our lives because of the faithful presence of God in both.

    Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2013 Lumen Fidei The feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Memorial today, is not attested in the Scriptures, where Mary is first acknowledged at the Annunciation by Gabriel. Nor is it in any of the authentic Church Fathers. The ...read more

  • Stephen, Love And Truth

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 21, 2013
     | 2,071 views

    St Stephen's sermon was very aggressive, and would not really be expected to work, but his core truth is real.

    St. Stephen December 26 2013 Lumen Fidei I grew up in the fifties and sixties, and being a Catholic was “okay” with the culture back then. So this quote from Jesus about being hated by all seemed to be referring to anti-Catholic bigotry from the early 1900s. After all, wasn’t ...read more

  • Faith, Anchored In The Promise To Abraham Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2013
     | 2,609 views

    Mary anchored her faith in the promise God made to Abraham; faith is a response to a "Thou" who calls us by name.

    Holy Name of Mary 2012 Lumen Fidei In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the ...read more

  • When Faith Is Weakened Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 21, 2014
     | 2,723 views

    Our faith enables us to triumph even when the evil culture seems to be overwhelming the goodness we seek.

    Thursday of 12th week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei St. Josemaria taught: “You hear people saying sometimes that there are fewer miracles nowadays. Might it not rather be that there are fewer people living a life of faith? God cannot go back on his promise, 'Ask of me, and I will give you the ...read more

  • Conceiving Iniquity And Bringing Forth Wind Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 12, 2014
     | 3,256 views

    We learn from bitter experience how wrong it is to ignore God's will and do things our own way. If this leads to pain, even the pain can be a way to focus us on the right way.

    Thursday of 15th Week in Course Lumen Fidei Let’s be frank about today’s reading from Isaiah, because he is speaking about a Hebrew people who did not do God’s will. They chased after what he calls “other lords”–the Baals and Astartes. They engaged in all ...read more