III DAMENGGUN PÅSGUAN RESUREKSION

Posted by - April 29, 2017

FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                  Acts 2, 14. 22-33 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i ManApostulis (Gi ha’ånin Pentekostes) Tumohgi si Pedro yan i Onsi na manapostulis ya ha håtsa i bos-ña ya ha kuentusi i taotåo siha: “Hamyu ni ManHudihos, yan todu hamyu lokkui’ ni mañåsaga giya Hirusalen! Ekkunguk håfa para bai hu sangåni hamyu.

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The Perks of Fatigue

Posted by - April 29, 2017

“What have I even accomplished today?” Have you ever caught yourself asking that question at the end of the workday? Sometimes it is hard to point to anything specific that you can check off the list. When the flood of work just keeps pouring down, it can be difficult to feel like you are making

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Challenges and No Excuses (Part 1)

Posted by - April 29, 2017

  Imagine that you are living in first century Palestine. A few years earlier you had listened to Jesus of Nazareth preach and your heart was moved by his words. You saw him heal sick relatives and know that the power of God was at work in him. You came to believe that he was

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Want To Encounter Jesus?

Posted by - April 26, 2017

“Volumus Iseum Videre” is the Episcopal Motto of Bishop Ryan Jimenez. It translates to “We would like or we desire to see Jesus”. Who of us would not want to see and encounter the Risen Lord? This Sunday’s gospel describes the Sacrament of the Eucharist/Mass, as the best way to see and encounter the risen

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Pope Francis gestures as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 19. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Closed hearts unable to be surprised by the Resurrection, pope says

Posted by - April 23, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christian faith is a grace and can be perceived only in the hearts of those willing to be surprised by the joy of the Resurrection, Pope Francis said. “A closed heart, a rationalistic heart” is incapable of understanding the Christian message which has God’s love — manifested in Christ’s victory over

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Pope Francis kisses the foot of an inmate April 13 at Paliano prison outside of Rome as he celebrates Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper. The pontiff washed the feet of 12 inmates at the maximum security prison. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Pope washes feet of 12 prison inmates at Holy Thursday Mass

Posted by - April 23, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a gesture of service toward marginalized people, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 inmates, including three women and a man who is converting from Islam to Catholicism. Although in Jesus’ time, washing the feet of one’s guests was performed by slaves, Jesus “reverses” this role, the pope said during

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Seema Verma, U.S. administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, addresses reporters outside the White House April 13 alongside Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America. The news conference followed President Donald Trump's signing of a bill allowing states to redirect Title X family planning funding away from clinics that perform abortions and to community clinics that provide comprehensive health care for women and children. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Trump signs bill to let states redirect funds away from abortion clinics

Posted by - April 23, 2017

WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump signed a bill into law April 13 that allows states to redirect Title X family planning funding away from clinics that perform abortions and to community clinics that provide comprehensive health care for women and children. The new law overrides a rule change made in the last days of

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Pope Francis breathes over chrism oil, a gesture symbolizing the infusion of the Holy Spirit, during the Holy Thursday chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 13. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope to priests: Never separate truth, joy, mercy from the Gospel

Posted by - April 23, 2017

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Always preach the whole truth of the Gospel with humility and respect and never be afraid to offer that truth just “one sip at a time,” Pope Francis told the world’s priests. The Gospel is truth, “brimming with joy and mercy. We should never attempt to separate these three graces of

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II DAMENGGUN PÅSGUAN RESUREKSION pat DAMENGGUN YINI’USAN MINA’ÅSI’

Posted by - April 23, 2017

  FINE’NA NA TINAITAI                                                                              Acts 2, 42-47 Un tinaitai ginin i Bidan i ManApostulis I mañe’lu siha madalalaki i fina’nå’guin i manapostulis yan i lina’la’ i manmanhonggi, gi ma’ipi’ i pån yan i tinayuyut siha. Un rispitåo na mina’å’ñåo måttu giya siha, sa’ mali’i’ na meggai manna’manman na cho’chu’ yan siñåt macho’gui ni manapostulis. Atyu

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Corporal Works of Mercy

Posted by - April 23, 2017

Before Easter I promised to follow up with my quiz from two weeks ago about the corporal works of mercy. They are guidelines which provide a model for our how to treat others, “as if they were Christ in disguise.” (USCCB) Can you name all seven now? I had only mentioned the first; do you

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