SURVEY – June 5, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, In the spirit of listening, I invite you to respond as to your relationship with the Catholic Church as outlined below. Your response will help St. Stanislaus Church become a better parish. Feel free to share this survey with your friends. I am grateful for your help. Smile, God Loves […]
HEAVEN IS RESURRECTED STATE – II, May 29, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, We have been reflecting on the resurrected state where all the elements of our humanness will be integrated. This journey involves allowing Love (God) to work in us and with us to enter into that resurrected state that will only happen fully in the next life. He is an example […]
HEAVEN IS RESURRECTED STATE – I, May 22, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, The resurrected state is the state to which we are all called. It is the state into which we are drawn (often kicking and screaming) by the infinite mysterious-loving energy we name God. We are drawn into it kicking and screaming because we resist surrendering to that infinite love. In […]
LOVING ONESELF VS. SELF-ESTEEM II – May 15, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, We have seen the change that comes from fostering only self-esteem. What about fostering loving oneself? From what I know, the only way that we learn love of our deep self is to be loved into it. The more unconditional that love is, the more effective it becomes. This loving […]
LOVING ONESELF VS. SELF-ESTEEM I – May 8, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, I see loving oneself and self-esteem as being different. I understand self-esteem to mean that we value ourselves because of the talents that we have, the things that we do well, and what we have accomplished. I think that it is valuable to be praised when we do things well […]
INTIMACY – May 1, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, I am reading a book, Joyous Sexuality: Healing from the Effects of Family Sexual Dysfunction, by Mic Hunter M.S. These are some thoughts of his…mixed in with a little bit of my own. He writes about these kinds of intimacy. 1. Physical intimacy – For example, sharing a hug, touching […]
IMMIGRATION – April 17, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, I encourage you to take a broad look at the issue of immigration. Too easily we take a hard position without considering the broad picture. I have to be careful of that myself. We easily put things into sound bytes that give a slanted version of the reality. The bishops […]
RELIGION SUBSTITUTE FOR GOD VII – April 3, 2011
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Dear People Whom God Loves, I believe that religion is not an end in itself. When religion is practiced for itself, it becomes an idol. I see religion as a means to help us surrender to the Intelligent Love we name God. That surrender involves the gradual and painful process of our wills becoming aligned […]
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