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Looking with the merciful eyes of God
For a time I have been thinking Catholicism is always about something sad. It is something a person with anxiety and depression invites himself or herself into. When I am sad, I look for Catholic retreats, Catholic songs, quotes of saints, sad stories, and...
Is it time to die? I thought.
It was Monday, November 1, 2021, evening. In the afternoon, I had suffered an attack from my mental illness. This is common for me to suffer from my mental illness - hearing voices, uncontrollable thoughts, hyperventilating, anxiety, and, recently, panic...
Luke 16:1-2 The Parable of the Dishonest Steward
Good morning, readers! This is from Brother Emmanuel. Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your...
More on LOVE from God
Love or Merciful Love is probably something I did not write enough about. While at 7:30 a.m. Mass this morning, a voice whispered to write more about LOVE. I hesitated to agree but that voice led me to write now. (9:08 a.m.) I wrote about Merciful Love and...
A short note on Merciful Love from God
It’s almost the end of the day (2:36 p.m.) and I am still finding myself busy and not able to write about the merciful love from God. But, God is patient. Now, I write. No matter what I have done in my life, God still loves me. I was an angry teenager...
What is your gift?
Father Mike Schmitz commented, “. . .use the gift God gave you!” The movie X-men has always captivated me. It is about a bunch of young people who are called mutants, which deemed them outcasts from society because they were different. Growing up, the...
The story of my life
What have I done in my story of my life? I had not taken responsibility for my finances. I used my mother to pay for my first car. She had asked me to help her pay month after month and I avoided and forgot about her requests. I kept using the...
Luke 11:53-54
Brother Emmanuel has this to share about Luke 11:53-54. He has three questions and today my answers are ‘No’, ‘Agitated’, and ‘No’. Keep reading to see what answers you might give. When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility...
Struggling to see the Light?
This is a hard topic for me to discuss. It is about my father (and perhaps yours). As a boy, my father had rich and powerful gangster friends and family. Everything he advised was about how he had the steadfast principles of gangsters and how they had no...
Path to vengeance or righteousness
It has been going on for a while now - my grudge for not getting promoted. Here is my confession. For 14 years, I have been trying to get promoted. My performance evaluations have received competent to very good grades. However, I have been denied...
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