by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 6, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Witness
The Feast of the Epiphany, or Three Kings’ Day, is celebrated on January 6 each year. In the Latin and Eastern Orthodox Church it is the day when gifts are given and received. Matthew 2 records the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem. Because St. Luke does not mention the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 4, 2025 | Aging, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Suffering
O my Lord God, this is the awful burden I feel in ageing: that I am your useless servant. My body is lumpish and clumsy, its beauty gone: I am stiff on my thickened legs, and cannot speed about serving others and you. My thoughts seem not to come out clearly, and I...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 28, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Worship
Almighty and immortal God, whose mercies are like your years, unnumbered, we your dependent creatures, humbly adore you for your manifold goodness to us and to all your children. Awaken in our hearts a thankful sense of your forbearance in preserving our lives through...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 19, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, Worship
Who has not considered Mary And who her praise would dim, But what of humble Joseph Is there no song for him? If Joseph had not driven Straight nails through honest wood If Joseph had not cherished His Mary as he should; If Joseph had not proved him A...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 18, 2024 | Aging, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Loving Father, now at the climax of this time of waiting I offer you all my longing and hoping. Let the mystery and holiness of your great gift to us, which we celebrate afresh, come upon me as strangely and gloriously as to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 14, 2024 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Science, The World
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow in their book, The Grand Design, maintain that God is not required for the existence of the universe. Instead the laws of gravity and quantum theory allow universes to appear spontaneously from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the...
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