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THE RULE OF THE ORDER OF SAINTS--PreambleA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIt is neither pride, nor vanity, dear children, that compels any of us to strive for sainthood. Even if the initial desire to reach sainthood was at .. |
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Lent: Day ElevenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIf I have been following through with all that I said I could do to enact humility, then I have spent the last week-and-a-half saying and doing things.. |
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Lent–Day Five:A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI know that I said yesterday was the fifth day of Lent, but I was suffering from a stupid attack. Sundays don’t count as part of Lent, which is .. |
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Lent: First SundayA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesOne of the most frustrating things I experienced as a child, as a teen, as a young adult, and even in seminary, was that the Church kept telling m.. |
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Lent: Day FourA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSt. Benedict gives us the allegory of Jacobs Ladder as a model for humility (see Day Three). The first rung of that ladder, or the first step towa.. |
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Lent: Day ThreeA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesYesterday I admitted that I often lack humility, and that I was using Lent as an opportunity to focus on humility and hopefully become more humble.. |
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Lent– Day TwoA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI can often lack in humility. So I am using Lent this year as an opportunity to grow in humility. But, for all the reasons I explained yesterday, .. |
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Lent: Day OneA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSo for the next forty days�"and Sundays which don’t count as Lent�"I’ll be posting short posts for Spiritual Dir.. |
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True Prayer Leads to ActionA Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles"Love is found in deeds rather than in words," at least that's what St. Ignatius tells me. St. Gregory the Great seems to agree because he tells m.. |
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Why Does God Give Us Commandments?A Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIf we are God's Children, then we are heirs to God's power and God's Kingdom. We are princes and princesses waiting to rule. Though we are princ.. |
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Lent: Day SixA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesEvery time I fail, it’s because I sacrificed what I want for what I want in the moment. Which brings me to St. Benedict’s second step towa.. |
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Lent: Day SevenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesA couple of years ago I was about to start my morning class, when I received an email from my supervisor at the time, telling me I had to use some boo.. |
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Lent: Day EightA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesWhen I was a young child, my mother said two things to me that offended me: The first was she told me that she thought the Beatles never should have m.. |
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Old Yeller Character SketchA Story by Naomi BloomA character sketch of the character Old Yeller. Created for a contest. |
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Lent: Day NineA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesIt feels like a month ago, but it’s only been a little over a week, when I thought about what humility is, and defined it in part as “an h.. |
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Lent: Day TenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI don’t believe that everything that happens is God’s will"I never have. I guess I understand in theory how people assume that. If God is .. |
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Lent: Day TwelveA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesSt. Benedict’s eighth step to humility is:The eighth degree of humility is, when a monk does nothing but what is sanctioned by the common rule o.. |
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Lent: Day ThirteenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe ninth step of humility, according to St. Benedict, is:when a monk refrains from speaking, and does not speak until he is asked; for the Scripture .. |
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Lent: Day FourteenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesI’m going to interpret St. Benedict’s next step to humility as:NEVER LAUGH AT, DERIDE, OR MOCK ANYONE OR ANYTHING.If you read the rule, ho.. |
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Lent: Day FifteenA Story by Bishop R. Joseph OwlesThe eleventh rung of humility is:SPEAK GENTLY, CALMLY, AND BRIEFLYThis makes me think of when Kevin Smith used to make films. His two returning charac.. |
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