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| Title | Scripture Summary | Body | Week | Cycle | Topic | Keywords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.T. Phone Home | Matthew 5:3,7,9 | The movie "E. T." (if you didn't see it) is the story of an ugly -- beautiful! -- creature who [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Poor in Spirit | Eternal Life,Extra Terrestrial,Homesickness |  |
| Love Is Wisdom | Matthew 5:3 | With the birth of Christ, a great joy is proclaimed which lays aside all the questions and all the imponderables. [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Wisdom | Love,Poor in Spirit,Revelation,Trust | |
| We Thank Thee Lord! | Matthew 5:3 | Nature has many remarkable ways of illustrating the growth process. In the case of the Chinese bamboo tree, for instance, [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Blessings | Growth,Chinese bamboo,Sermon on the Mount,Thankfulness | |
| The Way We Are | Matthew 5:12 | In the summer of 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. There he [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Present Moment | God: Presence of,Eternal Life,Poor in Spirit,Openness | |
| How To Live And How To Die | Matthew 5:3 | A Parable: It came to pass that after Adam and Eve had been expelled by the Lord God from the [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Dependence | Eternal Life,Happiness,Adam and Eve,Community | |
| Whom Do You Trust? | Matthew 5:3 | A young lad on vacation went to Church with his parents one sunny Sunday morning. He listened closely to the [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | A | Beatitudes | Growth,Trust | |
| To Turn Us Upside Down | Mark 1:22 | Once upon a time a government surveyor brought his equipment to a farm, called on the farmer, and asked permission [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Authority | Love,Suffering,Listening | |
| Spellbound | Mark 1:22 | We have been hearing much about rising unemployment rates, decline in sales of many products, decline of the stock market. [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Bible | Meaning of life,God: Word of,Word of God | |
| Spellbound | Mark 1:22 | Today there is much talk about a religious revival. That is good news, you think? Yes and no. Mass-produced popular [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Teaching | Listening,Blasphemy,Divine Majesty,Spiritual Wednesday | |
| Where Is Heaven? | Mark 1:24 | In a story called "The Fugitive" by the famous Indian writer Tagore, a father returns home from the funeral rites. [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Heaven | Hell,Listening,Tourists,Demon | |
| At Arms Length | Mark 1:24 | Not everyone who exposes himself to the teachings of Christ responds positively. Some choose to keep Christ at arm's length. [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Divine Authority | Worship,Discipleship,Church-going,Demons | |
| Living As He Lived | Mark 1:22 | According to leading Educators, the number one qualification of A good teacher is enthusiasm for the subject being taught. Our [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Teaching | Outcasts,Jesus Christ: as Teacher,Enthusiasm,Prostitutes,Birthday Party | |
| The Possible Dream | Mark 1:22 | A group of seminary students attended a lecture by one of the world's most distinguished Scripture Scholar/Theologians. After the lecture, [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | B | Teaching | Jesus Christ: as Teacher | |
| Wouldn't Everything Be Just Fine? | Luke 4:22 | Did you ever say to yourself as you walked into church, "What am I doing here?" Uristides McFarland went to [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Love | Chosen People,Compassion,Listening,Church-going | |
| A Good Man Is Hard To Find | Luke 4:24 | An ancient Greek story says that outside the City of Thebes there was a monster called the Sphinx. To every [...] | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | C | Jesus Christ: as Model | Jesus Christ: as Messiah,Attitude,Riddle of man | |