a lesson in humility and pride in Christianity

      Today was one of those days were lack of sleep and the chaos of life caught up with me.  I got in a really stupid fight with my wife this morning over something that meant absolutely nothing but at the time the devil was working his "magic" and made it seem like it was such a huge deal. So after a big blow up fight we decided to give each other some space. While I was trying to process my thoughts I found my self getting more angry and more angry. Than it hit me that...

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Thoughts from Bible study

This weeks Gospel hits me hard. Here it is: Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,"The scribes and the Phariseeshave taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carryand lay them on people's shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They...

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Christian Comfort? is it possible

Lately I have been reading a lot about getting back to the basics of our faith and what it means to be a Christian. There are a lot of things that I have been asking myself lately and one of the big ones is when did Christianity become comfortable to me. Being Catholic has never been hard for me, in the sense that I don't have to worry about the well being of my family and I by saying that I am a believer/follower of Christ. I get to go to Mass whenever I want. We have a beautiful Church building,...

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sufferings from afar

A couple months back my wife's best friends was killed my her ex boyfriend and father of her two kids. You can read the story on my wife's blog here http://www.thebusybudgetingmama.com/2011/06/my-best-friends-funeral-victim-of.html I had the pleasure of meeting Shannon and spending some time with her but I didn't know her all that well. I never thought that it would be possible to suffer so much for the lose of someone that I didn't know that well personally. Like I said, she was my wife's...

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Thoughts from Bible study

Every thursday morning, I get together with a couple guys from our church and we discuss the mass readings for the coming weekend.  Here is the Gospel for this weekend: GospelMt 22:34-40When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,they gathered together, and one of them,a scholar of the law tested him by asking,"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him,"You shall love the Lord, your God,with all your heart,with all your soul,and with all...

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Really Jesus?..... Really

Lately I have been praying and really stuggling with what it means to be a Christian. Just for some background information, I am a Catholic youth minister at a Church in Pittsburgh Pa. I have been here for 6 years. God has really been silently growing in me the past couple years and now I feel like He is putting a million thoughts in my head that I just cannot comprehend and I dont know where to start. I started reading an amazing book that I highly recommend called Irresistible Revolution, by...

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