Fray A: “If you had one thousand pesos and you asked your treasurer for another, how many pesos would you have?” Fray B: “One thousand pesos .” Fray A: “You don’t know your arithmetic.” Fray B: “You don’t know the treasurer!”
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ON PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN The devil can make a lot of progress against us by encouraging us to speak badly of other people. Active Christians can be extra vulnerable to the temptation of self-righteousness. Like the Pharisees, we can start thinking so highly of ourselves that we begin looking down on others. When … Read more
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Every preacher has experienced it. It usually occurs at the door of the church where people are speaking to the preacher as they leave the church. It goes like this: “That was a fine lesson you gave in your homily. I know certain people have a problem with that,” he/she says while nodding toward a … Read more
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Today, treat everyone with kindness even if they are rude; not because they are nice, but because you are nice.
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