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This fellowship will bring together those who love the words of Jesus Christ in the Book of Matthew, though it will look at the other three synoptics, too. From the Sermon on the Mount to the advice on turning the other cheek and loving your enemies, Matthew features some of the most challenging aspects of Christianity.

The Beatitudes, the Foundation of Jesus' Words

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- July 14, 2020

From the Sermon on the Mount

Matthew was the only one of the Synoptics to include this

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Refuse to take communion from sinful priests: I turned the tables on one

- June 26, 2022

“Sixty-nine percent of all American Catholics do not believe that the host and wine that they receive is actually the body and blood of Jesus Christ” How do Catholics know which priests are in the state of grace? If a priest or bishop is in a state of sin, should he be dispensing the body of Christ? This is a story about why I refused communion from a sinful priest. How could I know if a priest is sinful? No one actually knows this but God himself. However, I can know about a sinful priest in the same way that they they make the judgment about us, postulating that some of us are unworthy of receiving communion. Important: I am in a state of grace with God, but not with the church. However, my guess is that many of those who take communion at a Catholic mass is in a state of sin. Which is as Jesus would have wanted it. Still, how would a priest or bishop or cardinal know if someone is in a state of sin? Only God knows what is in our hearts and souls. An...

On the feast of St. Joseph, an evaluation of a “Josephite marriage”

- March 19, 2022

… Catholic view is Mary remained virginal March 19 is the feast of St. Joseph, and since we are children were taught by nuns of the St. Joseph’s order, we knew about the man. However, many people are not aware that Joseph and Mary lived a celibate life, according to the Catholic Church. Today, there exists within the Catholic Church what is called a Josephite Marriage. I had never heard of it, so I did some investigating. Here is what I found. Catholic view of celibate marriage I had read about this because of a piece in the New York Times about a man whose parents, with four children, applied to the church to enter into a Josephite marriage. Today, many priests think that such a thing is abhorrent, but not all of them. So, what is a Josephite marriage? There appear to be two forms of the Sacrament of Marriage, one that we could call the “ordinary form,” the other that one might call the “extraordinary form.” While both are the same vocati...

Was Pope John Paul I really murdered? 1978, “Year of the three popes,” Part 1

- August 23, 2021

Pope John Paul I … Death of the pope in 1978 started the current demise of the Catholic Church In my humble estimation, the year 1978 is one that has been highly consequential in the fall of the Roman Catholic Church from one of being highly-regarded, to one that in many circles is strongly-despised. That sounds like a strong statement, and it is, but it goes back to the fact that many people still think that many of the problems that the church is facing today after losing millions of followers goes back to that year when the church had three popes. Some of it came earlier, but much can be traced to 1978. So, to understand that, we have to return to that year when so much occurred in a short period of time. 1978's “influence is still felt” The short synopsis is that Pope Paul VI passes away, a new pope, John Paul I was elected, and within 33 days he was dead. That led to another conclave, and after eight ballots, a man who elicited controversy on many levels was elect...

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Hugh Brady Conrad: During my 70+ years, I have been a wordsmith for newspapers and magazines, an instructor of English and history for college and high school students, a football coach for young people from fourth grade through the senior year of college, a person who spent many hours improving his community, a musician of sorts, and now — a blogger. My roots can be traced to the small town of Lilly, Pa., in Western Pennsylvania. I have studied at The Pennsylvania State University, as an undergrad and grad, and have also done graduate work at Villanova University and St. Francis College [now University]. I graduated from Lilly-Washington High School, which was a delightful small school that I thoroughly enjoyed. That experience made me believe in the infinitesimal educational value of small schools and small classes. Granted, PSU was not small, but for the elementary and high school experience, smaller is better. After spending 70 years in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic area, I have moved to the Upper Midwest, which has necessitated some changes. However, being never family has been the positive part of that experience.

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