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The Greatest Inheritance. We know that when we die, we can’t take it with us. Thus, the inheritance was invented. When my mother died, I got an inheritance: A pillow. Two years before, I was in Kohl’s department store. It was buy-one-get-one-free Monday. That means you pay a ridiculously high price for an item, and you...

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A Reason to Need Him. I did not see that coming. I thought Jesus would have picked the Pharisee. Pharisees obey the commandments. They will not rip off your grandmother as a tax collector would. So why the Pharisee over the tax collector? The Pharisee did not give God a reason to need Him. The...

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Lasting Memories. We find out that God likes to be thanked when the Samaritan alone returns to Jesus after his cure from leprosy. How do you show appreciation to God, who has everything? You create a lasting memory. The Samaritan leper had every reason to avoid Jewish men. Yet, he approaches Jesus, a Jewish man,...

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Success: Have a Great Boss and Pamper Him. I griped to my mother, “How come I have to do the junky jobs and David (my oldest brother) gets to do fun stuff with Dad?” My mother replied, “When you wash the dishes and vacuum the floor, it makes me happy. And when I am happy,...

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Where Dreams Come True. I have been a priest for almost 35 years, and no one has ever asked me what I gave up to enter the seminary. So, I will share with you now what I gave up to be a priest: everything. Yes, I had it all. I had a great job with...

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Tranquil and Calm. One of my confreres asked me, “Why do you like to run?” I said, “Who said I like to run. I do not look forward to running because I have to get up early while everyone else is sleeping, and go out into the dark and the cold. Running is not enjoyable...

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Mental Toughness. Our running coach gave us a talk this week on mental toughness. He used me as an example. A few years ago, I ran a marathon with the flu. I am not sure if that was a good example of mental toughness or mental confusion, but mental toughness gets you across the finish...

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If You Get the Chance. There was a rich man who owned a slave. He named him Useful because he thought he was useless. That is like calling your slave lucky when you make his life unlucky. Anyway, Useful ran away, met Paul, and became a Christian. Paul was in a Roman prison at the...

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