When they laid Jesus in the tomb everyone was sad. Why? Because they didn’t let Him finish the story. A few seasons ago Tom Brady tossed an interception near the end of the fourth quarter. He handed the ball to the team who was already winning. Forty thousand fans left the stadium. They didn’t want to...

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Jesus says on the cross “My God, My God, why have you abandoned me?” That is the first verse of Psalm 22. Let me tell you about Psalm 22. The Psalmist is presenting his personal experience of God.  First, he claims that he is in complete darkness. Next the psalmist says, “They can count all...

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A guy fell in a hole and couldn’t climb out. He heard someone and shouted for help.  “Send me down a rope.”  The passer-by said, “I am a physician, I don’t have a rope. I will give you want I have.” He threw down a prescription.  The guy in the hole said, “How is this...

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I led thirty-two teenagers from the parish, with a small gaggle of chaperones, to Denver to see the Pope John Paul II on the occasion of World Youth Day. Thousands of us were gathered in a field waiting when suddenly five helicopters appeared on the scene. First, the bishops processed out on the stage, then...

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My colleague and friend is a Shakespearean scholar. After he published a book on Shakespeare, he was interviewed by a newspaper. At the end of the interview, he was asked: “Why do you like Shakespeare so much?” He answered: “If could write just one poetic sentence like Shakespeare, I would consider my life a success....

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Several years ago I went on a whale watch. There were twelve of us to brave the cold, fall wind and choppy seas. We all huddled inside the cabin with hot chocolate, reading a Save the Whale brochure provided by the captain. After about an hour of full speed ahead to nowhere, the captain bellowed,...

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My mother and I were doing errands and we stopped at Dunkin Donuts. I order a plain donut. Why a plain donut instead of my usual chocolate doughnut? Because a guy in an apron and flour all over his arms just came out of the doughnut making room and brought out a tray of plain...

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Jesus said we should not worry about what we are to eat and what we are to wear or worry about our lives. This is my question: Who in the Bible is the poster boy for anxiety? The man who fell among robbers who stripped him, beat and left half-dead in a gutter. If anyone...

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There was a Hindu who studying to be a Catholic. He said to his instructor, “Let me get this straight; you are blessed if you are poor; you are blessed if you’re persecuted. If someone strikes you on one side turn and give him the other. Love your enemy. I must pick up my cross,...

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Growing up, I was the second oldest of five boys. That means I had one brother who was the boss and three who were clueless. It was impossible to grow up with four brothers and not use the word “idiot.” With that said, I grew up, minding my own business, then, all of a sudden,...

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