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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Déjà vu of Me & You

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ September 13, 2015

There is a great temptation today to confuse sociological evolution with spiritual progress, and Christians are the first to succumb to that temptation. Nevertheless, the Bible expressly tells us that the history of mankind ends in judgment. It does not … Continue reading

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These Are NOT Your Grandfather’s “Refugees”!

“According to the U.N. refugee agency, 53% of the migrants are from Syria, 14% from Afghanistan, 7% from Eritrea, and 3% each from Pakistan, Nigeria, Iraq and Somalia. Seventy-two percent are men, only 13% women and 15% children. Not all … Continue reading

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The Church & State Battle Lines in the Great Culture War

“If your love feels like hate then it is not love. If you are using God to denigrate and humiliate then it is not God.” A Left-leaning person I happened to grow up with posted this quote in response to … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ August 16, 2015

“What is the great American sin? Extravagance? Vice? Graft? No; it is a kind of half-humorous, good-natured indifference, a lack of “concentrated indignation” as my English friend calls it, which allows extravagance and vice to flourish. Trace most of our … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ July 12, 2015

In the popular TV hit series Breaking Bad, the DEA agent finally realizes his own brother-in-law is the notorious “Heisenberg” meth dealer turning New Mexico into a bloody cartel wasteland. Many of us have watched with a tense balance of … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ June 28, 2015

“Intellectual and moral confusion of such magnitude is a judgment on the ecclesial culture that produced it and the popular culture that consents to it.” ~ Maureen Mullarkey on the 1st Eco-Pope’s Eco-encyclical So we are living and dying in … Continue reading

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The Rudest Awakening of Them All!

God I pray I’m around when the greatest punchline of all time is finally delivered. I read this perfect take from Maureen Mullarkey on our new Eco-Pope: “Intellectual and moral confusion of such magnitude is a judgment on the ecclesial … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ June 21, 2015

This all means of course that you must have a deep spiritual life as well. Your son will listen to you, but he will watch you more than he will listen. If you say the Rosary, he will. If he … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ June 14, 2015

“The ‘most serious’ evils are youth unemployment and the loneliness of the old.” ~ Pope Francis There is a remarkably effective technique in psychotherapy known as “voice dialogue” based on energy suppression. The technique was discovered as a way to … Continue reading

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