The Butterfly Circus , with Eduardo Verastegui and Nick Vujicic
Art Has Power to Bring People Together: An Interview with “Little Boy’s” Eduardo Verastegui, by Tony Rossi on Patheos
Why the “Brad Pitt of Mexico,” Eduardo Verastegui, Left Acting to Make Movies for God, by Zoe Romanowsky on Patheos
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, and God Bless all of you, all of you on this good earth.
Forthcoming book, Philip Greenspun is a co-author.
“When young people ask me about the law as a career,” said one litigator, “I tell them that in this country whom they choose to have sex with and where they have sex will have a bigger effect on their income than whether they attend college and what they choose as a career.”
After you read this book you will have a practical understanding of the divorce, child custody, and child support laws in all 50 states of the U.S. (plus D.C.). You’ll be learning from the top divorce litigators in those jurisdictions about how concrete scenarios are likely to be resolved by courts.
“Before you can get a driver’s license, they make you read a booklet with all of the laws,” noted a consumer. “Why don’t they make people applying for a marriage license read about how the divorce system works in that state?”
“Real World Divorce: Custody, Child Support, and Alimony in the 50 States”
Father Jonathan Morris Says Taking Care of Elderly is Like Taking Care of Jesus
Children who fail to visit their frail elderly parents for months at a time will go to Hell, the Pope said yesterday.
He condemned a family who neglected to visit an old lady in a care home between Christmas and August and declared: ‘Eight months without a visit from her children. This is a mortal sin.’
A mortal sin, in Roman Catholic teaching, is one so great that it rots the soul and will condemn the sinner to Hell unless he or she repents.
Pope Francis’ warning to the young not to neglect the elderly was delivered in a general audience before 20,000 people in St Peter’s Square.
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The Pope said societies that mistreat older people are infected with a ‘virus of death’ and put their own futures in jeopardy. ‘Where there is no honour for the elderly there is no future for young people,’ he said.
Do you go months without visiting your elderly parents? That’s a ‘mortal sin’ warns Pope Francis
Hallelujah Christmas, by Cloverton
I’ve heard about this baby boy
Who’s come to earth to bring us joy
And I just want to sing this song to you
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
With every breath I’m singing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A couple came to Bethlehem
Expecting child, they searched the inn
To find a place for You were coming soon
There was no room for them to stay
So in a manger filled with hay
God’s only Son was born, oh Hallelujah
Hallelujah
The shepherds left their flocks by night
To see this baby wrapped in light
A host of angels led them all to You
It was just as the angels said
You’ll find Him in a manger bed
Immanuel and Savior, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
A star shown bright up in the east
To Bethlehem, the wisemen three
Came many miles and journeyed long for You
And to the place at which You were
Their frankincense and gold and myrrh
They gave to You and cried out Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I know You came to rescue me
This baby boy would grow to be
A man and one day die for me and you
My sins would drive the nails in You
That rugged cross was my cross, too
Still every breath You drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
Lean on Me, Bill Withers
“Comfort, Comfort, O My People” by The Ignatian Schola
“Comfort, comfort O my people;
speak of peace!” Now says our God.
“Comfort those who sit in darkness
mourning ‘neath their sorrow’s load.
Seek unto Jerusalem
of the peace that waits for them!
Tell of all the sins I cover,
and that warfare now is over.”
Hark the voice of one who’s crying
in the desert far and near,
bidding all to full repentance,
since the Kingdom now is here.
O, that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way.
Let the valleys rise to meet Him
and the hills bow down to greet Him.
O make straight what long was crooked,
make the rougher places plain.
Let your hearts be true and humble,
as befits His holy reign.
For the glory of the Lord
now o’er earth is shed abroad,
and the flesh shall see the token
that His word is never broken.
“My life had been full of problems, most of which never happened….”
– Anonymous
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”
– Mark Twain