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Recent Posts by Jesse
Nobody is permitted to add, remove or change anything in the Mass!
A few months back I was listening to Dr. David Anders on EWTN radio. A woman called in and said that there had been a reading from the Koran at Mass. She expressed her dismay and asked...Read more
MARRIAGE RESOURCES
My sister is literally trapped in an awful marriage and I fear for her life and the lives of my nieces. Her husband is abusive both physically and emotionally. He gets drunk nearly every night, smokes pot...Read more
Jesse's Thoughts on "The Los Angeles Fire Disasters"
In Catholic theology, God's will is often understood in two distinct aspects: God's Direct Will and God's Permissive Will.
God's Direct Will: This refers to God's active and sovereign will where He...Read more
Daily Reflections with
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
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THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
How does God deal with humanity when humanity begins to multiply? Out of all of the peoples of the world, He chooses one people who are to be His people. This group, this corporation, or this special people are to be the means of bringing salvation to everyone else in the world. Now who were His people? His people were the people of Israel, and He called them first through Abraham, and He governed them through Moses; He ruled them through the judges and the kings; He threatened, pleaded, and coaxed; He warned, and He loved through the prophets. Over and over in the Old Testament we find that God who loves humanity deals with them through this particular group. In His own words, God says in the book of Exodus, “You shall be my peculiar possession above all people. For all the earth is mine, and you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, a holy nation.” And again God speaks and says, “You shall be my people, and I shall be your God.”