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Children learn at an early age to measure success by how well they succeed at tests. You are taught to study hard and to engage in class discussions along the way, seeking the necessary insights to excel in your coursework. But often there is one kid in the class—whom others might tag as the “class clown”—who asks the questions not to get the answers, but to get a specific reaction from the teacher. Sometimes the questioner knows the correct answer; other times the conversation is designed purely to provoke a response in the one being questioned. We see echoes of this familiar scene in the 22nd chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. The Pharisees and the Sadducees take turns asking Jesus what they believe are stumping questions. Are they looking to provoke a response—to anger Jesus? Or are they trying to make him pause, unable to immediately provide an appropriate answer. Now the Pharisees turn to Jesus with the toughest “gotcha” question of all, which they have designated an attorney in their midst to ask. His question: “Teacher which commandment in the law is the greatest?” Perhaps they expected Jesus to take a while, to ponder all of the Jewish laws, to think through all the rites and rituals observed in their community, before giving them a well-thought-out answer. Jesus instead immediately responded with this statement, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” He continued with further instruction “This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like it: ‘you shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the laws and the prophets.” The answer was resolute: No hesitation and no caveats were offered by Jesus. That must have silenced the crowd. These two commandments offer as much a guiding light for contemporary Christian followers today as they did the moment Jesus uttered them to the Pharisees and Sadducees. We might spend our entire lives trying to find answers to all sorts of questions. Some questions will require great theological reflection, like: What is the meaning of life? Or: Where is God in the midst of floods, storms, fires, and natural disasters? There are no easy answers to these questions. Some questions might demand a great deal of study. Other no amount of study seems able to answer. Wisdom, perhaps, suggests an acceptance that we are not privy to all the answers. And even when we do have the answers…. Well, it’s not that simple, is it? When Jesus describes the most important commandment—loving God with all your heart, soul and mind—it seems straightforward. Jesus calls us to put God ahead of everything and everyone. But will there be challenges to living out the greatest commandment? Without a doubt! For instance, how do we follow and trust God when we are confronted with pain, suffering, and loss? How do we lean into God in those particular moments, believing that we serve a God who will provide the strength and comfort we need, even if we do not like the outcome? When Paul writes to the Thessalonians, he is congratulating them on the good example they are setting of Christian living and this is surely a reminder to us, we can make a difference if we go to the heart of the gospel and strive to live a life of love. Jesus reminds us there is no commandment from the Law and the Prophets that is not caught up in the mystery of love. In his letter to the early communities, Saint James insists it does not make sense to talk about faith unless you do good works (2:14f) and, of course, the same is true of love: it is not a concept to talk about, but a life to be lived. Jesus demonstrates this by reaching out to all those who come to him in need.

When your wife says, "I knew you were on your way in here for more coffee because I heard your knees".

G2.4 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

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G2.3 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

G2.2 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entre toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen pour ma grande amie Liza, toute sa famille et surtout pour son pere qui vient de deceder...

The Second Glorious Mystery The Ascention Le Second Mystere Glorieux L'Ascention Notre Pere, qui est au cieux, Que Ton nom soit sanctifier, Que Ton regne vienn, Que Ta volonter soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel, Donnes nous aujourd'hui, notre pain de ce jours, Pardonnes nous nos offenses comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux qui nous ont offenser. Ne nous soumet pas a la tentation, mais delivres-nous du mal. Amen G2.1 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Ethical rules

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Every time you move your joints say <hello> in their own way...

Relationships One day Adam was asking God questions. He says to God, "Lord, why did you make Eve so beautiful?" God said, "so you would love her. " Adam asks, "Lord, why did you make her feel so soft and nice?" God said, "so you would love her." Adam said, "But Lord, why did you make her so dumb?" God said, "so she would love you."

ethical principles

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guiding principles IE: Integrity Empathy Resilience Gratitude Responsibility Compassion Fairness Lifelong Learning

Today, we pick up the narrative of Jesus in Jerusalem and witness his ongoing confrontations with various authorities. This time he is confronted by the Pharisees, concerned with keeping Torah faith despite the ongoing Roman occupation. And there are also gathered some Herodians, those who support the ruling family of Palestine, and therefore are seen by others to collaborate with the Roman Empire. It might seem odd that these two groups would be joining forces, but we know politics and religion often make for strange “bedfellows.” In this case, the Pharisees and Herodians both, for different reasons, have common cause to derail Jesus. Together, they set about to test Jesus in public. They think they have a fool-proof plan to discredit him, bringing forth a question to trap him: about paying the tax to Caesar. If he says Jews ought not pay the tax, some will agree while others will question his sense of what is practical for survival in the Empire. (This was likely the position of the Pharisees.) On the other hand, were he to say “Yes” to paying the tax, such a practical answer will cost him both politically and religiously, possibly to the point of losing the support of his own followers. For in encouraging Jews to pay taxes to the Roman emperor, he would be siding with the descendants of Herod, who, at the beginning of Matthew, slaughtered all of Jesus’s young cousins! It seems a foolproof trap they have laid for him. What could go wrong with their plan? All Jesus says is, ‘Let me see the money you pay the tax with.’ His opponents produce a denarius—which shows an image of the emperor on one side, and an inscription on the reverse: “Tiberius Caesar, august son of Augustus, and High Priest.” This coin, for the Jewish people, is itself a forbidden idol, they were not permitted to be used for offerings at the Temple—thus the reason for the moneychangers in the Temple courtyard. That the Pharisees and Herodians would produce such a coin on the Temple Mount exposes them as hypocrites. Simply by producing the coin, they expose themselves as breaking the rules of the very system they seem to be protecting with their questions! Jesus could stop there, but, after getting them to say whose image appears on the coin, he replies, “Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.” Jesus turns their question back on them: Knowing what you should know, you decide about the tax. The real question is not about taxes. It’s about who you serve. Jesus is saying in effect, ‘We bear God’s image. We belong to God as surely as your coin belongs to Caesar. Who do you actually serve?’ Remember what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, “You cannot serve both God and wealth!” That is: ‘You cannot serve God and money!’ (Matthew 6:24). Essentially Jesus takes the question posed to him about right practice in tax payment and turns it on its head: ‘Go ahead and toss Caesar a few denarii, but remember that life does not consist in wealth, possessions, and power, but rather in living according to the will of God.’ Jesus, like Paul after him, has one chief concern: Give to God what is God’s. Their teaching echoes down to us with a strong imperative. This is no time for idle chat. No time for idlers. No time for returning to the worship of idols. There’s no time to worry about Caesar. Nor Herod. No time for schemers. It’s time to continue the work of faith, the labour of love, and the steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. Work we must, as if the preservation of the world depends on what we are all doing in this small, otherwise insignificant space we call our life. Because it does matter. The world does depend on what on what we are doing in the small, otherwise insignificant space we call our life. Our life is God’s life. And God’s Life is ours.

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Guiding Light

Notre Pere, qui est au cieux, Que Ton nom soit sanctifier, Que Ton regne vienne, Que Ta volonter soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel. Donnes-nous aujourd'hui, notre pain de ce jours, Pardonnes-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux qui nous ont offenser. Ne nous soumet pas a la tentation, mais delivres-nous du mal. Amen Oh mon Jesus, pardonnes nous nos pechers, preserves nous des feux de l'enfer, conduisez u ciel toutes les ames, specialement celles qui ont le plus besoin de Ta misericorde. Amen

G1.10 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

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G1.9 Ave Maria, gracia pleina, dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedicta fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Dominus Tecum, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, hunc et in hora mortis nostrae. amen pour Liza et sa famille en ces heures difficiles.

G1.8 Je vous salut Marie, pleine de grace, le Seigneur est avec vous, vous etes benie entres toutes les femmes et Jesus, le fruit de vos entrailles est beni. Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu, priez pour nous pecheurs, maintenant et a l'heure de notre mort. Amen

Games you used to play are no longer mere vintage but you actually see them in museums.

Morning light "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." Mother Theresa