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Tag:balance sheet, lessons, lifeOur Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviors are our […]

Tag:answers, God, prayer, robert schullerWhen the idea is not right, God says “No”.
No - when the idea is not the best.
No - when the idea is absolutely wrong.
No - when though it may help you, it could create problems for someone else.
When the time is not right, God says, “Slow”.
What a catastrophe  it will be […]

Tag:catholic, morning, prayerDear Lord,
I thank you for this day.
I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning.
I’m blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God.
You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.
Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or […]

Tag:israel, passion of the christ, samir kuntarToday I have a controversial sounding piece to write about.
Daniel Pipes has written an account of the state of Israeli politics in the Catholic Exchange. He makes a comparison of the governments since 2000 against the leadership between 1948 and 2000. The contrast is that the earlier governments were […]

Tag:boss, company, humor, traineeA man joined a big Multi National Company as a trainee…..
On his first day, he dialled the kitchen and shouted into the phone:
“Get me a cup of coffee, quickly!”
The voice from the other side responded:
“You fool; you’ve dialled the wrong extension! Do you know who you’re talking to?”
“No” replied the trainee.
“It’s […]

Tag:love, mother, motherhood, mothersSomebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby… somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, ‘normal’ is history.
Somebody said you can’t love the second child as much as you love the first…
somebody doesn’t have two or more children.
Somebody said the hardest part […]

Tag:bill, catholic, hospital, humorA man suffered a serious heart attack and had open heart bypass surgery.
He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at a
Catholic hospital.
As he was recovering, a nun asked him questions regarding how he was
going to pay for his treatment.
She asked if he had health insurance.
He replied, […]

Tag:children, childrens prayer, prayer, St. paulFather,
Help us to be faithful and brave to spread
the Good News of Christ Jesus as St. Paul
did. Send your Holy Spirit to guide and speak
about Jesus in our daily lives.
Amen.

Tag:5, finger, five, pray, prayerThis is so neat. I had never heard this before. This is beautiful - and it is surely worth making the 5 finger prayer a part of our lives.

1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to […]

Tag:bible, children, holy spirit, prayerLord,
Thank you for the Word that you have
given us. Send us your Holy Spirit to
guide us always when we read the Bible.
Amen.