tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73379932012-04-15T17:10:24.780-07:00JMJPT The personal insights of a Catholic single father in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Catholic studies and culture. Links to Catholic sites. Prayers and Saints. Sacred Scripture. Convert to Catholic Church. Pro-Life!! Some political discussion. Pro-Environmental blogs. This site is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus!! St. Therese of Lisieux pray for us! JMJPTEd Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1850125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1167524816295416362006-12-30T16:17:00.000-08:002006-12-30T16:26:56.300-08:00This will be my last posting on this blog. It has been so difficult to manage this large of a blog and I would prefer to close this out. To begin anew. I enjoy writing even in this format I have...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/12/finished.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1161401698116446352006-10-20T20:33:00.000-07:002006-12-30T16:14:55.040-08:00"God's law does not reduce, much less do away with human freedom; rather, it protects and promotes that freedom. In contrast, however, some present-day cultural tendencies have given rise to several...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/10/murder-in-cathedral.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1161401563095506602006-10-20T20:31:00.000-07:002006-12-30T15:52:43.310-08:00“Although I am free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave to all so to win over as many as possible”[1] In reading “Just As I Am” by Dr. Billy Graham what strikes this reader is that Graham...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/10/just-as-i-am.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1161401402105245232006-10-20T20:29:00.000-07:002006-12-30T15:52:16.976-08:00Saint Augustine focuses Book II of his “Confessions” with a humble examination of his past life prior to his Augustine draws on the critical element of self knowledge and through that examination the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/10/saint-augustine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1161401247827978002006-10-20T20:26:00.000-07:002006-12-30T15:51:56.453-08:00Interpretation of the 10 Principles from Chapter 12 of “Spiritual Leadership” by J. Oswald Sanders with Biblical and Non Biblical References. I. The Biblical writer Qoheleth writes in Chapter 3 of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/10/spiritual-leadership.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1161401079029271182006-10-20T20:22:00.000-07:002006-12-30T15:51:27.936-08:0010 Biblical Leaders I Admire Leading off with the number one position would of course have to be the ultimate leader and Shepherd of souls[1] Our Lord Jesus Christ. We see in Christ Jesus leadership...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/10/10-biblical-leaders-i-admire.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1161400674928545102006-10-20T20:16:00.000-07:002006-12-30T15:50:59.480-08:00“Spiritual Administration Vs. Spiritual Leadership: Beans, Bullets and Bad-guys” In examining the differences between the gifts of leadership and administration I reflected on my time in the Marine...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/10/spiritual-administration-vs-spiritual.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1147155752980982172006-05-08T23:19:00.000-07:002006-05-08T23:22:33.160-07:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! I find my self now in no man's land. I have gone too far with Our Lord and He has shown me too much to turn back yet I can not move forward. It is...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/05/no-mans-land.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1147053131768532732006-05-07T18:36:00.000-07:002006-05-07T18:52:11.860-07:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Alleluia! Now and Forever! Alleluia! So we finally have the real Da Vinci author. To see him speak click here. To find out the Truth click here. Don't be a dumb...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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For the most part I kept to my Lenten promise to greatly limit or even eliminate television and internet that was not absolutely needed. I did fudge...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/04/near-occasion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1145213656920709652006-04-16T11:52:00.000-07:002006-04-16T11:55:53.293-07:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Alleluia! Alleluia! Now and Forever! Allelulia! "On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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I was thinking about the reading from a few days ago "so as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert so must the Son of Man be lifted up" (cf....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/04/elevation-cross-and-faith.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1144662789699667542006-04-10T02:38:00.000-07:002006-04-10T02:55:42.173-07:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis: nulla silva talem profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, Dulces clavos, dulce pondus...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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When I was praying Vespers tonight one of the psalms used was Psalm 46 which carries in my Bible the title God, the Protector of Zion. Right off the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/04/mountains-quake-to-depth-of-sea.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1144426624554728172006-04-07T09:15:00.000-07:002006-04-07T09:17:04.610-07:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! "The complete absence of images is INCOMPATIBLE with FAITH in the incarnation of God. ....Images of beauty, in which the mystery of the invisible...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/04/quotable-quotes-to-remember.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1143878062353489352006-03-31T23:52:00.000-08:002006-03-31T23:54:22.443-08:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ!! Now and Forever!! The prayer that I wrote a few weeks ago and posted on this blog "Conform my soul O Lord" should come with a warning label I think. Warning do not...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/04/beware-of-dangerous-prayers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1143448335146389882006-03-27T02:43:00.000-08:002006-03-27T02:45:25.570-08:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! I was doing homework about 30 minutes ago and heard a big crash. What ensued was 15 minutes of first trying to discern what this unholy noise was and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/03/cat-and-bag.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1143358015992841652006-03-25T23:25:00.000-08:002006-03-25T23:29:21.670-08:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! "Thus says the LORD: Beware! I am filling with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land, the kings who succeed to David's throne, the priests...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/03/it-is-time-to-wake-up.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1143353246217648702006-03-25T21:55:00.000-08:002006-03-25T22:07:26.273-08:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! In honor of our Blessed Mother and her supreme FIAT I have placed the poem used by the Holy See in their broadcast of today's Mass from St Peter's....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/03/sing-of-mary-annunciation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1143229991597101622006-03-24T19:31:00.000-08:002006-03-24T19:32:26.540-08:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and Forever! Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things but it is my hope that soon I can start up the new blog and close out this one. Finding a nice...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]Ed Workinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023933432721177449noreply@blogger.com0http://workingpapers.blogspot.com/2006/03/random-musings-on-friday-in-lent.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7337993.post-1143190647787852962006-03-24T00:18:00.000-08:002006-03-24T00:57:27.896-08:00+JMJPT+ Praised be Jesus Christ!! Now and Forever!! It seems to me that the older I get and the further I progress along in the interior life with Our Lord Jesus Christ there are many things I...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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