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Welcome to www.mayjesuschristbepraised.com. This webstite is my humble attempt to answer the call of Pope Benedict XVI to use the internet to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This website is always a work in progress so check back often to see what I have to offer.
Thank you and God bless
Fr. Thomas M. Pastorius
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Spiritual Ponderings Archives 2012January - Pro-Life & Steven Tyler
February - Church's Teaching on Sex
March - Guide to Holy Week
April - Reflections on the Twelve Steps
Do not forget to check the Spiritual Ponderings Archives page under the Spiritual Growth Session for Spiritual Ponderings from previous years.
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May 20, 2012Our next song on our playlist is another Christian song, called “Someone Worth Dying For” by a group called Mikeschair.
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May 13, 2012As we continue to look at themes in the music, I would like to turn to another Christian song. This song, “Lead Me to the Cross,” is song by Hillsong.
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May 6, 2012For the month of May, I return to one of my favorite topics and that is searching song lyrics for spiritual insights. It is a little thing that I like to call IPod theology. I am a big fan of music and you can often find me listening to a wide variety of music. Preset stations on my car radio are 93.7 the Bull, Y98, Joy FM, The Arch, K-Hits, Wil 92, and others. I will often listen to a station for weeks or a matter of hours depending upon how repetitive I think they are. I want to stress that my purpose in doing this exercise is not to get people to reject a certain artist or style of music but rather to help us all become more aware of our culture and the messages that are surrounding us.
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April 29, 2012The month of April happens to be one of those months with five Sundays and so with this bonus Sunday I wish to focus on two stories from Ernest Kurtz, Katherine Ketcham and their book: The Spirituality of Imperfection: Story Telling and the Search For Meaning. In their book that is a kind of spiritual history of Alcoholics Anonymous they focus a lot on the importance of storytelling. They point out that stories can often speak truth in a way that cannot be given in any other way. The following are two simple stories about everyday life that I think speak volumes about living one’s faith.
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April 22, 2012 | by Fr Thomas M. PastoriusAs we finish with the Twelve Step Method, it must be pointed out that there is so much more that can be said on this topic. If you find this helpful and/or challenging I invite you to stay with it and learn more about the Twelve Steps.
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April 22, 2012 | by Fr. Thomas M. PastoriusAs we finish with the Twelve Step Method, it must be pointed out that there is so much more that can be said on this topic. If you find this helpful and/or challenging I invite you to stay with it and learn more about the Twelve Steps.
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April 15, 2012As we move onto the next three steps in the Twelve Steps, it is important that that we point out that these steps are not like steps that once completed you don’t have to worry about it again. Rather as we complete a step, we begin to realize that we may need to repeat these steps more than once. We may even need to repeat all twelve steps every day.
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April 12, 2012With the help of my iphone and a lot of encouragement from others, I am now posting audio files of my homilies. All you need to do is simply press the file name and it shoud play on your computer.
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April 12, 2012With the help of my iphone and a lot of encouragement from others, I am now posting audio files of my homilies. All you need to do is simply press the file name and it shoud play on your computer.
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April 8, 2012 | by Fr. Thomas M. PastoriusAs we move through the Twelve Step Method, I really hope that you are doing more than just reading my Spiritual Ponderings but that you are also making a conscious effort to grow in your relationship with the Lord in some way. If these Ponderings help, thanks be to God, and if they do not then I encourage you to make some effort to read something else on prayer. A lot of people love the Magnificat Books or the Word Among Us.
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May 27, 2012
•And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat uponeach ofthem. And they wereall filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. -Acts of the Apostles 2:14.
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