Quotes 35 - Success
"If one advances confidently in the
direction of his dreams, and endeavors
to live the life he has imagined,
he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours."
Quotes 34 - Thoughts
"You are today where your thoughts
have brought you; you will be
tomorrow where your
thoughts take you."
- James Allen
29 Sunday B
Andrew Greeley:
Background:
The apostles simply didn't get. No matter
how many times Jesus told them that the kingdom he was restoring was not the
old military and nationalist kingdom that the people wanted, but a kingdom in
which humans reflected God's forgiving love, they never got the point.
What other kind of kingdom was there
besides one like David and Solomon ran? OK, Jesus was David or Solomon or maybe
even someone better.
Little Boy for Mother Teresa's Poor
27 Sunday B
Current Scenario:
The grim picture presented by divorce statistics.
We are told that during the last three years the divorce rate in the U.S has gone above 43%, although
it is still less than that in
Russia (65%), Sweden (63%), U.K (49%) and Australia (49%). In 1998 there were 19.4 million divorced adults in the U.S.A. Each
year
2.5 million more couples get divorced. A greater number of
divorces occur within the Christian churches
than in marriages made outside the church.
An ABC broadcast reports
that the divorce rate in the "Bible Belt"
is 50% higher than in other
areas of the country.
This affects the
lives of one million new
children every year, 84% of whom live in single parent homes. Statistics for the U.S. predict the possibility of 40% to 50% of
marriages ending in divorce if current trends continue.
People
between the ages of 25 and 39 account for
60% of all divorces.
More people are in their 2nd marriage than 1st (www. dicorcenter.com). With divorce being so
common
today, nearly half of all marriages end in divorce.
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