"Achievement seems to be connected
with action. Successful men and
women keep moving. They make
mistakes, but they don't quit."
- Conrad Hilton
Quotes 37 - Achievement
"Achievement seems to be connected
with action. Successful men and
women keep moving. They make
mistakes, but they don't quit."
- Conrad Hilton
Quotes 36 - Success
"The first requisite of success is the
ability to apply your physical and
mental energies to one problem
without growing weary."
- Thomas Edison
30 Sunday B - Blind Beggar
Background:
Today’s Gospel is a classic example of
Mark’s use of miracle stories. He uses
them to make a catechetical point, not to overwhelm the reader with Jesus’s
power.
Mark
does not deny the power, but emphasizes rather our desire to understand, to
grasp, to find meaning.
If you
want really to see who you are and what you’re life is about, you must listen
closely to Jesus, not seeking words which will serve your own agenda, but
rather words which challenge you, make you think, force you to reflect.
Story:
Once upon a time a very wealthy Yuppie and
his girlfriend went on a trip to Africa to hunt lions – with a camera because
they were politically correct Yuppies
They were shocked and disgusted by the
poverty, the corruption, the hunger, and the sickness of the people in these
countries. They told each other repeatedly how everything would be fine in
Africa if the local people simply had a sense of initiative and responsibility
and developed a work ethic something like the American one.
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
Boy donates film earnings to MC Sisters
West Bengal, August 29, 2012: When Akash Mukherjee wrote his first check recently, his hand trembled.
It was not just the presence of Sister Mary Prema, superior general of the Missionaries of Charity (MC), and his parents that made the 10-year-old nervous.
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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