33 Sunday B - November 18 - Homilies

33 Sunday B November 18

Introduction by the Celebrant

 

1. Hope in a New World

Some parts of Scripture, like today's readings, speak of calamities and disasters as signs of an old world decaying and Jesus coming in judgment. Today's television and other media bring into our homes the disasters and violence and suffering of the whole world; and people ask: where all this is leading us. These are signs for us today that the world in which we live is decaying, but we should not overlook the signs of hope too in a fairer and more unified world, the crumbling of tyrannies on the right and the left. These are, like budding branches on a tree, signs of hope in a new world that is growing, and in the coming of God among us, his people. Let us celebrate this hope in this eucharist.

Quotes 44 - Tomorrow

"The only limit to our realization of
tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quotes 43 - Every Task in Life

"I long to accomplish a great and noble
task, but it is my chief duty to
accomplish small tasks as if
they were great and noble."
- Helen Keller

Quotes 42 - Your Dreams

"Whatever you can do, or dream you
can begin it. Boldness has genius,
power and magic in it."
- Goethe

Fibonacci Number Sequence in Nature

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987 ..More..

1+1=2; 1+2=3; 2+3=5; The previous two makes the next. Everything in nature follows it. Petals, branches, waves, ear lobe, shell design, etc....

Example:

Look at your own hand:

You have ...

• 2 hands each of which has ...
• 5 fingers, each of which has ...
• 3 parts separated by ...
• 2 knuckles

Is this just a coincidence or not?????

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Fibonacci Numbers and Nature This page has been split into TWO PARTS.
This, the first, looks at the Fibonacci numbers and why they appear in various "family trees" and patterns of spirals of leaves and seeds.The second page then examines why the golden section is used by nature in some detail, including animations of growing plants.

Daddy's Girl

Daddy’s Poem

 

Her hair was up in a pony tail,Her favorite dress tied with a bow.Today was Daddy’s Day at school,And she couldn’t wait to go.

But her mommy tried to tell her,
That she probably should stay home;
Why the kids might not understand,
If she went to school alone.

Pastor Rick Warren

Life & God – Rick Warren

 

Pastor Warren is the same person who prayed for President Obama on the day of the President’s swearing in. You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having ‘wealth’ from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, ‘Purpose Driven Life’ author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California. In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said: People ask me, What is the purpose of life?

And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body– but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act – the dress rehearsal.