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Every Valley Shall Be Exalted.
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Every Valley Shall Be Exalted.

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Encounter Transformation Night – Demoniac: Delivered and Transformed

By NathanPosted on April 25, 20221min read101 views

On Saturday, April 23, I shared my testimony and talked about overcoming the temptations of the devil. Many thanks to Gerry Martins of Encounter School Augusta for giving me the opportunity to share my story. He recorded the talk with…

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Every Valley Shall Be Exalted.

By NathanPosted on May 20, 20227min read42 views

There’s nothing quite like a looming deadline to add excitement to a big project. A ticking clock can be a potent antidote to procrastination. Especially for someone like me, who is terribly lazy. My wife Mary is pregnant. She’s due…

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My Marriage Testimony.

By NathanPosted on May 17, 2022May 19, 20221min read78 views

In this short video, I share a little bit of my testimony about the beautiful way that the Lord brought my wife and me together. I recorded it for my friend Jan, who is teaching a confirmation class and wanted…

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Prophets – Proclaiming the Word of the Lord.

By NathanPosted on May 12, 20222min read38 views
St. Catherine of Siena had a powerful prophetic gift that transformed the Church.

Most Catholics are unaccustomed to thinking of prophecy as something that happens today. The word “Prophet” sends their minds to John the Baptist in his camel-hair shirt or Jeremiah tossed into the well. In fact, the prophetic gift has never…

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Teaching – Instructing the Flock.

By NathanPosted on May 7, 20221min read53 views
Teachers open the minds of others to new ideas.

The Holy Spirit’s gift of teaching can be either a hierarchical or charismatic gift and is found among both ordained and lay Catholics. Some people are teachers by virtue of their office in the Church – bishops, priests, deacons, catechists….

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The Stone the Builder Rejected has Become the Cornerstone.

By NathanPosted on May 3, 2022May 12, 202210min read107 views

One of the things that I’m learning about construction is that plans change. The original idea for the foundation was to pour a monolithic slab. The word “monolithic” means “single stone”, and the idea is exactly that. We would fill…

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Deacons – Called to Serve.

By NathanPosted on April 29, 20221min read62 views
The martyrdom of St. Stephe, one of the first deacons.

Deacons were first ordained by the Apostles to help by feeding the poor widows in the Church. They were chosen because they had good reputations and were filled with the Holy Spirit and wisdom. In the Church today, Deacons continue…

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Child of the Father.

By NathanPosted on April 19, 2022May 3, 20224min read87 views

When I went to the Encounter Conference over Christmas break, I heard a talk by Dr. Mary Healy about the Parable of the Prodigal Son. She covered some familiar territory about the wayward son but pointed out something about the…

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The Priesthood – Pastors for the Flock

By NathanPosted on April 15, 20221min read72 views

The hierarchical gift of the priesthood comes to the Church through the sacrament of Orders.  The priest is anointed and empowered by the Holy Spirit to pastor his flock and offer sacrifice on their behalf in the Holy Mass. The…

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The Wise Man Built His Home Upon the Rock.

By NathanPosted on April 12, 2022May 12, 20228min read135 views
Build!

Or clay. It depends on where you live. Definitely not sand. Building on sand is a disaster waiting to happen. Floods and all that. Months ago, I started to write about building an addition to my house. Then? Crickets. I…

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Bishops – Continuing the Legacy of the Apostles

By NathanPosted on April 8, 20221min read90 views
A procession of bishops going to see the pope.

The most visible of the hierarchical gifts is the office of Bishop. Our Bishop is a successor of the Apostles. In the book of Acts, the eleven Apostles worked with the Holy Spirit in choosing someone to take the place…

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