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Neither Cold nor Hot

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November 10, 2026 Hello! How is each and every one? What are we looking forward to? We are now in the 32nd week in Ordinary Time.   Another week and then the last week followed by the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. Thursday before this last Sunday of November is Thanksgiving Day.   We can always look forward to thanksgiving. It should not really make a big difference as every day we thank God for life and everything big and little, realized or not, noticeable or not. The best attitude is gratitude.   The more you give thanks the more you are given many other things.   Blessings keep going your way.   Following is the continuation of the fifth word of Christ from the Cross (From The Cries of Jesus from the Cross , A Fulton J. Sheen’s Anthology).   6 A Word to the Moderns The fifth group with a distinct reaction to religion are the moderns. The moderns are those who believe in moderation. They hate excesses, either good or evil; compromise ...
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Self-Restraint

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  November 3, 2026 Wikipedia Hello!   How is each and every one?   We just started a new month, second to the last month of the year 2026, and we are already on the fifth day.   Time really flies especially when the days are full of activities as in the previous days. Had been praying for what I could share with you in this introduction and once again I came across the following beautiful commentary of Pope John Paul II in 1979 on the reply of Our Lady to Angel Gabriel’s announcement (Luke 1: 34-38): “Virgo fidelis , the faithful Virgin”   “What does this faithfulness of Mary’s mean?   What are the dimensions of this faithfulness?   The first dimension is called search . Mary was faithful first of all when she began, lovingly, to seek the deep sense of God’s plan in her and for the world.   Quomodo fiet ?   How shall this be? She asked the Angel of the Annunciation… “The second dimension of faithfulness is called reception, acce...
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