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High School Benediction
by John A. Sullivan III on 10-Jun-09 09:32
Thank you, Lord, for educating us beyond our books and our classrooms.
Thank you, Lord, for all the unfairness we have experienced
for it has taught us the importance of Your Justice.
Thank you, Lord, for all the difficult times, for the pain and the suffering
for it has taught us to love freely, by choice, when it is not easy, just like You
or, perhaps,
has more taught us how infrequently we choose to love freely, when it is not easy, unlike You.
Yes, our failures in You are not to condemn us but rather to show us our learning potenti
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The Real Tragedy of Abortion
by John A. Sullivan III on 08-Feb-09 21:10
Those of us who struggle, work, and pray to end the self-genocide of abortion must not forget that pro-choice proponents do identify legitimate problems. They are not all raging, hate-filled, self-absorbed, hedonists.
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Other Religions
by John A. Sullivan III on 26-Nov-08 11:28
Do please read this entry at face value as it is easily misinterpreted. Some will think it an expression of Christian arrogance while others may think it says one's choice of religion doesn't matter. Most of all, this is strictly in the category of "what if . . . ."
There is so much remarkable similarity between the world's major religions that it does make one wonder.
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My Salvation Is Not About Me
by John A. Sullivan III on 02-Nov-08 19:36
The horizon of my spiritual growth expanded dramatically once I realized my spiritual growth and my salvation were not about me - at least from my perspective. From God's perspective, it is very much about me but, from my perspective, it should be all about God. In fact, as long as I'm concerned about my spiritual growth and my salvation, I'm missing the point and am not ready for Heaven.
At least as far as I can see in my limited way, once I've fallen deeply in love with God (as we are all ultimately called to do), my life is all about Him.
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The Crippled Son
by John A. Sullivan III on 12-Sep-08 11:23
Monday morning was a particularly good morning. As I lay in bed praying, God seemed so very close, especially as Father. I kept saying to Him, "how extraordinary that you would consider me Your son" with an enormous sense of gratitude. I suppose I find myself encouraged when those kinds of thoughts come in that place somewhere between wakefulness and sleep because I know they are sincere - no masks, no external show, no choosing the "right" words - just child-like sincerity.
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Sparkles of Hope and Joy
by John A. Sullivan III on 07-Sep-08 19:30
Between my task orientation, my hyper-responsibility, my proclivity for harsh judgment, my vanity and my arrogance, I have a hard time with love. Let me make that more specific. I have a hard time loving the individual human beings I encounter each day.
That's pretty sad considering the only reason for sucking air in and out each day is to love.
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