Good News Themes https://goodnewsthemes.com/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:16:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://goodnewsthemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/favicon.png Good News Themes https://goodnewsthemes.com/ 32 32 Journey with St. Joseph – Week V https://goodnewsthemes.com/journey-with-st-joseph-week-v/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:27:08 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=168 A parable like story about a Starfish Dancer. Our role as sharers in Christ’s Work and our opportunity to imitate St. Joseph in his role as a Provider of the next right or loving action is explored.

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]]> A parable like story about a Starfish Dancer. Our role as sharers in Christ’s Work and our opportunity to imitate St. Joseph in his role as a Provider of the next right or loving action is explored.

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]]> Journey with St. Joseph – Week IV https://goodnewsthemes.com/journey-with-st-joseph-week-iv/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:26:47 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=166 This homily is a parable like story about a Starfish Dancer. Our role as sharers in Christ’s Work and our opportunity to imitate St. Joseph in his role as a Provider of the next right or loving action is explored.

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]]> This homily is a parable like story about a Starfish Dancer. Our role as sharers in Christ’s Work and our opportunity to imitate St. Joseph in his role as a Provider of the next right or loving action is explored.

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]]> Journey with St. Joseph – Week III https://goodnewsthemes.com/journey-with-st-joseph-week-iii/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:26:27 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=164 The homily examines how our vision of ourselves sometimes does not line up with our reality and circumstances. Our invitation is to invite God to help us to cast a new vision of ourselves and to discover God’s dream for our lives.

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]]> The homily examines how our vision of ourselves sometimes does not line up with our reality and circumstances. Our invitation is to invite God to help us to cast a new vision of ourselves and to discover God’s dream for our lives.

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]]> Journey with St. Joseph – Week II https://goodnewsthemes.com/journey-with-st-joseph-week-ii/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:26:06 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=162 Our Lenten Theme continues as we juggle the numbers from 1 to 10 discovering that 9 may hold a secret that reveals how we grow in holiness by turning toward God in prayer. The Transfiguration of Jesus inspires us to be transformed into the image and likeness of Christ. Through the intercession of quiet St. […]

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]]> Our Lenten Theme continues as we juggle the numbers from 1 to 10 discovering that 9 may hold a secret that reveals how we grow in holiness by turning toward God in prayer. The Transfiguration of Jesus inspires us to be transformed into the image and likeness of Christ. Through the intercession of quiet St. Joseph, we learn to still ourselves and center our prayer in a restful way.

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]]> Journey with St. Joseph – Week I https://goodnewsthemes.com/journey-with-st-joseph-week-i/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 18:25:42 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=160 Our Lenten Theme begins with a story about the once struggling French author Balzac who became a success by overcoming temptation by literally drawing a dream and vision for his life. Dreaming and receiving a vision from God through prayer helps us to overcome temptation and empowers us to provide for the good of others. […]

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]]> Our Lenten Theme begins with a story about the once struggling French author Balzac who became a success by overcoming temptation by literally drawing a dream and vision for his life. Dreaming and receiving a vision from God through prayer helps us to overcome temptation and empowers us to provide for the good of others. Jesus, St. Joseph and the Holy Family inspire us in this homily to be Prayers, Dreamers and Providers.

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]]> HOPE Theme – Week V https://goodnewsthemes.com/hope-theme-week-v/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:57 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=146 Fr. Matt takes us into an apple orchard on the foothills of the Himalayas where a Kashmiri grandfather or Budhebub reveals a secret to his grandson that contains a spirit of Wisdom older than the earth on which they stand. Bite into the sweet fruit of prayer to change your perspective and taste the grace […]

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]]> Fr. Matt takes us into an apple orchard on the foothills of the Himalayas where a Kashmiri grandfather or Budhebub reveals a secret to his grandson that contains a spirit of Wisdom older than the earth on which they stand. Bite into the sweet fruit of prayer to change your perspective and taste the grace of HOPE.

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]]> HOPE Theme – Week IV https://goodnewsthemes.com/hope-theme-week-iv/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:36 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=144 Fr. Joe hits a homerun with a Baseball story that is out of this world.

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]]> Fr. Joe hits a homerun with a Baseball story that is out of this world.

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]]> HOPE Theme – Week III https://goodnewsthemes.com/hope-theme-week-iii/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:52:08 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=142 Fr. Joe shares a humorous story about a young woman whose lack of Honesty and Openness to her own thoughts, feelings and behavior cause consequences in her professional life. Honesty and Openness enable us to love God and others with our full hearts, minds and souls.

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]]> Fr. Joe shares a humorous story about a young woman whose lack of Honesty and Openness to her own thoughts, feelings and behavior cause consequences in her professional life. Honesty and Openness enable us to love God and others with our full hearts, minds and souls.

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]]> HOPE Theme – Week II https://goodnewsthemes.com/hope-theme-week-ii/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:51:39 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=140 Fr. Nico shares a story about two famous people whose antipathy for one another led to a legendary and humorous repartee. You may never look at a couple of tea in exactly the same way.

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]]> Fr. Nico shares a story about two famous people whose antipathy for one another led to a legendary and humorous repartee. You may never look at a couple of tea in exactly the same way.

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]]> HOPE Theme – Week I https://goodnewsthemes.com/hope-theme-week-i/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:50:03 +0000 https://goodnewsthemes.com/?p=135 Fr. Joe shares the story of a professional ocean swimmer who setting out on a twenty-six mile swim encounters fog. When our lives are shrouded in fog are spiritual in Christian HOPE helps us to continue forward and to flourish.

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]]> Fr. Joe shares the story of a professional ocean swimmer who setting out on a twenty-six mile swim encounters fog. When our lives are shrouded in fog are spiritual in Christian HOPE helps us to continue forward and to flourish.

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