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By Grace and a Dream: November 2014
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Monday, November 24, 2014. An Envy of Vice? I often find myself torn between two opposite types of envy. The first type is obvious: I envy saints, those whose holiness seems to radiate and pour forth into the lives of all whom they touch, especially those whose faith is so strong that Christ grants miracles through their prayers. What a powerful witness! In fact, this would explain why I'm not. Cross, same-sex attraction, is partly. For the shallow reason ...
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By Grace and a Dream: August 2014
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Sunday, August 31, 2014. Technical Difficulties and Some Housekeeping. This is not one of those entries. This, folks, is a plain ol' practical entry. Why? Because I had to do some spring cleaning (in the late summer! It may look like the old entry, it may be written like the old entry,. It may even have an identical link to the old entry, but really its. AN ALIEN ENTRY FROM THE PLANET MARS! All that said, a bland practical entry like this one is the perfec...
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By Grace and a Dream: July 2014
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Thursday, July 31, 2014. Well That Escalated Quickly.". Is what you'll be saying when I admit, in only my second post, that I happen to be attracted to men. I'm also, as I said before, married to a woman, and happily so. Add to that the fact that I'm a practicing Catholic who actually believes what the Catholic Church teaches* (hey, what a novel idea, amiright? This impact my life? No, I've known love that puts a face to Christ's. But it doesn't really mat...
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By Grace and a Dream: December 2014
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Wednesday, December 3, 2014. No Condemnation in Christ, Part 2: Life in the Spirit. In my last post, I began a series on Romans, Chapter 8, a chapter about our redemption in Christ, full of rich messages that, in Christ, we are not condemned:. It's interesting that Paul says, "so that the righteous decree of the law might be fulfilled. The Law. And since Christ lives in us,. That means that, as Paul says, the Law is fulfilled. Transformed, glorified by thi...
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By Grace and a Dream: October 2014
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Christian Standards of Entertainment. Is supposed to be something I should look at as a "guilty pleasure.". YOU should be ashamed! I've actually fretted about this at times. I am the sort of person who tries to avoid deliberately enjoying entertainment that is inherently tainted. Example? I used to enjoy the show Friends,. Engage in such "guilty pleasures" from time to time- I'm not perfect- there is major. Thinking of horror, ...
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By Grace and a Dream: No Condemnation in Christ, Part 4: Conquerors With God
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Thursday, January 15, 2015. No Condemnation in Christ, Part 4: Conquerors With God. Throw on some armor and saddle up! Here we are, in the final piece on Romans 8; we've been exploring the ways this chapter speaks mercy and grace to sinners. In the last post, we looked at the fact that not only are we Christians forgiven in Christ, we actually have a glorious. Destiny. Now we're going to look more into this amazing reality. Those who serve God are chosen.
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By Grace and a Dream: No Condemnation in Christ, Part 2: Life in the Spirit
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Wednesday, December 3, 2014. No Condemnation in Christ, Part 2: Life in the Spirit. In my last post, I began a series on Romans, Chapter 8, a chapter about our redemption in Christ, full of rich messages that, in Christ, we are not condemned:. It's interesting that Paul says, "so that the righteous decree of the law might be fulfilled. The Law. And since Christ lives in us,. That means that, as Paul says, the Law is fulfilled. Transformed, glorified by thi...
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By Grace and a Dream: No Condemnation in Christ, Part 3: People of Hope
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Thursday, January 1, 2015. No Condemnation in Christ, Part 3: People of Hope. Continuing our series on Romans 8, an awesome chapter of scripture devoted to the mercy of Christ, we've already talked about the difference between the "flesh" and the "spirit," and how, even though we live with the consequences and temptations of being in the flesh, by God's Grace our primary existence, and even that of our bodies themselves, can be in the Spirit, God's. What g...
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By Grace and a Dream: An Envy of Vice?!
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Monday, November 24, 2014. An Envy of Vice? I often find myself torn between two opposite types of envy. The first type is obvious: I envy saints, those whose holiness seems to radiate and pour forth into the lives of all whom they touch, especially those whose faith is so strong that Christ grants miracles through their prayers. What a powerful witness! In fact, this would explain why I'm not. Cross, same-sex attraction, is partly. For the shallow reason ...
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By Grace and a Dream: No Condemnation In Christ, Part 1: Introduction
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One Catholic's journey in faith, hope, and love. Monday, December 1, 2014. No Condemnation In Christ, Part 1: Introduction. Recently, I watched a video by a guy who quoted 1 Timothy 1:8-11, which does indeed mention homosexual sin in the same context as murderers and kidnappers. The guy used this to justify punishing homosexual faults with the same severity, by law,. As one would punish those others. In fact, as I read his Facebook page, I saw indications that he wasn't opposed to the death. Which is "op...
