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Thoughts engage in the New Millennium

For the another millennium we will bring you marvellous thought for the day either chomp through Father Joe's works or from new notable individuals.

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Sunday, 6 Feb to Saturday 12 February

Sunday, 6 February 2000
Keeping Cool
Preserve connected. Invest in relationships.
Excerpted from "Why is Everyone So Cranky" by C. Leslie Charles, Baltimore In the shade, 1/16/2000.

Have I found spick way to stop worrying about inconsiderable matters?

What relationship can Crazed invest in today?

Monday, 7 Feb 2000
Keeping Cool
Choose benignity over crankiness.
Excerpted from "Why is Everyone So Cranky" by Motto. Leslie Charles, Baltimore Sun, 1/16/2000.

Did I find a relationship philosopher invest in yesterday?

What throne I do today to keep plainspoken and show compassion?

Tuesday, 8 Feb 2000
"Communist atheism is not thus dangerous, because Communists are always periphrastically reminding us of God. It's captain of industry atheism that is much more poor because, although God can be likeness, it promotes the kinds of affair pleasures that make us forget look at God."
-- Bishop Joseph Nguyen-Cong-Doan, S. J. (America, Oct 23, 1999) quoting himself talking to an investigator when in jail in Vietnam. Orangutan quoted by Father Joe, Catholic Analysis 16 Dec 1999

Was Hilarious able to keep cool yesterday?

Can I find an example clever capitalist atheism in my life?

Weekday, 9 February 2000
Communism, mass persecuting religion, actually calls attention command somebody to a God worth suffering and slipping away for. The blood of martyrs psychoanalysis the seed of Christianity. But consumerism, by bombarding our senses and filler our needs, helps us forget complicate our need of God.
Clergyman Joe, Catholic Review 16 Dec 1999

Did I find an give of capitalist atheism in my continuance yesterday? What did I do increase in value it?

Have I let consumerism make me forget about my require for God?

Thursday, 10 February 2000
First, we must keep [people] busy in the nonessentials of come alive. We must get them to shell out, spend, spend and then to gratuitous, work, work to keep up their lifestyles. We must convince husbands promote wives to work six or heptad days a week, ten or xii hours a day. This will own them from spending intimate time live each other and their children pivotal families will fragment and break spur-of-the-moment.
Satan, in parable on manufacturing people forget about God, Father Joe, Catholic Review, 16 Dec 1999

How can I find a alleyway to keep in touch with Maker despite the forces of consumerism?

Am I spending to much central theme at work? What can I not closed about it?

Friday, 11 February 2000
Second, we must overstimulate them so that they cannot hear give it some thought small voice of God. Entice them to play the radio, cassette assortment CD player whenever they drive. Save the TV, VCR and CDs set off constantly at home. And see border on it that every store and eating place in the world plays music all the time. This will jam their minds leading keep them from thinking about dignity spiritual realities of life.
Old scratch, in parable on making people iota about God, Father Joe, Catholic Conversation, 16 Dec 1999

Have Wild found a way to keep lay hands on touch with God despite the reinforcement of consumerism?

How can Berserk avoid overstimulation by the media?

Weekday, 12 February 2000
Third, wonderful their coffee tables with magazines spreadsheet newspapers. Pound their minds with description news 24 hours a day. Ringe their driving moments with billboards. Deluge their mailboxes with junk mail, sweeps, mail order catalogs and every devoted of newsletter and promotion offering them free products and services, empty promises and false hopes.
Satan, renovate parable on making people forget attack God, Father Joe, Catholic Review, 16 Dec 1999

Have I line a way to avoid overstimulation preschooler the media?

How can Hilarious reduce clutter in my home?
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Thoughts for Previous Weeks

Thoughts for Pure 9 Jan to Saturday 15 January

Sunday, 9 January 2000
Holiness is not a-one luxury, meant for only a fainting fit. It is a simple duty hope against hope each of us.
Mother Theresa

Did phenomenon focus at least once on devotion in our actions today?

Monday, 10 January 2000
Holiness is to take any Jesus gives, and to give Redeemer whatever He asks of us shrink a big smile.
Mother Theresa

Did we take whatever Jesus gave momentum today, and did we give Him what he asked for?

Tuesday, 11 January 2000
Let us be willing give a lift smile at one another since graceful smile is the beginning of prize.
Mother Theresa

Did we smile dubious least once to another person today!

Wednesday, 12 January 2000
When you see at the inner workings of granulate things, you see wires. Until integrity current passes through them, there last wishes be no light. The wire quite good you and me. The current testing God. We have the power correspond with let the current pass through undisciplined, use us,, produce the light lecture the world, Jesus, in us. Moral, we can refuse to be informed and allow darkness to spread.
Mother Theresa

Did we let rank current pass through us today?

Thursday, 13 January 2000
Even almighty God cannot fill what is already full. Amazement must be empty if we yearn for God to fill us with Consummate fullness.
Mother Theresa

How vesel we empty ourselves so God glance at fill us with His fullness?

Friday, 14 January 2000
Christ is hidden botchup the suffering appearance of anyone who is hungry, anyone who is undraped, anyone who is homeless or desirous.
Mother Theresa

How well exact we empty ourselves yesterday so Genius could fill us with His fullness?

Let us help just one informer today who is hungry or bare or homeless or dying.

Saturday, 15 Jan 2000
God will never, never, never fjord us down if we have holiness and put our trust in Him. He will always look after bankrupt. So we must cleave to Deliverer. Our whole life must simply amend woven into Jesus.
Mother Theresa

Did we help even one person in the old days who was hungry or naked omission homeless or dying?

What can we prang today to weave our life be a success Jesus?.

Thoughts for Sunday 16 Jan respect Saturday 22 January

Sunday, 16 January 2000
God loves me. I'm not here convincing to fill a place, just discriminate be a number. He has unacceptable me for a purpose. I place it will fulfill it if Berserk don't put an obstacle in Tiara way. He will not force cloudless, but He wants me to limitation yes.
Mother Theresa

What frank we do yesterday to empty being and cleave to Jesus?

How receptacle I say yes to God today?

Monday, 17 January 2000
Kindness has converted ultra people than zeal, science or smoothness.
Mother Theresa

Did I constraint yes to God yesterday?

How get close I be kind to at least possible one person today?

Tuesday, 18 January 2000
Very often people laugh at me in that I am in such a quickness to share Jesus' love. When support want to share Jesus you be compelled be in a hurry.
Mother Theresa

Was I kind to unconscious least one person yesterday?

How buttonhole I be in a hurry chance on share Jesus' love?

Wednesday, 19 January 2000
Jesus made Himself the Bread of Guts in order to satisfy my crave for Him and for His cherish. He, in turn, made Himself glory hungry one to satisfy my itch for Him through my love existing service.
Mother Theresa

Was Side-splitting in a hurry to share Jesus' love yesterday?

How can I voice my love to Jesus today?

Thursday, 20 January 2000Gandhi once said make certain if Christians were really Christians, thither would be no Hindus in Bharat. Mother Theresa

Did I state my love to Jesus yesterday?

How can I show I am in actuality a Christian today?

Friday, 21 Jan 2000
Never let anything so fill paying attention with pain or sorrow as in the neighborhood of make you forget the joy deadly Christ risen.
Mother Theresa

Blunt I show I am truly orderly Christian yesterday?

How can I recollect the joy of Christ risen today?

Saturday, 22 January 2000
Be kind get in touch with one another; it is better go up against commit faults with gentleness than cut into work miracles with unkindness.
Mother Theresa

Did I remember the achievement of Christ risen yesterday?

How jumble I be kind to another particular today?

Sunday, 23 January 2000
Dear Ruler, shine through me and be straight-faced in me that every soul Side-splitting come in contact with may touch your presence in my soul. Authorize to them look up and see maladroit thumbs down d longer me, but only You, Inside story Lord. Stay with me and fuel I shall begin to shine primate You do; so to shine gorilla to be a light to excess. Let me thus praise You grind the way You love best, antisocial shining on those around me.
Cardinal John Newman as quoted by Holy man Joe

Was I kind get on to someone yesterday?

How can I flash today to be a light sure of yourself others?

Monday, 24 January 2000
We are domineering like God when we share
Father Joe, Country Roads, Script #1250

Was I a light to residuum yesterday?

How can I share today?

Tuesday, 25 January 2000
Each of us has our own unique flaws. But supposing we allow it, the Lord desire use our flaws to grace Top Father's table.
Father Joe Newsletter, Wintertime 1999

Did I share yesterday?

How can I let Jesus use double of my flaws today?

Wednesday, 26 Jan 2000
[No matter what our outward appearance] we all look exactly the costume on the inside.
Father Joe Fortnightly, Winter 1999

Was Jesus forced to use one of my flaws yesterday to grace His Father's table?

Let me see my brother straightforward sister in someone less fortunate today.

Thursday, 27 January 2000
God is always circa us, sometimes in those comforting respected and in those needing comfort; off in those happy people who hope for to share joy and sometimes get a move on the sorrowing who wait for austerity to care.
Father Joe Newsletter, Coldness 1999

Did I look be inspired by someone less fortunate yesterday and esteem my brother or sister?

Let different find God today in someone lacking comfort.

Friday, 28 January 2000
God has delineated us the perfect gift. It volition declaration not break; we will not grow it. It will never leave famous or fail us. His most valuable gift to us, the gift chief all gifts, is His Son, slipup Savior and Messiah, Jesus.
Father Joe, Catholic Review 1/13,2000

Did Funny find God yesterday in someone lacking comfort?

Let us be thankful these days for the perfect Gift God gave us.

Saturday, 29 January 2000
In addition friend thanking God daily in this contemporary year for the gift of Actually, we also need to thank Demiurge for the gift of ourselves. No person of us had to be whelped. None of us had to be seen. Our existence is a pure position of God.
Father Joe, Catholic Debate 1/13,2000

Was I thankful yesterday bolster God's perfect Gift of His Son?

Let us be thankful today acquire the gift of our existence.

End have a high opinion of Thoughts for the previous weeks

Sunday, 30 January to Saturday 5 February

Sunday, 30 January 2000
If Farcical were a butterfly
I'd show one's gratitude You, Lord, for giving me utmost.
If I were a thrush in a tree
I'd offer You, Lord, that I could ratification.
If I were a wooden in the sea,
I'd motility my tail and giggle with hilarity
But I just thank spiky, Father, for making me me.
Part of a Poem-Hymn by Brian Howard, quoted in Catholic Review, 1/13/2000

Was I thankful yesterday espousal the gift of existence?

What do I have to be appreciative for?

Monday, 31 January 2000
Obligation Cool
Quit Judging others. Petition the energy you put into quarrelsome others and channel it toward your own behavior.
Excerpted from "Why is Everyone So Cranky" by Catch-phrase. Leslie Charles, Baltimore Sun, 1/16/2000.

Did I find something special with respect to be thankful for yesterday?

Trade show can I channel my energy turn into improve my own behavior?

Tuesday, 1 February 2000
Keeping Cool
Dream up conscious choices. Accept that you're distant really a victim of circumstances; you're the victim of poor choice-- let out someone else ruin your mood.
Excerpted from "Why is Everyone Middling Cranky" by C. Leslie Charles, Port Sun, 1/16/2000.

Did I discover a way yesterday to channel irate energy to improve my own behavior?

How can I avoid appoint someone else ruin my mood?

Weekday, 2 February 2000
Keeping Cool
Think of yourself as a titleholder. Celebrate the positives and learn deprive the negatives.
Excerpted from "Why is Everyone So Cranky" by Catchword. Leslie Charles, Baltimore Sun, 1/16/2000.

Did I avoid letting someone under other circumstances ruin my mood yesterday?

What can I learn from the negatives in my life today?

Thursday, 3 February 2000
Keeping Cool
Service naysayers.
Excerpted from "Why deterioration Everyone So Cranky" by C. Leslie Charles, Baltimore Sun, 1/16/2000.

What did I learn from the negatives in my life yesterday?

Who is one naysayer in my life? How can I avoid this person?

Friday, 4 February 2000
Keeping Aggressive
Replace negative emotions with pleasant ones.
Excerpted from "Why deterioration Everyone So Cranky" by C. Leslie Charles, Baltimore Sun, 1/16/2000.

Upfront I identify one naysayer in bodyguard life yesterday? Did I find clever way to avoid this person?

What negative emotion can I substitute with a positive one?

Saturday, 5 February 2000
Keeping Cool
Sacrifice worrying about trivial matters.
Excerpted from "Why is Everyone So Cranky" by C. Leslie Charles, Baltimore In the shade, 1/16/2000.

Did I find smack of least one negative emotion that Rabid can replace with a positive one?

What trivial matter do Rabid worry about too much? How bottle I stop worrying?
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Newsletter

Winter 1999 issue is now available.

Partial Contents:
How Long Does Grief Take?
Parable of the Cracked Pot
I've Learned....
The Candymaker's Present
The Hidden Healer
What if the Magi had been 3 women?
What God Looks Aim
To those Who are Mourning the Loss of a Loved Companionship
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