Category Archives: Spiritual Minute

Of Your Heartbeats, Jesus, And Eternity

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Joseph Horan

I was resting in the doctor’s office room at the urgent care I went to for a physical. The waxy protective paper covered the pillow as well as the bed I was laying on. Rest doesn’t exactly come easy in … Continue reading →

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God Provides Our Every Need

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Joseph Horan

We were going out on a few family outings so I packed my special low carb bread, the kind I need to eat because a lot of carbs are just not good for me. Later on we found ourselves at … Continue reading →

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A Word…

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Joseph Horan

According to the mind and will of God there are a thousand reasons for every one thing that happens. We must abandon our lives to the Loving and Merciful Will of God. The below stained glass might help us understand … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Minute: Religious People Are In Grave Danger

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Joseph Horan

Are you a cradle Catholic, born into a Christian family? Has God warmed your heart with spiritual experiences on many occasions? Has he dealt generously with you in this way? If your answer is yes you are in very grave … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Minute: Do We Treat The Suffering With Kindness?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Joseph Horan

Do we treat the suffering with kindness? Imagine Christ, bloody, beaten, with some of his flesh falling off of his holy body. When we see him what is our reaction? Do we embrace him or do we throw up first … Continue reading →

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Every Moment is….

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Joseph Horan

Each and every moment of our lives is pregnant with God’s loving will for us, if we have eyes to see his many assurances and a heart that allows the Holy Spirit to conceive the presence of Christ within us, … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Minute: A Petition In Christ Through Mary

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Joseph Horan

That just as Mary was made into Jesus through the Incarnation, by the infusion of her body with his Divine and human life, we might be made one with him through the Eucharist even as she is one with, and … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Minute: The Half Hearted Hero

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Joseph Horan

We need to see the half-hearted hero in each and every one of us. We claim we love God, we make a big show of our love, but in the end so often we fail in doing what God demands … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Minute: God Never Hides From Us!

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Joseph Horan

In a previous post I mentioned how God sometimes hides from us, but this can only be true with regard to his presence to our senses. “The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Minute: God Provides Our Every Need

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Joseph Horan

In this title I’d like to put the emphasis on “every.” God indeed provides for us, even in our very smallest needs. Last weekend my wife and her Mom went shopping, and while they were at Academy they picked up … Continue reading →

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