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Deacon Allen | Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker - Part 43

On the Inside; On the Outside


 
Feb 23 2012
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Lent Begins

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Ash Wednesday officially begins our Lenten season. Growing up, we were told to do certain things, to act in certain ways, and to fast on certain days.  But we often forget as we get older what Lent is all about.
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Feb 14 2012
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It’s All for the Glory of God

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Sometimes, all of us get wrapped up in our own little world. We become self-absorbed, and we want to hang onto our God-given gifts because they’re ours.  Here is a little prayer that will hopefully help break this “it’s all about me” syndrome.
 
Touch your forehead, mouth, heart and hands as you say this: Read More
Feb 13 2012
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Make Me Clean!

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This was my homily on the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Sunday, February 12th.

Do you always want your beloved child to run up to you and give you a big hug? At all times?

Several years ago when my boys were small, they discovered these large clay deposits near a swimming hole on one of our camping trips. They also quickly discovered that this clay made great body paint! They would get all wet, and then smear the clay all over their body. Read More

Feb 07 2012
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Attitude Adjustment

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“If I am to know the will of God, I must have the right attitude toward life.”

Trappist monk Thomas Merton really hit the mark when he wrote this. How can a person expect to hear the voice of God if one isn’t listening? How can a person expect to see the path one must walk if one is blinded by their own desires? How can a person expect to experience the presence of God if one doesn’t let God inside one’s heart?

Live the gospel by the way you live your life, and you will experience the Lord in ways you never imagined.

Feb 01 2012
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What is Prayer?

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A man who worked in a sawmill lost his wristwatch in a large pile of sawdust. The crew stopped the machines and they all began looking, but they could not find the watch. They decided that they would go to lunch and look again when they returned. After lunch, a young boy was standing there with the wristwatch in his hand. The man said, “How did you find it?” The boy replied, “Well, I just laid down in the sawdust and listened for the ticking.”
 

That is prayer!!!