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I cannot say I love God, but reject the body that he's given me. Europeans abandon their churches, but Americans secularize their churches.

That's what's happening here.

Benedict was a theologian.

He was very concerned with speaking clearly, precisely.

You always know what he means when he speaks and writes.

Much of the confusion in the Roman Catholic Church with the Francis papacy has been sewn by ambiguity.

And when we experience the weakness, the frailty, the sin within our own marriages and family, take heart.

The fulfillment of what God intended for marriage is finally found in Christ.

New York City subway riders love issues, etc.

The language of resolve is not foreign to Holy Scripture, the Apostle Paul.

I resolved to know nothing but Christ and Him crucified.

Jesus himself, his entire ministry, is typified by his resolve to get to his cross

and carry out his saving work.

So sometimes Christians are all about New

Year's resolutions, and sometimes Christians they poo-poo. New Year's resolutions. Why both?

Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera, on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday afternoon,

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