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Bethlehem No More

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

A prayer from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Most appropriate for the season of Lent. No, Mary! Bethlehem is not come back. This is not the crib, but the Cross; not birth, but death; not the day of companionship with Shepherds … Continue reading →

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Lent and The Paradox of the Cross

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

LENT The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday; with the participants being marked with ashes and the words “Repent and believe in the Good News” are prayed. The expectation is to imitate the example of Jesus’ prayer and fasting in the … Continue reading →

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Fat Tuesday

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

This week much of the Christian world observes Ash Wednesday, the start of the 40-day Lenten season that presages Easter’s 50 days of feasting and celebration. Just three years after Western governments enacted unprecedented persecution by forbidding Christians from worship … Continue reading →

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The Challenge for Christ

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Christ’s challenge was not Satan, but, rather, human weakness. He experienced all that we do except He never gave in to the inherent abuse of the senses. Hunger, thirst, unfulfilled can acquiesce to some threat or reward. Satan is not … Continue reading →

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The Paradox Of The Cross

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Jesus carried the cross an estimated distance of 650 yards. Which is a little less than a quarter of a mile. The same distance many may walk leisurely in the morning with a cup of coffee in hand or in mowing one’s lawn on a warm … Continue reading →

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Signs of the Times

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It … Continue reading →

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Something Is Wrong

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

When an atheist complains about the ugliness and evil in the world, does he not know in in his inmost heart that this is not the way the world was intended to be? He is affirming the very existence of … Continue reading →

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Three Most Pertinent Books On Life

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“Every great literature has always been allegorical – allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The ‘Iliad’ is only great because all life is a battle, the ‘Odyssey’ is only great because all life is a journey, the Book … Continue reading →

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GOOD FRIDAY: The Value Of Sacrifice

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” – John 18:37 “It was now about noon, and darkness came over … Continue reading →

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The Week That Changed The World

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

As we enter Holy Week we remember that two years ago we and the world entered a most unprecedented period of duress rooted in a pandemic from which many trials and challenges have sprung forth. Yet the lessons of Holy … Continue reading →

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