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Purging Doubt

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” – John 20:27 The city of Lanciano, founded long before Christianity, was first called Anxanum. Its present … Continue reading →

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God’s Choice and America

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

The choice before God in creating the world lay between creating a purely mechanical universe, peopled by automatons, or creating a spiritual universe in which there would be a choice of good and evil. What was the condition then of … Continue reading →

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Reconciled

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

There once was a preacher who would bring the Word of God from town to town. He was called the “Train Preacher,” because he would travel by train to evangelize. And at each stop along the way he would preach … Continue reading →

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On Giving

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

     Go break to the needy sweet charity’s bread; “For giving is living, and living is giving” the angel said.” And must I be giving again and again?” My peevish and pitiless answer ran. “Oh no,” said the angel, piercing … Continue reading →

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Who Am I?

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

      I am what drove men to sacrifice their lives and fortunes to create a new nation under God. I am what, throughout this nation’s history, has compelled and still to this day compels men and women to … Continue reading →

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Are We What We Eat?

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.  I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for … Continue reading →

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Something Strong Inside -revisited

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Something Strong Inside April 11, 2012 I recently heard a story of a little girl who was playing with her inflatable “Bop bag” toy. Each time she struck the toy it would head to the floor, only to rebound to the … Continue reading →

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The Empty Tomb

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“Pilate said to them, “The guard is yours; go secure it as best you can.” So they went and secured the tomb by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard. – Matthew 27: 65-66 “The king lay … Continue reading →

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The Banquet

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“Jesus Washes the Feet of His Disciples at the Last Supper” When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call … Continue reading →

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The Week That Changed The World

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Palm Sunday– “Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.”- John 12:13 Holy Thursday– “And taking bread, he gave … Continue reading →

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