David R. Myers

It's a Conspiracy!!!!!

Recently, I saw in social media a diagram of relationships between President Trump and some heads of different departments within his new administration.

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Loving Through a Loss

A few days before Christmas, I lost my beloved friend of 15 ½ years. Eamon was a black and white cat I took off the street. We lived together in four (4) different places. When I took him in, I was living in a 547-sq-ft apartment. I subsequently moved to a second apartment with double that space, and then a third with a little more space,

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Does Loyalty Exist Anywhere Anymore?

I remember some years ago reading a story about a young man who, when he was still in his teen years, had a bed-wetting issue. In an attempt to break him of the habit, his frustrated parents took his wet bedsheets, hung them in the front yard, and made him sit among them with a sign which stated “I wet the bed.”

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There's a Rumor Going Around that….

You just got an email from a friend who passed it on from another friend who got it from an acquaintance who downloaded it from a friend of a friend’s friend on Facebook. This email claims that, in fact, our political system was secretly invaded some years ago by a galactic vegetable people who have been able to infiltrate the US House of Representatives and the US Senate

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Rejections and Disappointments are Part of the Training Regimen in God's Gym….

I can remember, when I was a boy, waiting to be chosen on a team when in the neighborhood, or schoolyard, we played some kind of a team game. I was not a particularly gifted athlete, and so I was rarely chosen in the top few. I remember how that felt.

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Follow Jesus? Well, it Depends…..

The gay marriage agenda in this country has brought something very interesting to the forefront.

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Why I Am Not for Artificial Contraception

Faithful Catholics – ones who do accept the Church’s teaching on artificial contraception – have different kinds of reaction. Some are shocked by the numbers. Others are scandalized.

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Killing Euthanasia

I think one of the difficulties of discussing life issues is that the battle resembles trench warfare. Both sides dig in. Both sides hurl the same kinds of “bombs” against each other. Those who favor euthanasia, for example, often cite the “tremendous suffering” experienced by some who want to end their lives.

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Vote Catholic?

If you are Catholic and have a few years under your belt (I have 58 so far), and if you have had at least a passing interest in politics, you know that religion comes up for discussion and rather frequently when it comes to elections. When I was very young, it was the presidential election of John F. Kennedy that really brought religion and in particular Catholicism to the forefront.

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The Pope Should Stay out of Politics!?

As no doubt everyone except perhaps an ice bound Eskimo is aware, Pope Francis just finished a visit to Mexico. As part of this, he came to El Paso, Texas, to celebrate Mass. El Paso is the largest city in Texas which sits on the border with Mexico, so from a strategic standpoint it made sense that this was the location the Holy Father chose.

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We Are Useless Servants?

I admit that I have found the Gospel passage from Luke which instructs the disciples to refer to themselves as being “useless servant” a bit puzzling during my life. It has taken me years of hearing it again and again, reading it again and again, for some of the sense to sink through my dense cranium. But I have some insights I would like to share to any who might be puzzling over the same section

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Abortion: Ideal for Irresponsible Men!

In the dialogue about abortion in the US, the pro-life side (of which I am a member and have been all my life) naturally stresses the position that life in the womb is entitled to protection. The pro-abortion side (which prefers the moniker “pro-choice”) stresses that a woman’s right to choose to keep or terminate a pregnancy trumps the right to life of the unborn child.

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Islam: Ignorance is not Bliss….

Unless you are related to Rip Van Winkle and have inherited his ability to sleep for years at a time, you know of the spread of Islamic terrorism that has plagued the world. I don’t need to reel off events for you. And naturally this has generated a lot of chatter…on television, radio, the internet, at work, church, etc.

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Sola Scriptura - Did Anyone Consider This?

Hopefully everyone good enough to read this blog has an idea what “sola scriptura” means. It is the idea that belief should rest on the written text of the Bible alone, and that things which are not mentioned in the Bible should be discarded from belief.

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So You Are a Pacifist, Are You? Hmmm…

Folks, I have met a number of good people over the years, both inside the Church and out, that seem to believe that the only legitimate expression of Christianity when dealing with aggression of any kind is pacifism.

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