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Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can. Anger is our real enemy. -His Holiness the Dalai Lama From “The Pocket Dalai Lama,” edited by Mary Craig, 2002. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston, www.shambhala.com.

Moses saw that the people were out of control–since Aaron had let them get out of control–so that they were a menace to any who might oppose them. Moses stood up in the gate of the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come here!” And all the Levites rallied to him. He said…

Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others. –Anonymous

After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said to them was, “Don’t.” “Don’t what?” Adam asked. “Don’t eat the forbidden fruit,” God said. “Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve! We got Forbidden Fruit!” “No way!” “Yes WAY!” “Don’t eat that fruit!” said God. “Why?””Because I’m…

<a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="javascript:avPlayer('http://websrvr40nj.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdsnjwebsrvr4453/lentlectionary/2_19_08.mp3','Beliefnet presents today\'s lectionary reading from theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops’,’/imgs/avplayer/player_bibleaudiofeed.jpg’,’320′,’240′);”>Hear Today’s Lectionary Reading Reading I: Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 Responsorial Psalm: 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 Gospel Reading: Matthew 23:1-12 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary readings are used with permission by…

Mark 3:19b-35 19 Then he went home; 20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He…

[19] And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house. [20] And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. [21] And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. [22]…

Please pray for her upcoming marriage in May of this year. –from sardrc Add your prayers now

There are large scale sins: Terrorists, tyrants, those who sow hatred and disorder. I recall the words of the Polish dissident Adam Michnik, when asked if former communists all had to be prosecuted, an act that would most certainly tear the society apart. “I believe in amnesty,” he said, “but not amnesia.” Have you learned…

If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself. -Buddha From Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day, by William Wray, 2004. Reprinted by arrangement with Arcturus Publishing, London.…
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