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Every fool knows you can’t touch the stars, but it doesn’t stop a wise man from trying. –Harry Anderson

When Jerry Garcia died, he woke up and found himself on a stage on which a number of instruments were set up. A door offstage opened and in walked Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, John Lennon, Otis Redding and Buddy Holly. Each musician picked up his favorite instrument and began tuning up. Jerry walked…

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. –Mark 14:38 (Revised Standard Version)

John 5:19-24 19 Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. 20 The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will…

[19] Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. [20] For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth:…

‘My mother is being abused in a nursing home.” –from donnaV Add your prayers now

<a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="javascript:avPlayer('http://websrvr40nj.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdsnjwebsrvr4453/lentlectionary/2_17_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 1: Genesis 12:1-4a Responsorial Psalm: 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Reading II: 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Gospel Reading: Matthew 17:1-9 To read the text for today’s reading, please click here. All audio of the Lectionary readings are used…

A gift of Dhamma conquers all gifts; the taste of Dhamma, all tastes; a delight in Dhamma, all delights; the ending of craving, all suffering and stress. -Dhammapada, 24, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

You shall make an altar for burning incense; make it of acacia wood. It shall be a cubit long and a cubit wide–it shall be square–and two cubits high, its horns of one piece with it. Overlay it with pure gold: its top, its sides round about, and its horns; and make a gold molding…

Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid. –Harlan Miller

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