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MattAndJojang's Blog · 5d ago

Paths Are Made By Walking

[Offbeat Graduation Speech Gets Standing Ovation: 2012's Baccalaureate speaker at the University of Pennsylvania was an unconventional choice for an Ivy League school. To address their newly-minted graduates, aspiring to dazzling careers, they picked a man who has never in his adult life, applied fo
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 2W ago

Mom

Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. ~ Anonymous Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 2W ago

Every Breath… Every Moment…

Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace. ~ Thomas Merton
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 2W ago

Falling Petal

The falling petal Is precariously floating, Dangling in the mist. ~ Matt
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 4W ago

QUIET PLEASE: Why the Sounds of Silence Nourish our Mind and Body

George Prochnik would like the world to put a sock in it. He makes his case in a new book, In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise (Doubleday, $26). Here he explains himself (using his indoor voice): Jackhammers. Leaf blowers. Car alarms. The aggravating, tinny sound coming
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 1M ago

Contentment

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. ~ Psalm 37:25
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 1M ago

Competing Visions of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth Are Not Mutually Exclusive

In his Time magazine article, “Heaven Can’t Wait,” Jon Meacham contrasts two seemingly competing visions of heaven in contemporary Christianity. One prominent view envisions heaven as the ethereal place one goes when one dies. Images of winged angels, celestial music, golden thrones, pearly gates, a
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 1M ago

Happy Easter

“The Lord is risen, alleleuia, alleluia!” ~ Antiphon, Liturgy of the Hours May the joy of the Risen Christ fill your hearts today. Happy Easter! ~ Matt and Jojang
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 1M ago

Remembering Dad

“… but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had.”  ~ Luke 21:4 Paul Aguas was a man who loved God. When he was young, he was a man of the world. He married young and had a family. He earned his first million at the age of 23. He [...]
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MattAndJojang's Blog · 2M ago

Monk Manifesto

Monk: from the Greek monachos meaning single or solitary, a monk in the world does not live apart but immersed in the everyday with a single-hearted and undivided presence, always  striving for greater wholeness and integrity. Manifesto: from the Latin for clear, means a public declaration of princi
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