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		<title>Jesus Addresses the Graduates</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/05/20/jesus-addresses-the-graduates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 12:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A creative writer posted a daily reflection on the Creighton web site in which he featured Jesus as the commencement speaker at Creighton. I liked his creativity and decided to write my own Jesus commencement speech. Conservative Catholics have tried &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/05/20/jesus-addresses-the-graduates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Qi Charges the Cosmos</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/05/14/gods-qi-charges-the-cosmos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is an exploratory essay where I try to connect the dots between Chinese medicine and a new view of God as Energy-Matter. Your response is welcomed.] In the fall, I became reacquainted with Tai Chi. The Great Outdoors in &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/05/14/gods-qi-charges-the-cosmos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Grand Inquisitor Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/24/the-grand-inquisitor-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading Jeanne Schuler’s Creighton reflection on the daily scripture on April 24 piqued my interest in re-reading Dostoevsky’s The Grand Inquisitor.  Amid yet another ill-advised Vatican crackdown on religious women, everyone should consider the dire consequences inherent in Dostoevsky’s story. &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/24/the-grand-inquisitor-rules/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whoever is close to me is close to the fire</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/18/whoever-is-close-to-me-is-close-to-the-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benedict]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Easter Vigil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/18/whoever-is-close-to-me-is-close-to-the-fire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Pelvic Morality toward Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/17/beyond-pelvic-morality-toward-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayn Rand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bishops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I fired up the computer this morning and among the headlines about Hollywood sex and murder and mayhem, I saw that the senate rejected the Buffet rule which would have placed a heavier tax burden on some millionaires and billionaires. &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/17/beyond-pelvic-morality-toward-justice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Filling the Hole in our Souls</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/15/filling-the-hole-in-our-souls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We attended a presentation on Teresa of Avila on Friday at Valle Crucis Retreat Center with Bishop Porter Taylor, Diocese of Western North Carolina. Bishop Taylor introduced us to Teresa and helped us understand how the saints can assist us &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/15/filling-the-hole-in-our-souls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>He Is Risen!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/08/he-is-risen-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/08/he-is-risen-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hold Onto Peace Emerging. HOPE! &#160; The Christ is risen! He goes before us&#8211; into Galilee, North Georgia and North Carolina, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, Palestine, the Sudan— indeed into the whole world. Resurrection is truly all about &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/08/he-is-risen-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Good Friday&#8211;Lament!!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/06/hanging-in-there-on-good-friday-lament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/06/hanging-in-there-on-good-friday-lament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1%]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[occupy Good Friday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Rohr has been doing a series of meditations that make it very clear that the downward spiral of suffering is the way up and the only way out to resurrection—at least that is what I have got out of &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/06/hanging-in-there-on-good-friday-lament/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Thursday Is for Real</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/05/holy-thursday-is-for-real/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/05/holy-thursday-is-for-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am still wresting with interpreting the Bible as myth and poetry; however, I am finding deeper meaning in understanding that all peoples have “made up” stories to understand deeper realities. The story of the Exodus is one story in &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/05/holy-thursday-is-for-real/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crucifixion Is for Real</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/03/crucifixion-is-for-real/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/03/crucifixion-is-for-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace and Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abu Ghraib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crucifixion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The beat goes on in Holy Week as we anticipate a sacred meal before descending into the dark depths of the crucifixion only to arise to new life in Easter glory. The First Testament images we ponder come from Isaiah &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/04/03/crucifixion-is-for-real/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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