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The 1st Thing to Know
Robert Barron, 7 Deadly Sins, 7 Lively Virtues ^ | 8/18/2015 | Charles O'Connell

Posted on 08/18/2015 7:32:36 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell

 About anything. At all. If you don't know this one, first thing, you're "majoring in the minors", getting a Ph.D. in ABC.

 God doesn't want to take you down, He wants to love you into abundant life.

 He isn't like other "authorities" who can only build themselves up by tearing you down.

 He isn't merely supremely good, He is goodness itself.

 All goodness, truth, beauty, love, happiness, merely "consist" in participation in Him, in the fact that He IS those things in Himself, to an unlimited, infinite degree.

 Don't want to waste your time? Understand that first, that there's a God-shaped hole in your heart that nothing else can fill.


TOPICS: Ecumenism; Skeptics/Seekers
KEYWORDS: god; goodness
Oh yeah, all the usual snide remarks by people who aren't even paying attention.

"What does he know, he's never even suffered." - An Old Jewish Rabbi

1 posted on 08/18/2015 7:32:36 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell
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To: CharlesOConnell

Forty-two...

;)


2 posted on 08/18/2015 7:36:07 AM PDT by Old Sarge (I prep because DHS and FEMA told me it was a good idea...)
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Hey, Dorkbama the Muslim...didja know that once it was perfectly legal to own slaves. And to treat them like you want to treat killed babies. So much for “legal” you idiot.

We got rid of slavery in the same manner that will perhaps get rid of you and your slimy liberal co-cretins

One can only hope.


3 posted on 08/18/2015 7:39:31 AM PDT by Da Coyote (Di)
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To: CharlesOConnell

First thing you know? “Ole Jed’s a millionaire.”


4 posted on 08/18/2015 7:41:19 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: CharlesOConnell

Listening to someone go on and on takes too long. Put it in words or devise an outline. The first deadly sin is talking too much.


5 posted on 08/18/2015 8:04:53 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: CharlesOConnell

Hey Padre!
The supreme virtue is Courage.
The supreme vice is Betrayal.


6 posted on 08/18/2015 8:19:17 AM PDT by olepap (Your old Pappy)
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To: CharlesOConnell

Not a true Gospel message at all


7 posted on 08/18/2015 9:03:57 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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