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Genesis 1:27 "God created man in His own image, in the image of God he created them." If you want to know what God is like, go into your bathroom and look in the mirror at yourself, and you will see and know what God is like. You were created in God's image. ( I obviously do NOT mean your physical image or your physical appearance. ) I interpret the "image of God" in Genesis 1:27 to be as follows: (1) God has an Intellect --- man has an Intellect. (2) God has a Free Will (volition) --- man has...

The Body God Gave Us Doesn’t Lie – A Meditation on the Sexual Confusion of Our Day By: Msgr. Charles PopeThe latest tragic twist in the “Bruce Jenner saga” (more on that below) illustrates yet again one of the great errors of our day: the rejection of the truth that our bodies have something to tell us about who we are and what we are called to do and be. Most moderns see the body as merely a tool of sorts. Assertions are made that one can do as one pleases with one’s own body, and that a person’s sex (male or female) is purely incidental—merely an arbitrary...

God and God Alone: A Homily for the 29th Sunday of the Year By: Msgr. Charles PopeThe Gospel today contains lots of interesting juxtapositions: hatred for Jesus but grudging respect for him,  real questions versus rhetorical ones, politics and faith, duties to Caesar and duties to God. The word  “juxtaposition” is from the Latin juxta (meaning “near”) and positio (meaning “place or position”). Hence juxtaposition is the placing of two things near to each other in order to see how they are similar and yet different.  In English, usually a juxtaposition emphasizes differences more than similarities.Let’s look at these one...

Jessica Rey - The evolution of the swim suit Click Link Above