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Recent content by Bob Crowley

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    Pope Leo XIV to visit Australia in 2028, Sydney bishop says

    At the bottom of the article Bishop Umbers quipped about priests possibly not turning up if the "Doggies" were to make it into the Grand Final at the same time in 2028. For the record the "Doggies" in this context are the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, a rugby league team based in Sydney. It...
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    No, Virginia, Each Person Does Not Have His Own Reality A pandemic of lunacy.

    It is estimated that there are about 8.3 billion people in the world today. Since God is whatever they happen to think He is, Almighty God is currently juggling 8.3 billion versions of Himself. Even He must find that a challenge! I lifted this from the quoted article. Unfortunately the day...
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    Vatican expert: Co-Redemptrix title of Mary not absolutely prohibited

    As an ex-Protestant who hopes the churches will one day reunify, I'm not particularly fond of the term. Wolsley might have accurately explained the term "co" in the Latin sense, but if the Catholic Church ever hopes to bring the Protestants under her umbrella, areas of potential confusion need...
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    Lets talk about David...

    According to an AI summary, the three most often mentioned names in the Bible are Jesus (1281-1310 times), David (971-974) and Moses (800-803), with variations depending on Bible translation and sometimes title eg. whether "Christ" is the reference term rather than "Jesus". Obviously King David...
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    EPSTEIN MOCKED CATHOLICS IN RELEASED FILES

    I don't think I'd like to be in Epstein's shoes. Matthew 10:33 NIV But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
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    When your politics overrides your faith.

    I remember a comment that my old pastor made years ago that "People's politics often becomes their religion." If someone is heavily involved in politics, there would be plenty of area for conflict between the two. In the end we can only serve one master.
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    You saw What ???

    Way back in 1982 I was sleeping on the floor at a friend's house in Perth, Western Australia. Things were not good - I was heading for a divorce, there was no money coming in and other circumstances were rather dire. Anyway one night I had this dream or vision. A bloke walked past wearing a...
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    Good news, bad news, good news, bad news...

    Good news - he did it well as he always did.
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    Good news, bad news, good news, bad news...

    The real good news - he did the job the next day.
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    Gospel of John - Comments by Raymond E. Brown

    I've been wading through a small book "The Churches the Apostles Left Behind" by the Catholic scholar Raymond E. Brown. Chapter 7 of his book is devoted to the Johannine Gospel, and the effect it had on the budding churches. It includes the words - "Ecclesiology in the Fourth Gospel is...
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    That Time I Stayed in a Haunted Hotel

    One of the things my old pastor said was that when people die, sometimes "Clocks stop". We had a clock in the lounge when I was young. I think it was a wedding gift to my mother from her parents. It was one of those that used to chime the number of hours, which meant at midnight it chimed...
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    Do You Possess a Catholic Analogical Imagination?

    On this verse, I might just make the comment that when "Acts of God" do happen as the insurance companies used to call them, they remind us that God is also to be feared.
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    Do You Possess a Catholic Analogical Imagination?

    I looked up how much energy hits the earth each day from the sun. An AI answer stated the following - Yet despite this colossal amount of energy, the atmosphere, rotation and tilt of the earth, oceans with their currents and tides, land masses, and biological life means that most days are...
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    That Time I Stayed in a Haunted Hotel

    I suspect that at least some of the haunting is due to McVeigh's bombing attack. A lot of people died with no time to prepare for death and the judgement that follows. I think the USS Arizona in Pearl Habour is another case. A lot of young servicemen died without any time to prepare for...
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    Question, can angels see the future?

    According to Catholic exorcists, the devil and demons cannot see the future. They have the same constraints as the angels. When it is all said and done, demons are just fallen angels, so both would be subject to the same limits on their abilities. The difference is in how they use their...