An Encouraging Word — Two ultimate questions
byGive and it will be given to you. Luke 6:38 As I mentioned last week, over the holidays I got the opportunity to watch…
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An Encouraging Word — Settling for too little
byYour old men shall dream dreams. Joel 3:1 Over the Christmas holidays, I watched the 2007 movie, “The Bucket List,” starring Morgan Freeman and…
An Encouraging Word — More Cupid than Valentine
byHow long, you naïve ones, will you love naivete? Proverbs 1:22 Tomorrow is St. Valentine’s Day! Just as there is a lot of confusion…
An Encouraging Word — Be generous with compliments
byIf one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. I Corinthians 13: 26 Don’t get me wrong, I get plenty of affirmation…
An Encouraging Word — The paradox of giving
byGive and it shall be given to you. Luke 6:38 According to the wisdom of the world, if you give something away, you are…
An Encouraging Word — The freedom to choose our responses
byChoose life, not death. II Kings 18:32 We have all had them. For me they have been 1944, 1958, 1970, 2014. What are they?…
An Encouraging Word — For those who grieve at Christmas
byHow long must I carry sorrow in my soul, grief in my heart? Psalm 13:3 Maybe you never thought of it, but a priest’s…
An Encouraging Word — The cost of neglect
byDo not neglect the gift you have. Be diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them. I Timothy 4:14-15 One of my biggest fears…
An Encouraging Word — Words can hurt and heal
byWith the tongue we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings who are made in the likeness of God….
Father Knott has published two new collections of his columns
byFather J. Ronald Knott, a priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville and author of The Record’s weekly “An Encouraging Word” column, has published two…