Father Knott’s column will conclude this month
By Marnie McAllister, Record Editor Every week for 15 years, readers of The Record could expect to find at least one note of encouragement when…
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An Encouraging Word — A peak experience
Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his…
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Father Knott to speak at Bellarmine University’s December commencement
Bellarmine University will award 275 degrees at its December graduation exercises on Dec. 21. Father J. Ronald Knott, a retired priest of the Archdiocese…
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An Encouraging Word — A little too bright
I was like a trusting lamb, not knowing they were hatching plots against me. Jeremiah 11:19 I read a long time ago that “the…
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An Encouraging Word — Restoring credibility
You became a believer because you saw me. John 20:29 It is amazing to watch something I never thought I would live to see…
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An Encouraging Word — Living alone
It is not good for the man to be alone. Genesis 2:18 One of my favorite commercials is the one from the GEICO Insurance…
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An Encouraging Word — Deliberately Catholic
Keep God’s command without blame or reproach. I Timothy 6:14 Many of us are familiar with the famous G. K. Chesterton quote, “The Christian…
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You can’t go home again
We have given up our homes. Jeremiah 9:18 The phrase “you can’t go home again,” from the title of a 1940 novel by Thomas…
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An Encouraging Word — The missed opportunity
Let us do good when we have the opportunity. Galatians 6:10 The late John Ed Pearce, who has been called Kentucky’s best newspaper writer,…
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An Encouraging Word — Facing facts
Worry brings on premature old age. Sirach 30:24 I woke up this morning and said to myself, “Oh, my God! I will be 71…
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