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With the advent of e-mail, social networking, and text messaging, it seems that the art of letter writing is slowly fading away. Gone are the days when we would sit at our desk, pen in hand, and compose a multi-page note expressing our thoughts and reflections to a faraway friend.
Instead, just a few quick keystrokes, and we’ve done the job. It’s quicker, easier, and less expensive. But at the same time, we risk losing the gift of opening ourselves up to our friends and giving them a fuller picture of who we are and what God is doing in our lives.
In the age of the early church, letters were taken much more seriously. Just think of the letters that Peter, Paul, and the other apostles wrote to their churches. Not only were these heartfelt, personal statements; they also offered advice, guidance, and teaching to the people. Because they were personal, they revealed a lot about the people who wrote them, even as they offered direction to the people who received them.
This can help us understand why St. Paul, in talking about the new covenant in Christ,…
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I was very much touched because I’m the person who always worry about my future and peace comes to me temporarily.
I felt much like ebbie did, and when peace left I learned to pray harder and longer until peace returned again. The psalms are useful and meaningful. Litanies are good as is the Rosary.
God does not give to us more than we can handle.
I felt like Ebbie too. I tend to forget what i have studied when worry comes. May God help me. Amen.