Baby Polar Bears

Helping the Poor

The one thing Pudgy and the older baby polar bears he played with loved to do is explore.  Sometimes their moms and dads let them go out in a pack and explore the many coves and hills that made up their beautiful polar world.  They made sure to stick together mostly but often split up in small packs of two to explore several coves at a time.  That often turned into a game of hunt and catch with the smaller packs attacking each other playfully and wrestling and sometimes falling into the frigid ocean as they played.  They loved the cold water and it made them even more playful.

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Blessed are the Pure of Heart

All the Little Lemurs

All little lemurs love to play.  They play all the day and every day they play.  Why any day that a little lemur doesn’t play is a bad day for a baby lemur.  Little lemurs know hundreds of games.  They know hundreds of games because they make up dozens of games every day.  Sometimes they play a game that has no rules, no objective and nobody knows when it ends or who ever wins.  The idea is just to play,  play, play,  play, play.  Mommies of little Lemurs know their babies are healthy when they play from the moment they wake up until the moment they lay in their cribs to sleep and when they are asleep, they dream of playing.

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The Story of Abraham and Israel

Note:  The following is a modern rendition of when God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his only son.  Keep that in mind as you read it because it will seem somewhat odd to your listeners and you should be prepared to explain it to them if they get confused during the telling.  JM

Abe and his only son Zack loved to camp and fish and hunt.  They usually set aside a couple fall or early winter days for the outing.  This time, they were out just a week before Thanksgiving.  Usually when they hunted, they didn’t care if they shot a bird or just took pictures of one.  But they brought guns because there were bears and large cats in this area of the country.

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The Sabbath Day

A Trip on a Comet

“God is going to hear you talking about that Tommy and he won’t like it.”  Steve told his best friend as they were going to school Monday morning.

“Well I don’t get it.  What is Sunday even good for anyway?  I don’t get it.  We go to church every Sunday but nobody knows why.  Maybe it’s just a bunch of goofy rules the church made up so why should we do it anyway?”  Tommy said in a snotty way.  Tommy really was a good boy.  He loved God and his family and all those things but sometimes he just had questions and he wanted someone to tell him the truth.  Lots of us are like that.

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Foul Language is bad - A Swear Word in Heaven

In heaven, running and playing was what all the children are supposed to do.  Ever since Jesus came and got them, Georgie and his family were blissfully happy in heaven.  And for Georgie, there was so many things to see and do and you never had to be afraid or come in after dark or worry about getting hurt or bad people because you can’t be hurt or get sick or meet any bad people in heave because heaven is full of people that love Jesus just like he did.  So if he ran screaming in joy through the streets, nobody complained and in fact, the angels and Jesus himself might run into the street and play kickball with him. That is just the kind of place heaven is.

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Respect Authority - A Raven Named Marvin

“Hannah, come outside.”  Hannah’s best friend Betty called up to her.  Hannah slipped downstairs.

“What is it?  It’s the middle of the night.”  Hannah said shivering a bit from the cool night air..

“Its Lorenzo, he’s run away, we have to help them find him!”  Betty said with deep concern and worry in her voice.  Lorenzo was a neighbor of Betty’s who lived several houses down.  Many times when Hannah was over, they found Lorenzo wandering the streets or in some strange place, just not being home.  He told them things were not good there because his new step dad was mean to him but the girls didn’t know what to do.

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A Bad Dream - Forgiveness and Reconciliation

“DAD how dare you look in my diary?”  Max screamed at his father in fury.  Chuck was red with anger at his little boy for what he read in that diary.

“How dare you lie to me?  You said you would never smoke a cigarette and right here in this diary, you confess you have.  Your promises are no good to me now Max!”  Chuck yelled at his young son.

“Well my privacy is ruined.  How I can ever trust you again!”  Max said crying.

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The Mysteries of the Rosary

In praying the rosary, an individual can meditate upon the different significant events in the life of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Originally, the rosary consisted of fifteen mysteries which are grouped into three main mysteries: Sorrowful, Joyful and Glorious. However, in 2002, Pope John Paul II published his Apostolic Letter entitled Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae adding the five new mysteries that are called as the Luminous Mysteries or Mysteries of the Light. 

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Five Methods of Praying The Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort

Saint Lois of Montfort, a Catholic priest from France, presented five different methods of praying the rosary.  Montfort is also a writer best known for his dedication and early efforts of promoting Marian devotion.

When he was a child he was very devoted to a prayer life basically for the Blessed Sacrament and when he was twelve years old, he studied in a Jesuit college at Rennes. He was reported to visit the local church before and after his class. After finishing school, he joined an organization of young men who helps the impoverished people and heals the sick in hospitals. When he was 19, he travelled on foot to Paris, France to study theology. At twenty seven he was ordained a priest. St. Louis of Montfort’s life was fully devoted to constant prayer, charity, love of the poor, poverty and humiliation for profession of the Catholic faith.

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Pope John Paul II and The Holy Rosary

The Holy Rosary is one of the most important tools in the Christian world. It is used by Marian devotees in their meditation in the lives of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The term rosary is derived from the Latin word rosarium which means a rose garden or a bunch of rose flowers. It got its name so from Mary who is often miraculously associated with the rose flower. It was noted that during her assumption to heaven, rose flowers were mysteriously found on her sickbed.

The rosary is of Marian distinction. According to Christian dogma, it was handed personally to Saint Dominic by the Virgin Mary herself.

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Pray The Rosary

The Rosary is an important tool for a Roman Catholic devoted to Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary.  Most Christians have professed great experiences while praying the rosary.  They believe that while meditating the joys, sorrows and miracles of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, one could find a path of great relationship with God.

There are many methods of praying the rosary. However, here is a simpler and more personal step by step way of saying the rosary. Remember that you can say the rosary either verbal or non-verbal. It is a personal prayer and it is your choice.

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The Roman Catholic Rosary's Pray

The Holy Rosary is a very important prayer tool in the catholic world. It is a great guide in keeping track and a memory aid in significant events in the history of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In praying the rosary, one should meditate the twenty mysteries which are grouped into five the Joyful Mysteries, the Luminous Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the Glorious Mysteries.

In praying the rosary, you can follow the traditional format:

1.) Hold the cruciform and make the Sign of the Cross and recite the Apostles’ Creed:

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