by Mike Champlin | Feb 27, 2011 | Fr Mike's Posts
“No person can serve two masters. They will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” (You cannot serve the true God while worshiping at the altar of a false god). Matthew 6:24... by Mike Champlin | Apr 13, 2010 | Fr Mike's Posts
Easter Prayer of Brother Alois, Prior of Taize Christ Jesus, you did not remain in death, but you rose from the dead and you live with God. Open our eyes and our hearts so that we can recognize the signs of your presence: they are so humble that often we do not... by Mike Champlin | Apr 10, 2010 | Fr Mike's Posts
Read “Scientific Giant” below before reading this blog. Sir John Templeton was born in the USA but renounced his US citizenship and became a dual citizen of Great Britian and the Bahamas. He was one of the original mutual fund creators and became a... by Mike Champlin | Apr 10, 2010 | Fr Mike's Posts
Francisco Ayala was the winner of the 2010 Templeton Prize ($1.5 million), the largest individual prize, and always in the area of “contributing to life’s spiritual dimension” Ayala was ordained a Dominican priest in Spain in 1960. He left the... by Mike Champlin | Jan 25, 2010 | Fr Mike's Posts
Aging/Dying Prayer When the signs of age begin to mark my body (and still more when they touch my mind); when the ill that is to diminish me or carry me off strikes from without or is born within me; When the painful moment comes in which I suddenly awaken to the fact... by Mike Champlin | May 24, 2009 | Fr Mike's Posts
There are two questions: 1. Who are our heroes and heroines? 2. What makes a person heroic? When we ask one another who are our heroes most of the answers can be included in one major category, We list those who have done extraordinary things – in sports, in...