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Inspiration for This Troubled Time

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 13:32:59 +0000

In February, 2023 in the midst of a variety of troubling events in the nation and the world, a group of Asbury University students in Wilmore Kentucky began a revival to pray for unity among all people. What happened then gained the attention of all but the most hardened non-believers. The first weekend an estimated [...]

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A Worthy New Year’s Resolution

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:53:00 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI died in December 2022; Queen Elizabeth, a few months earlier. Not only were both mourned throughout the world; both were treated kindly by most commentators. This was hardly surprising. For centuries, the custom has been to speak kindly of the departed, largely because in death they are no longer able to defend [...]

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The Gospel and Politics

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:54:43 +0000

The people in the Bible group were discussing the Gospel messages of love: in particular, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27); “Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you” (Luke 6:27-28); “Whatever you wish that others would do to you, [...]

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Reflections On Giving Thanks

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:38:05 +0000

The Gospel passage selected for Thanksgiving Day, 2016 was the story of the ten lepers that Jesus cleansed: “Now one of them,when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan. [...]

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Overcoming Religious Triumphalism

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 19:41:41 +0000

Religious triumphalism is the conviction that one’s religious beliefs are superior to other people’s. Ironically, triumphalism violates the virtue of humility that is extolled by virtually every religion. It is the theological equivalent of sports’ fans chanting “We’re number one.” In sports the practice is innocuous, even somewhat charming. That is certainly not the case [...]

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