By Ken听 Rolheiser
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Imagine Hollywood鈥檚 newest movies starring Bruce Almighty: Live Free or Die Gently, Life Wish, First Life, Acts of Kindness, Forgiveness, Virtue City, orColor of Day. They all have an aura of Breaking Good about them, of doing good with a vengeance.
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Imagine some of God鈥檚 Saints living on earth today. What a stir St Peter would cause in the Vatican and the World News. Interview with St Francis of Assisi? What a difference in how St Teresa of Calcutta would be viewed. Or would there be a difference? That is the whole point. God鈥檚 Saints are living on earth.
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What is their secret as they live their daily lives along side of us? If you want to be a miracle worker, the bible stories tell you how. When they ran out of wine at the wedding feast at Cana, Mary said, 鈥淒o what he tells you鈥� (John 2:5). Simply, do what Jesus tells you and you will accomplish wonders.
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I will give my star a few soliloquy speeches to showcase what is good and right. On aging McArthur says: 鈥溾��
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And as our movie winds to a close, a few more quotes from this true star of life: 鈥淚t is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, Our Father Who Art in Heaven.鈥�
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You are an act of God. Not in the sense that you do damage that can鈥檛 be prevented, but that you are God鈥檚 plan unfolding as it should. 鈥淭he one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus鈥� (Philippians 1:6).
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鈥淭he tragedy of life is what dies inside of us while we live.鈥� Albert Schweitzer.
