October 2011

Presidential Slogans

by Steve Ray on October 31, 2011

Interesting new slogan: “Beat Obama with a Cain!” What do you think?

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Steve Job’s Last Words: Death Bed Conversion?

by Steve Ray on October 31, 2011

Was it a death bed conversion? Did he get a glimpse into eternity? Were the curtains of heaven pulled back before his death? What do you think? According to Job’s biological sister, we are told of his final words before death: “Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at [...]

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Sailing the Galilee, Flesh & Blood, Up to Jerusalem

by Steve Ray on October 31, 2011

Part 1: View Ancient Jesus Boat 2,000 years old. Sail on the Sea of Galilee. Mass at Capernaum and explore the site. Steve gives his talk Defending the Eucharist, You Are What You Eat. Then we eat St. Peter’s Fish for lunch before driving to Jerusalem. Part 2: Driving to Jerusalem. Steve tells his conversion [...]

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Part I: Great morning as we start Day 3. Enjoy. See part II below. Part II: Afternoon in Galilee. Primacy of St. Peter on the shore of Galilee. Bethsaida, home of Peter, Andrew and Philip. Great evening event and dinner at Auberge Shulamit.

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Another great day — first full day with the St. Mary’s group spent at Mount Tabor, Cana of Galilee and Nazareth. Enjoy the video!

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Click here to hear my short explanation. Click here to read a brief version.

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My 11-mile Biblical Run from Bethsaida to Kursi

by Steve Ray on October 28, 2011

Today I embarked on another segment of my extended run around the Sea of Galilee. After this run from Bethsaida (home of Peter, Andrew and Philip) to Kursi (where Jesus cast the demons from the Gadarene man into a herd of pigs), I am now more than halfway around the Sea. Today it was 80 [...]

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On Relevant Radio from the Jordan River

by Steve Ray on October 27, 2011

Today I wi be on Sean Herriott’s Morning Air” on Relevant Radio. I am at the Jordan River in Israel and will discuss the river, Jesus and John the Baptist and being born again by “water and Spirit.” The first picture is me teach our group at the authentic baptismal site of Jesus. The last [...]

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Are you Born Again by “Water and the Spirit”?

by Steve Ray on October 27, 2011

It seems that God is kind of predictable in a way :-) since He always starts new things in the same way – with “water and the Spirit“. Consider the following: 1) The first creation came from the the earth which was covered with WATER and the SPIRIT hovered over the waters and from the water emerged [...]

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Interview on Catholic Radio in South Carolina

by JesseRay on October 26, 2011

Catholic Radio and Catholic Pilgrimages are two of my favorite things…Why are they both so important? Listen here to find out.

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Did Jesus ever Smile? Did He have a Sense of Humor?

by Steve Ray on October 25, 2011

Was Jesus the Jerry Seinfeld of his day? Not really. His ministry on earth—to announce the Kingdom of God—was more important than being a stand-up comic or poking fun at surly soup vendors. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. On the other hand, the prevailing image of Jesus as the grumpy, dour, depressed prude [...]

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Pope Calls for “Central World Bank”?

by Steve Ray on October 25, 2011

Read the full article HERE to see why the Vatican has not done what the media is trying to tell us it did. The media loves to twist the Vatican’s words to suit their own purposes and to be sensational. First, the matter came from a Vatican congregation – not the Pope. Second, there was [...]

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We visited the Model of Jerusalem and the Temple during the time of Christ. Then to visit the Shrine of the Book to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jericho is always marvelous especially when we read the related Bible passages. Today we went down to the Jordan River to the exact place where Jesus was [...]

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Libya’s new leader declared his country’s liberation Sunday and set out plans for the future with an Islamist tone. In a televised address, transitional leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil declared his nation will adopt Sharia law as the basis of government, and immediately announced the canceling of all bank loans in violation of such law. The announcement [...]

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Gethsemane, Upper Room, Western Wall and more…

by Steve Ray on October 23, 2011

…with Franciscan University of Steubenville Pilgrimages. What a great day! Enjoy it with us!

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