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WHAT IS CATHOLICISM WOW! ?
Given that many are unaware or distracted by misinformation or lack of information about Catholicism, we need to be explorers and companions. Come join other explorers as we seek to discover how our faith continues to survive and thrive 2,000+ years and counting, despite of human frailty and mistakes. But then, Jesus promised that the gates of Hell would not prevail over his church.
What kind of things do we discuss? In the past, we have watched and discussed Bishop Robert Barron’s video series on Catholicism, the Saints, and the Mass. We’ve also read and discussed the lives of the saints, our Pope’s writings, and have explored topics in the news, as well as protecting the environment, racial justice, participants’ experiences in and of Catholicism, and myriad other topics.
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7 pm July 30, 2025
our topic this week….
Hi All,
This coming week on Wednesday July 30, 2025 Catholicism WOW looks at lying.
Please join us as we continue discussion of Sr. Joan Chittister's book, "The Ten Commandments". This week let's discuss the 8th Commandment, "thou shalt not bear false witness"; Sr. Joan calls this the "Law of Speech”.
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Time: July 30, 2025 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
(Note: we use this same link every week! Regular meetings occur every Wed)
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Homework, if you have time and inclination:
1. Please read the Gospel reading for Sunday August 3, 2025 (see below).
2. Please look over Chapter 8 "The Law of Speech" from Sr. Joan's book "The Ten Commandments" (see attached).
3. Please read On the Decay of the Art of Lying” by Mark Twain in 1882 (see attached). This is similar to "The Screwtape Letters" in its comedic approach to revealing some insights into sin.
Discussion Questions
1. Share with us an anecdote about a time when someone lied. What were their motives? .
2. Are there times when “white lies” are ok? If so, what are the parameters for permissible lying?
3. What passage in Sr. Joan’s chapter especially resonated with you?
4. Think of a precious object, an expensive vacation, or a desirable situation that many would strive to acquire. Share any insights you might have, in light of the Gospel reading.
We hope to see you on ZOOM!
Ned and Yvette
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Yvette (925) 640-0024 yvetteniccolls@gmail.com
Ned (925) 209-1271 niccolls@comcast.net
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SUNDAY READINGS
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 3, 2025
Reading 1 Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,
vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill,
and yet to another who has not labored over it,
he must leave property.
This also is vanity and a great misfortune.
For what profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart
with which he has labored under the sun?
All his days sorrow and grief are his occupation;
even at night his mind is not at rest.
This also is vanity.
GOSPEL Luke 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
He replied to him,
“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said to the crowd,
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Then he told them a parable.
“There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.
He asked himself, ‘What shall I do,
for I do not have space to store my harvest?’
And he said, ‘This is what I shall do:
I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones.
There I shall store all my grain and other goods
and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you,
you have so many good things stored up for many years,
rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’
But God said to him,
‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you;
and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’
Thus will it be for all who store up treasure for themselves
but are not rich in what matters to God.”
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