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Faith Without Charity is Dead

April 28, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington The life of Saint Vincent De Paul is an exemplary example of how much one should love God and love those

Anger and Unforgiveness

April 26, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington Scientific discoveries tell us that a trapped rattlesnake can become so aggressive and angry that it will bite itself. We could

Grace and Greed

April 25, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington God satisfies our needs, not our greed. Quite often, unhappiness in life is not because be something but because we measure

Peace and Healing in Forgiveness

April 24, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr Adolf Washington – A man was on his deathbed. He did not want to die with unforgiveness in his heart so he thought

You Can Become a ‘Wounded’ Healer

April 23, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr Adolf Washington A little boy was disturbing his dad while he was at his computer. The father immediately picked up an old magazine

Are You a Crab in the Community?

April 22, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington You don’t need to close a bin of live crabs. The crabs won’t let each other out. When one attempts to

Imagine God Washing Your Feet

April 17, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

Fr. Adolf Washington – Most of us have hosted send-off or farewell dinners or have at least been special invitees for such dinners. But the

There’s Reward in Self-Sacrifice

April 16, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr Adolf Washington In 1970, a team of American surveyors were on duty in the northern Virginia forests. At their lunch they suddenly heard

Do You Need a ‘Special’ Room?

April 15, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – An old Spanish proverb reads “Whoever gossips to you will gossip ‘about’ you”. Both, people who gossip, slander and destroy

God on the Mountains, God in the Valleys

April 14, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – Our lives are a mixture of a ‘mountain experience’ and a ‘valley experience’. The mountain experience is that of peace,

Have You Taken the Triple-Filter Test?

April 12, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – A young man walked up to the learned philosopher Socrates saying “Master, I have just heard something about your friend

The Devil’s Modus Operandi

April 9, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – Do you know of three beasts that lie in wait or their prey? They are the lion, the leopard and

Rags With Honesty or Embroidery With Deceit?

April 8, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – A business tycoon who had grown pretty old decided to appoint a successor as chief executive officer. Everyone expected he

Are You God-Centered Or Goods-Centered?

April 5, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington Greek Philosopher Socrates was so convinced of his teaching that wise people are not obsessed with material things that he chose

Faith as a Mustard-Seed

April 4, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – An atheist opened a pub next to a Church. The Church pastor and its members failed to convince him to