Category Archives: irony

A borrowed Tomb

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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Father Forgive Them

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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Advent Reflection

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author
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PENTECOST – Convincing Illumination

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“A man is not really convinced of a philosophic theory when he finds something proves it. He is only really convinced when he finds that everything proves it.” – G.K. Chesterton A Jewish scholar who became a Christian and who knew … Continue reading →

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The Source of All Power

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Michael Angelo’s Sistine Chapel’s center piece depicts the relational connection between God and His creation, Man. “Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a … Continue reading →

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Paradox of the Cross

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Lent and The Paradox of the Cross Posted on March 4, 2023 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author LENT The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday; with the participants being marked with ashes and the words “Repent and believe in the Good News” are … Continue reading →

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Family

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

This past Sunday was the Feast of the Holy Family on the Catholic Christian calendar. As the event of Christmas and the season moves forward the process of removing the remnants of celebration begins. As the Christmas tree decorations are … Continue reading →

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Where Advent Leads

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Let’s go back and think of all the repercussions of the sin of Adam. There isn’t an Arab; there isn’t an American;  there isn’t a European; there isn’t an Asiatic in the world who does not feel within himself something of the … Continue reading →

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“Control”

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

by, Alan A. Malizia (A View From The Quiet Corner) The pitcher’s toss, whether strike or ball, is left to the umpire’s call. The golfer’s swing with all motions’ parts to be met. Will the final result be joy or … Continue reading →

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In The End

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven … Continue reading →

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