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		<title>Meaning of Life: Who are You and Why are You Here?</title>
		<link>http://brendanmcphillips.com/2008/12/07/meaning-of-life-who-are-you-and-why-are-you-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The meaning of life is to realize that you a divine being who is here to express its divinity in this world. You are more than who you think you are. You are endowed with a spiritual self in addition &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2008/12/07/meaning-of-life-who-are-you-and-why-are-you-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=146&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s the Deal with the Virgin Birth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite comedians is Jim Gaffigan who has a funny routine about the virgin birth saying it would be great to overhear the conversation where Mary explained to Joseph that she was pregnant and Joseph wasn&#8217;t the father: &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2008/02/10/what-is-the-virgin-birth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=75&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Overcome Your Temptations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Todays Catholic Gospel reading is the Three Temptations of Jesus from Matthew 4:1-11. Jesus is tempted by the Tempter, or Devil, with three temptations; first to satisfy a hunger, second to satisfy a desire for protection, comfort and security and &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2008/02/10/how-to-overcome-your-temptations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=74&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Beatitudes: A Guide to True Happiness</title>
		<link>http://brendanmcphillips.com/2008/02/04/the-beatitudes-a-guide-to-true-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Catholic Gospel reading was the Beatitudes, or True Happiness, from the first part of Jesus&#8217; Sermon on the Mount. I think that these beatitudes are a source of great confusion to many. The overall misunderstanding is that they are &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2008/02/04/the-beatitudes-a-guide-to-true-happiness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=68&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choose and Reach Your Goals with Paine and Oprah Power (POP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, January 29th, both Thomas Paine and Oprah Winfrey shared a birthday. The contrast of these two people immediately struck me as funny. I&#8217;m willing to bet that most Americans don&#8217;t know who Thomas Paine was but &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2008/02/02/choose-reach-goals-paine-oprah-power/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=67&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have the Time of Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the video of one of the last episodes of Seinfeld with the Green Day song Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) that you may have seen a million times, I have, but it&#8217;s a great reminder that we &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2007/11/02/have-the-time-of-your-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=66&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Signs You May be a Feverish Selfish Little Clod</title>
		<link>http://brendanmcphillips.com/2007/10/27/top-10-signs-you-may-be-a-feverish-selfish-little-clod/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to my last article about the True Joy in Life, here are the top 10 signs that you may be a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world is not devoting itself &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2007/10/27/top-10-signs-you-may-be-a-feverish-selfish-little-clod/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=65&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The True Joy in Life by George Bernard Shaw</title>
		<link>http://brendanmcphillips.com/2007/10/21/the-true-joy-in-life-by-george-bernard-shaw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Bernard Shaw wrote the following sentence in a letter prefacing his book &#8220;Man and Superman: a Comedy and Philosophy&#8221; which can be used as a guide to living a meaningful, productive and joyful life: This is the true joy &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2007/10/21/the-true-joy-in-life-by-george-bernard-shaw/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=64&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Misunderstandings of the Parable of the Rich Man and Poor Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s (9/29/07) Gospel reading is from Luke 16:19-31 and is Jesus&#8217; story of the rich man and poor man who both die at the same time and the rich man goes to hell while the poor man goes to heaven. &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2007/10/01/three-misunderstandings-parable-rich-man-poor-man/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=62&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pinocchio and the Meaning of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi&#8217;s 19th century tale about the trials and tribulations of a wooden puppet (the original story not the Disney version), provides a neat explanation of the meaning of life specifically addressing who we are and &#8230; <a href="http://brendanmcphillips.com/2007/09/28/pinocchio-and-the-meaning-of-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brendanmcphillips.com&amp;blog=1264017&amp;post=59&amp;subd=brendanmcp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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