{"id":7056,"date":"2011-12-01T10:22:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T16:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=7056"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:01:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:01:41","slug":"singularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/singularity\/","title":{"rendered":"Singularity","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embracinghope.tv\/\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-images\/at-the-foot-of-the-corss.jpg\" border=\"0\" height=\"389\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><span><strong>THE<\/strong> first day on this ministry tour, I woke up with the word &quot;singularity&quot; in my heart. The Father is calling the Church to something radical, and that is to go in the opposite direction of the world, and totally seek Him. Contrasting the Gospel with a scene from WalMart that took place this past week, Mark reflects with His daughters on the deep inner hunger of every human soul for God in the newest Embracing Hope &#8211; Road Edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"left\">To watch <em>Singularity<\/em>, go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embracinghope.tv\" title=\"\">www.embracinghope.tv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>&#8230;the challenge posed by a mentality closed to transcendence obliges Christians themselves to return in a more decisive way to the centrality  of God&#8230; <\/strong><strong>How often, despite calling themselves Christians, do the faithful not in  fact make God the central point of reference in their way of thinking and acting, in their fundamental decisions in life? The first response to the great challenge of our time is then the profound conversion of our heart, so that the Baptism that made us the light of the world and the salt of the earth might truly transform us.<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"2\"><strong> <\/strong>\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Address to Pontifical Council for the Laity, November 29th, 2011 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; THE first day on this ministry tour, I woke up with the word &quot;singularity&quot; in my heart. The Father is calling the Church to something radical, and that is to go in the opposite direction of the world, and totally seek Him. 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