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MISSION POSSIBLE [Your parish's mission... should you choose to accept it.]
MISSION POSSIBLE [Your parish's mission... should you choose to accept it.]
By Greg Schlueter
I've observed over decades of ministry people afraid to speak the truth in love for fear of turning people off. As a result, we have a couple generations of people turned off.
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THE LIVING WATER ON THE BAYOU
THE LIVING WATER ON THE BAYOU
By Sherry Kenner
It is providence and true to the teachings of Jesus, that each year on August 15th, the Feast Day of The Assumption, a eucharistic procession takes place on the waterways, the bayous, of South Louisiana.
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Prior to Mary's Assumption, did she actually die? What is the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God?
Prior to Mary's Assumption, did she actually die? What is the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God?
By Larry Peterson
On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, writing and speaking ex-cathedra, solemnly defined in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus, the dogma that “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” We know this as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is a Holy Day of Obligatio
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Worship
Worship
By Linda Kracht
Biblical authors have a lot to teach us about the what, where, how and why’s of worshipping God. One psalmist instructs us to worship the Lord God constantly.
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Be Wary of ‘Savage Wolves' in Priest's Clothing
Be Wary of ‘Savage Wolves' in Priest's Clothing
By Bill Dunn
Do you ever get the feeling that there is a lot of dissention and conflict within the Church nowadays? Well, of course you do, because there IS a lot of dissention and conflict within the Church nowadays.
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Why Catholics Don't Believe in the Rapture
Why Catholics Don't Believe in the Rapture
By JP Nunez
I used to work in a parish religious education office, and once when I was at that job, a parishioner asked me when the rapture would happen.
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Sunday Gospel: Scorpions, Serpents, Fish, Eggs, Spiritual Fathers and Protestantism
Sunday Gospel: Scorpions, Serpents, Fish, Eggs, Spiritual Fathers and Protestantism
By Scott Pauline
Four times in the Gospels, Christ fed the people with five loaves and two fish.
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The Holy Eucharist; "Absolutely Real Flesh - Absolutely Real Blood"
The Holy Eucharist; "Absolutely Real Flesh - Absolutely Real Blood"
By Ralph Hathaway
Listening to a radio commentary on the Catholic Channel, over Sirius Radio this morning, the theme today was 50 % of Catholics do not believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
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Praying the Mysteries of Hope
Praying the Mysteries of Hope
By Katie Zalany
This past spring, I attended a one day Secular Franciscan retreat locally and they gave us the "Mysteries of Hope," which are intended for private devotion with the Rosary to strengthen our hope by meditating on Jesus' words and deeds.
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The Resurrection Of Lazarus
The Resurrection Of Lazarus
By Victor S E Moubarak
Note that Jesus does not go straight-away to heal Lazarus. He waits for two more days. He also says that this illness will not lead to death.
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Greed Is Idolatry
Greed Is Idolatry
By Bill Dunn
This upcoming weekend at Mass is one of those rare occasions when the scripture readings have nothing to do with our lives. Every once in a while, the selected biblical texts, written thousands of years ago, simply do not apply to us here in the modern world.
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I SAW GOD TODAY
I SAW GOD TODAY
By Sherry Kenner
It was the Feast Day of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus. As I drove through dark, empty streets to an early morning Mass, I had time to reflect on the tiny miracles God had recently bestowed upon my family. The names of these little miracles are Oliver and Olivia.
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"This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased"
"This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased"
By Ralph Hathaway
There are two instances where The Father, as recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, says these words at Jesus’ baptism and the Transfiguration. There is a special essence that transitions into our human psyche when through the wisdom of Almighty God this proclamation becomes the pathway to learning His Plan to share his Love and Life with us.
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The ‘Unauthorized Biography' Tells All
The ‘Unauthorized Biography' Tells All
By Bill Dunn
ecently I read this question in a church bulletin: “How do you know that you need Christ as Savior?” Well, for me the answer is simple. I know that I need Christ as Savior because of my unauthorized biography.
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What is Conversion and Why is It Necessary?
What is Conversion and Why is It Necessary?
By Steven R. Hemler
In the early Church, adult conversion came first, then catechesis for catechumens, and finally baptism. Today, this order is most often reversed. Infant baptism is first, then catechesis, and finally conversion.
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Artists painted the serpent as a woman to emphasize a love triangle in Eden.
Artists painted the serpent as a woman to emphasize a love triangle in Eden.
By Joby Provido
We all love a good melodrama. In surveys of television genres, it is consistent that dramas and soap operas are the runaway most popular and far ahead from comedies that come a distant second.
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Life is about love and so, rejecting life rejects love.
Life is about love and so, rejecting life rejects love.
By Troy Kroening
Jesus said the “whole law” comes from two commandments of love: loving God and loving others.
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