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How we know that the Sacraments Must Convey Grace
How we know that the Sacraments Must Convey Grace
By David Vermont
Invariably, one of the verses, if not THE VERSE, you will hear most quoted from our Protestant brothers and sisters is: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8
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The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd
By Linda Kracht
You and I are made in the image and likeness of God. What a gift! This means that we will [should] naturally desire to care for those in and under our care — like the Good Shepherd. But identifying with the identity of the Good Shepherd isn’t easy.
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Remember (Part I) - The Importance of Memory in Scripture
Remember (Part I) - The Importance of Memory in Scripture
By Prof. Anthony Maranise, Obl.S.B.
To be forgotten… That is one of my top 3 greatest fears. It’s right up there with losing people I love and most spiders. For me, being forgotten about – especially after I am gone from this life, or for that matter, even from any person’s life – indicates that someone must not care enough even to remember the probably little good there is about me.
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5 simple and free ways to make every day Valentine's Day
5 simple and free ways to make every day Valentine's Day
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Valentine’s Day, like Christmas and Easter, has become more of a commercialized holiday for businesses to cash in rather than a day to make a difference. Think about this, your spouse or significant other is expecting something on Valentine’s Day from you.
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True Love
True Love
By Carol Monaco
St. Paul tells us that we can strive for the greatest spiritual gifts, but without love we have nothing. Why do we need love? “Love is patient, love is kind…It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails,” said St Paul [1 Corinthians 13:4-8].
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Looking at the State of the Union through a Christian scope
Looking at the State of the Union through a Christian scope
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
President Donald Trump finally delivered his delayed 2019 State of the Union address before a joint session of the 116th Congress after the speech had been delayed.
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Are you losing the battle for your adult child's spiritual life?
Are you losing the battle for your adult child's spiritual life?
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
You did everything right as a parent. You took your child to Mass each Sunday, holy days of obligation, and sacrificed to pay a Catholic School tuition bill. Now, your child is an adult and no longer wants anything to do with the Church. Where did you go wrong?
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Perfect People Need Not Apply
Perfect People Need Not Apply
By Mary Rivers
Unclean am I with unclean lips, Living among people of unclean hearts, Tasting wicked delights, laments Isaiah- “Woe, am I”.
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God's love for terrorists
God's love for terrorists
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Does God love terrorists and do those who commit atrocities against innocent lives have value and worth in the eyes of God? Have you heard of Bashir Mohammad, Kamal Saleem, or Alo-Bridget Namoa? The chances are slim you may have heard of them, but perhaps you have heard of St. Paul the Apostle.
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When God calls us How do we respond?
When God calls us How do we respond?
By Ralph Hathaway
I remember seeing a mural painted on the stairway in a seminary; it read, God calls once, your answer is forever. It impressed me and somewhere in my cranium I never forgot those words. The question above should remind all of us, no matter what our calling in life is about, to respond in some manner to that call.
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Bad Arguments in the Debate about Homosexual Activity
Bad Arguments in the Debate about Homosexual Activity
By JP Nunez
One of the biggest issues facing Christianity today is the morality of homosexual activity. While most Christians throughout history have considered it a sin, many are reconsidering this traditional position and arguing that our faith does not actually require it.
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Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s Scripture readings at Mass, a few verses jump out: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you” (Jeremiah 1:4); “When the people…heard this, they were all filled with fury” (Luke 4:28); “Love is patient, love is kind….it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:4,6).
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Lonely in a noisy world
Lonely in a noisy world
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
The tragic reality is our society offers more ways to connect, strengthen relationships, form new friendships, and increase our social circle than ever before – but our teenagers are lonely. Actually, let’s admit it: we are all lonely and social media usage increases feelings of loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression.
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Love Enemies in Our Hateful Culture
Love Enemies in Our Hateful Culture
By Bill Dunn
If you haven’t noticed, our culture is very polarized these days. The level of hateful anger is alarmingly high. Historians tell us this is not the worst it’s ever been in U.S. history. For example, back in 1968 our nation was almost ripped apart, with an unpopular war in Vietnam, racial strife, assassinations, and riots in the streets.
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Why Rome Matters
Why Rome Matters
By Tony Jesse
Bob Dylan wrote a song called "Gotta Serve Somebody." The song echoes the deep human need to worship something, anything. Whether people know it or not they listen to a particular authority, and, in turn, some entity has ruling influence over them. Today, this mysterious entity is the pop culture.
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Cuomo, Pelosi, abortion and the Bible
Cuomo, Pelosi, abortion and the Bible
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has received a lot of push back, even including demands for his excommunication from the Church, because of signing the Reproductive Health Act. First, let’s recap briefly what he actually signed into law. The Reproductive Health Act allows those who are not doctors to perform abortions.
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PUT YOUR FLAG IN THE SAND!
PUT YOUR FLAG IN THE SAND!
By Greg Schlueter
We all know the moving image of Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima. The tremendous sacrifice it required. What it was for. But do we recognize that right now we are on a much more epic battlefield? With much graver consequences? Do we recognize that how we respond today is a story that will be told by future generations?
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