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Bless My Socks!
Bless My Socks!
By Sherry Kenner
I was very lucky to grow up in a home with a mom who was a graduate of Mount Carmel Academy for girls in New Iberia, Louisiana. In 1870, the Sisters of Mount Carmel opened the school in New Iberia and remained until 1988.
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The Antidote for Envy Is Gratitude
The Antidote for Envy Is Gratitude
By Bill Dunn
A while back, I discussed the Seven Deadly Sins, specifically the sin of Sloth. I mentioned that as an American living in the 21st century, I am tempted by the other six Deadly Sins, too: Pride, Anger, Lust, Greed, Envy, and Gluttony.
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"Do Not Cling to Me--Let Me Go"
"Do Not Cling to Me--Let Me Go"
By Elizabeth Thomas
Daily in the papers, in the news, we hear of the numbers of those dying. World wide---every 5-6 seconds someone is leaving this earth. Traveling on.
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Where have they gone?
Where have they gone?
By Ralph Hathaway
Where have they gone? Common questions that may be on the minds of many who have lost a spouse, a close friend, but mostly when a child passes.
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Counterfeit Christianity
Counterfeit Christianity
By Margaret LaCovara-Reveira
The phrase “God is good” is parroted by many who identify as followers of Christ. That He is without question, yet oftentimes I’ve wanted to query “Do you truly know Him??”
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Playing Politics with our Faith?
Playing Politics with our Faith?
By Lorrie McNickle
Where did the idea that Catholics, whether laity or Cleric, shouldn't let their faith and their politics mix? Seriously, as a faithful and somewhat knowledgable Catholic, I just don't think that there is any notion more absurd.
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Gifts from God's Garden
Gifts from God's Garden
By Katie Zalany
On Sundays, I meal prep for the week, cutting up vegetables and produce for upcoming lunches and dinners, to save me time after work. I’ve been doing this for years, and up until the last few Sundays, this time felt like a hassle and a painpoint in my weekend. But nowadays, it feels like sacred time with God’s sacred food.
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Blessed Luigi Novarese: What Happened When His Mother Turned to Mary for Help
Blessed Luigi Novarese: What Happened When His Mother Turned to Mary for Help
By Larry Peterson
Luigi Novarese was born on July 20, 1914, in Casale Monferrato, located in northern Italy. He was the ninth and last child born to Giust Carlo Novarese and Teresa Sassone. Luigi’s dad died before the boy’s first birthday from pneumonia. His Mom, a devout Catholic, embraced her responsibility as a Mom and did her best to keep the family afloat.
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VIRUS TIME IT IS TIME TO BE THANKFUL
VIRUS TIME IT IS TIME TO BE THANKFUL
By Mar Camen
All of us are living in a time in our lives that we may have thought only to have seen in the movies. This COVID 19 virus has made some people afraid, and certainly quarantine has kept us “in social distance” of each other.
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Settling
Settling
By Linda Kracht
There are endless references to the word settling. Many of the references pertain to personal relationships. This lends the notion that a lot of people fear they have or are settling in terms of their social and personal relationships. But that’s not the direction this article tries to address. Let’s think of settling in terms of what, who and why we were created.
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Looking For Hope
Looking For Hope
By Mary Rivers
In this time of pandemic, darkness of mind, darkness of hopelessness, maybe even darkness of poverty, seem to color our days and nights. Sometimes we feel we are swimming in deep dark waters of hopelessness; some even feel this despair.
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Truth and Love in the Face of the 2020 Election
Truth and Love in the Face of the 2020 Election
By Lorrie McNickle
Pretty intense Mass readings today, on Sunday, September 6, the 23rd Sunday in ordinary time. All three of them, minus the Psalm, as a matter of fact totally dismantle the whole notion of that Scripture quote we so conveniently love to embrace - "Who am I to judge?"
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Priest Discovers He Is Not Catholic
Priest Discovers He Is Not Catholic
By Bill Dunn
Did you see the news story back in August about the young priest in Michigan whose baptism was invalid? Fr. Matthew Hood was watching old home videos from three decades ago, and as he watched his own baptism as an infant, he noticed the presiding deacon said, “We baptize you…” instead of the correct, “I baptize you…”
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I Vote Catholic
I Vote Catholic
By Dan Baca
I have a personal situation I need to share. I am a full-time Catholic. I don’t bring out my faith on Sundays for Mass and try and be something else during all other times. I am sure many Catholics are in the same situation.
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Take a Lesson from the Prophets
Take a Lesson from the Prophets
By Ralph Hathaway
How often we may hear or read about Old Testament prophecies where God has spoken his warning about the absence of following his commands. Too often the word he made known fell short of the people not willing to listen to his prophets, and his prophets failing as well.
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The Battle Plan
The Battle Plan
By Tony Jesse
The popularity of the digital streaming world of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon reveals the human craving for a captivating drama to delve into in an addictive fashion for hours on end.
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Jesus loves everyone… are you loving everyone?
Jesus loves everyone… are you loving everyone?
By George Calleja
For sure, all over the world, a lot of people have heard about Jesus, know about Jesus, and believe in Jesus as being the Son of God. In every corner in the world, the love of Jesus has been shared, has been preached and also lived.
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