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Time to Brainstorm
Time to Brainstorm
By De Maria
I don't know about you, but this Wuhan virus has really disrupted my Church life. Before the virus, my wife and I were daily communicants. But, since the shelter in place orders, we haven't had communion. Thank God we have a parish nearby which affords us Confession.
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St. John Joseph of the Cross*---a great Lenten Role Model: this humble Saint fasted regularly, slept only three hours per night-and led a life without any earthly comforts.
St. John Joseph of the Cross*---a great Lenten Role Model: this humble Saint fasted regularly, slept only three hours per night-and led a life without any earthly comforts.
By Larry Peterson
His name was Carlo Gaetano Calosirto, and he was born on August 15, 1654, off the coast of Naples on the island of Ischia. From his earliest childhood, he demonstrated great virtue and self-denial.
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Is COVID-19 A Punishment From God?
Is COVID-19 A Punishment From God?
By Tony Jesse
We live in unique times today. The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak itself coupled with a panicking response to eliminating the virus has revealed a concerning state in our culture. The world economy has shut down, child rapists are let out of prison, and pastors are arrested for preaching at church.
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When Will IT End. The Scourging, and the Crucifixion of Christ!
When Will IT End. The Scourging, and the Crucifixion of Christ!
By Elizabeth Thomas
When Will IT End. The Scourging, and the Crucifixion of Christ! Christ's BODY that is--We His PEOPLE. That thought came into my mind the other day. Images of Christ being crucified began to pop up on Television as we approached Good Friday and Easter.
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Rejected by two Religious Orders, she started her own. She became known as the "Mother of the Poor." Meet St. Angela of the Cross Guerrero
Rejected by two Religious Orders, she started her own. She became known as the "Mother of the Poor." Meet St. Angela of the Cross Guerrero
By Larry Peterson
She was born in Seville, Spain, on January 30, 1846. Three days later, she was baptized at the Church of Santa Lucia and given the name Maria de Los Angeles, which means Mary of the Angels. But they called her Angela. The child received her First Holy Communion when she was eight years old and her Confirmation at the age of nine.
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Do We Value The Eucharist Enough?
Do We Value The Eucharist Enough?
By E.M. McCarthy
This year the Catholic Church's greatest celebration, the Easter season, has become one of penance. Many cannot receive the Eucharist or go to Confession.
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'Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy''.
'Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy''.
By George Calleja
A merciful person is a person who does God’s will in response to His love. Jesus showed His kindness, compassion, respect and tenderness to all people… He gave each person the love of the Father. In this same way, a person who in his life follows Jesus and does His will is a person who is merciful to his neighbour.
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Divine Mercy and Prayer for Pandemic
Divine Mercy and Prayer for Pandemic
By Kathy Lamb
COVID-19 has touched everyone. The whole world is united in suffering. It’s time to pray. “…have mercy on us and on the whole world.” What are your concerns?
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Our Cross to Bear
Our Cross to Bear
By Chick Todd
As we begin the Octave of Easter and look towards celebrating Pentecost with the Universal Church, we take a few moments to remember what Jesus told us about being a Disciple. It involves the reality of carrying a Cross.
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In the absence of the Mass, Jesus remains
In the absence of the Mass, Jesus remains
By Fr. Jude M. Serfino
What happens when all of a sudden we are told that there will be no Mass on Sunday and other holy days of obligation like during the Easter Season?
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Let God Take Everything
Let God Take Everything
By Charles Fraune
The Church acknowledges and teaches, both in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, that suffering is tied to sin and can be embraced as reparation for sins, both those which we ourselves have committed and those which have been committed by others.
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What Will Your Post-Resurrection Life Look Like?
What Will Your Post-Resurrection Life Look Like?
By Katie Zalany
While Lent with coronavirus for many has been a complete tragedy of suffering, for me, it has been more of an awakening of how I want my life post-resurrection to look like.
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The Loss of the Eucharist?
The Loss of the Eucharist?
By Lorrie McNickle
We are living a crazy moment in history, right this very minute. Yet, those who have gone before us have lived their own peculiar crazy moments of history as well. All the saints withstood struggles, challenges and griefs, yet they rose up and let all of it redeem themselves and all around them.
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We told God to get out – so he did
We told God to get out – so he did
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
When you kick an individual out of your home the impact is felt by everyone in some way. When you terminate the employment of someone it creates a ripple effect for that person, your company, the family that individual may have to support, and friends perhaps that employee had at your business.
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COVID causing dire need?
COVID causing dire need?
By Troy Kroening
When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. Indeed, we are in dire need. That Scripture comes from the Parable of the Prodigal Son [Luke 15:14]. Whether you believe the pandemic is valid or not, we are in dire need to get through this. And when there appears to be no way out, we can turn to God and know that He can get us th
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This is Me
This is Me
By Ralph Hathaway
This is Me An Ode to the many who have passed.
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Draw Near, O Lord our God
Draw Near, O Lord our God
By Mary Rivers
Tonight the light of the moon appears to be so far away from earth, so high in the sky, one wonders if the hand which guides it has gone astray. “Where are you, Lord? We need your guiding light into our dark troubled world.”
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