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Teens Reads and LGBTQ Lifestyles: What's Out There?
Teens Reads and LGBTQ Lifestyles: What's Out There?
By Carolyn Astfalk
Every month at our local library, I pick up a copy of BookPage: Discover Your Next Great Book. As a reader and an author, I like to peruse the recommendations, study the book covers, and see what’s new in the publishing world. I take special note of Christian books, books for young adults, and books for children.
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He Denounced Error and Confided in Our Lady's Triumph
He Denounced Error and Confided in Our Lady's Triumph
By Norman Fulkerson
Like many men of vision and foresight, some saints and prophets are only fully appreciated after they die. Such is the case with Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira whose life spanned the tumultuous twentieth century.
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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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God in All Things ... Even Greeting Cards
God in All Things ... Even Greeting Cards
By Katie Zalany
I recently celebrated by 34th birthday. Like any person, I received some gifts and cards from loved ones. Usually, the cards are always nice and sweet, but never stand out as God's spoken message to me -- but perhaps I was never as attuned to it as I am now.
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"Where have they all gone"? A Satire on Empty Pews
"Where have they all gone"? A Satire on Empty Pews
By Ralph Hathaway
This is not the first comment on why the populace of the Church has diminished, and it will not be the last. Recently, I submitted an article titled “Have the sins of some drawn you away from the Sacraments?
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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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Sanctifying Your Loneliness
Sanctifying Your Loneliness
By Katie Zalany
One night when I was praying the evening Liturgy of the Hours, I was struck by one of the prayer intentions for widows who “eased their loneliness and sanctified it by prayer and hospitality.” Sanctifying loneliness. Is this something I could do?
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Time is a Gift…How are You Using It?
Time is a Gift…How are You Using It?
By Norman Fulkerson
Certain poems can be easily registered in one’s memory. This is due as much to the profundity of the words as their rhythmic meter. Such is the case with the following passages of a poem by Fr. Joseph Stedman.
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Pope Francis Nurtured with Salesian Spirituality
Pope Francis Nurtured with Salesian Spirituality
By Kevin J. Banet
Did you know that Pope Francis’ upbringing and education were greatly formed by the Salesians, and he is very thankful for this?
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The Need for Sts. Ann and Joachim's Example Today
The Need for Sts. Ann and Joachim's Example Today
By E.M. McCarthy
St. Ann and her spouse, St. Joachim, were the parents of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Their feast day is celebrated on July 26. It's believed that St. Joachim supplied the sheep for the temple sacrifices in Jerusalem.
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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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Faith-Filled Friends Are a Gift
Faith-Filled Friends Are a Gift
By Katie Zalany
One of the gifts I am becoming more and more grateful for in my life are my Catholic girlfriends. I'm lucky to have girls in my life who find joy in a faith community, want an active and living faith, desire to share time in prayer and Adoration, talk about faith, and pray for one another.
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God of Laughter
God of Laughter
By Katie Zalany
I was on a retreat recently and at one point in the retreat we were asked to reflect on the images of God that we had. We were given a list of various images and were told to circle ones that fit how we viewed God and who God was to us right now in our lives.
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I See You
I See You
By Katie Zalany
I was sitting at Panera eating dinner after work one evening before I had to be at a meeting, staring out the window. I was somber this particular evening and I could hear inside my soul… “I see you.”
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POPE GREGORY III, A CONTINUATION OF A BATTLE
POPE GREGORY III, A CONTINUATION OF A BATTLE
By Debra Booton McCoy
Both Popes Gregory II and Gregory III had to confront one of the most important storms in the Church’s history, the Iconoclast Controversy. This controversy began under the reign of Pope Gregory II, when he condemned the Byzantine Emperor, Leo III, for the destruction of all religious images. Gregory II’s successor, Gregory III continued the argument.
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