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POPE JOHN VI, THE 85TH POPE
POPE JOHN VI, THE 85TH POPE
By Debra Booton McCoy
Pope John VI was born to a family of Greek descent in Ephesus, Turkey probably between 650 and 655, AD. Ephesus was 300 miles from Athens, Greece and 322 miles from the Byzantium capital of Constantinople. He was several weeks by ship from Rome.
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A Church of Martyrs
A Church of Martyrs
By Nancy Marie Murray
Easter was recently celebrated with great joy and beauty. As we celebrate the Good News of the Resurrection, new Catholics are baptized and welcomed into the Church family, children receive their First Holy Communion, and teens are confirmed. Churches are filled to capacity for all these celebrations.
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Filling Our Ache: Our Longing for God
Filling Our Ache: Our Longing for God
By Katie Zalany
The ache. That longing. That yearning. What is it for? Why do we experience it? I’ve searched for answers to that question for a few years and I think I finally may have come to an answer by piecing together the insights.
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One Step--Two Step Dance of Life
One Step--Two Step Dance of Life
By Elizabeth Thomas
In past week we have been very "BLESSED" in being taught a new dance as we journey on life's way. It is called the One Step Forward-Two Step Back Dance. It could be called a waltz, but usually involves a 'tangled/tango jingle jangle.'
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Through the Cross we are saved
Through the Cross we are saved
By George Calleja
During this time of the year, every Christian reflects more deeply about the Cross.
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Lord Jesus
Lord Jesus
By George Calleja
Lord Jesus, my prayer before I sleep tonight, is that people all over the world realize of your love for them.
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Two Greatest Commandments the Key to Happiness
Two Greatest Commandments the Key to Happiness
By Bill Dunn
A lot of people nowadays are desperately seeking happiness. This may seem odd, since our modern society is fabulously prosperous. I’m not minimizing, of course, the fact that there are plenty of people in our nation who are poor and struggling. But overall, the vast majority of citizens nowadays are overwhelmingly blessed, especially when compared to previous generations of Americans.
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Do we see Jesus?
Do we see Jesus?
By Troy Kroening
Of course, there are many ways for us to see Jesus. We can see Jesus in others, much like St. Mother Teresa. We can see Jesus in the sacraments, most notably in His real presence in the Eucharist.
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Desolation and Consolation: How Can We Prepare Ourselves? (Chat Room)
Desolation and Consolation: How Can We Prepare Ourselves? (Chat Room)
By Kevin J. Banet
How do we make the distinction between loving God and loving the pleasure found in God? How do we begin to love the beauty of God (as Saint Francis de Sales tells us)?
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Let No One Deceive You
Let No One Deceive You
By Joseph Michael
There’s a special kind of Kool-Aid being passed around at American seminaries and I’m really not sure what’s in it, but’s it is lethal. Recently, a New York Times article went viral in which the president of a seminary in New York City was interviewed by a typically Timesian editorialist; I’m not interested in plugging either of them so I’ll leave both individuals unnamed.
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If I was God.....
If I was God.....
By Ralph Hathaway
If I was God…….. …….and as my creation of humanity began to take on signs of disobedience, I saw the solution was not to be like them, but to become one of them.
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The Hunt Revisited
The Hunt Revisited
By E.M. McCarthy
When I was a young--somewhere along the age of first memories--I had a life-changing experience. The Easter Egg hunt began on a rather warm April morning. Somehow I remember this standstill day despite all the ordinary days before this moment fading into a black hole of nothingness.
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The Louisville Cheeseburger
The Louisville Cheeseburger
By Joseph A. Daczko
Happy birthday to me. It’s Friday night, my birthday, and I’m alone in Louisville, Kentucky because of work commitments. The decision that lays before me is where to go for dinner. I’m not a big fan of sitting by myself at a restaurant and being waited on. So, I decide to walk to a cheeseburger place, called “Smashburger” just around the corner from my hotel.
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What is Confirmation?
What is Confirmation?
By Tony Jesse
Of the seven Sacraments, probably the most misunderstood among Catholics is Confirmation. People routinely mistake Confirmation for "Catholic graduation," or some sort of coming of age ceremony akin to a bar mitzvah. These common misconceptions of Confirmation miss the mark, and, consequently, confuse people about what Confirmation actually is.
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You deserve to be loved
You deserve to be loved
By Troy Kroening
You and I deserve to be loved. And not with just some feeling of love. No, a real love not dependent upon feelings. A love shown in actions, in words, and in a gift of heart. A complete and pure love. We seek this love in many ways, many times in others. And so we search with our heads down on Earth. But Jesus asks us to raise our head and see His love for us.
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Why Was Jesus So Secretive?
Why Was Jesus So Secretive?
By Bill Dunn
[In this week’s gospel reading at Mass, Jesus appeared to His disciples at the shore of the Sea of Galilee. We read: “This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.” It was only His third appearance—and there were not going to be many others.
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When Jesus Rose from the Dead where was the Blessed Mother? Ask Pope St. John Paul II
When Jesus Rose from the Dead where was the Blessed Mother? Ask Pope St. John Paul II
By Larry Peterson
When Easter morning arrived, someone was missing. That someone is the very lynchpin of the Salvation story. That someone is the Blessed Virgin, Mary. She is nowhere to be seen or heard. Where was she?
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