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An Open Letter to NJ Gov. Murphy on the PAS Bill
An Open Letter to NJ Gov. Murphy on the PAS Bill
By Rose Cuervo
I am sure you want to stay alive but the physician-assisted suicide act would not help on that and, instead, harm you and many other New Jerseyites.
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Constitution and Christianity
Constitution and Christianity
By Josef Bordat
On this year’s May 23rd Germany celebrates the 70th anniversary of its constitution, the so called “Grundgesetz”, marking the foundation of the Federal Republic. Because of this important date I wrote a book that has a focus on the Christian roots of the German constitution.
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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 2
A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 2
By Chick Todd
Today we pick up in the middle of a conversation between two buddies named Frank (F:) and Earnest (E: ) with some help from the Narrator (N:). We finished up where Frank had just asked Earnest about what would happen if he stopped taking his diabetes medication.
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Mini-Retreat - Labor and Birth -
Mini-Retreat - Labor and Birth -
By Julie
Labor and Birth are some of the most fun and trying times of a pregnancy. Some mothers find this time also the most fearful time of pregnancy. I am kind of borrowing an idea from our Catholic Doula Program and sharing it here.
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Suffer Well and Become a True Servant of God
Suffer Well and Become a True Servant of God
By Kevin J. Banet
The nature of suffering is always a difficult topic, especially when we discuss the idea of “embracing suffering” as God’s will, or as pleasing to God. That is the topic at hand in a recent Visitation Spirit chat room conversation. Read on to explore this topic in its beauty and mystery and difficulty.
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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 1
A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 1
By Chick Todd
Today I'd like to share with you a frank and earnest conversation about the "WHY" of metanoia {Grk: met-an'-oy-ah, Eng: met-an-oy'-ah}, the word used in the New Testament for repentance. It comes from the verb metanoeó {met-an-o-eh'-o} which means to change one's mind or purpose, or to turn around 180 degrees to accept the will of God.
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My 4,357th Second Chance
My 4,357th Second Chance
By Chick Todd
"PLEASE, just give me one more chance! I know I can do it!" How many times have we heard that one? And how many times have we thought, "What difference does it make? You're a hopeless case."?
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Teen Book Review - Awakening
Teen Book Review - Awakening
By Leslea Wahl
Awakening is one of those books that is hard to set aside. You just can’t help but continue to flip the pages, anxious to find out happens next. I found myself wanting to read just one more chapter after one more chapter. Even after I finished the book, my mind couldn’t put it aside, thinking about this powerful and imaginative story long after I devoured it
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Forgiving you
Forgiving you
By Victor S E Moubarak
Adultery is no laughing matter, of course, although these days it is so common that it has become the subject of jokes. Many years ago adultery was a very serious matter indeed.
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#1 Frequently asked questions, "what is the Kingdom of God?" "What is the Gospel?"
#1 Frequently asked questions, "what is the Kingdom of God?" "What is the Gospel?"
By De Maria
The questions are very closely related, as we can see in this verse: Mark 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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Satan; The Pinnacle of Evil
Satan; The Pinnacle of Evil
By Ralph Hathaway
When seeking to understand how evil can penetrate our psyche, how deeply rooted it can become within our existence, the stress to counter it may be bigger than most will want to address. However, evil does exist and in spite of our asking God to eliminate it the evil that we see daily in life’s trek gives us no solace.
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Mary the Mother of God?
Mary the Mother of God?
By William Hemsworth
On my journey into the Catholic church there were three things that had the potential to derail me. Mary, Mary, and Mary. One of the objections I had, which sprang from my Baptist days, was the title of Mother of God for Mary.
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The Unplanned Movie
The Unplanned Movie
By Nancy Marie Murray
Those who receive God’s gift of mercy often desire in their gratitude to pass it on to others. Abby Johnson is one such person. Once the clinic director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Bryan, Texas, Abby turned away from a lucrative career and has become a pro-life advocate, dedicated to helping workers leave the abortion industry.
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Pope John V, Syrian Pope
Pope John V, Syrian Pope
By Debra Booton McCoy
After hundreds of years of Italian popes, John of Antioch, son of Cyriacus, was elected in july 685. John was the first of a line of ten men of Eastern origin who rose to the papacy in the seventh century. This appeared to show a reconciliation between the East and the West after the Monothelite heresy almost destroyed the Empire.
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Patience, yeah how long will that take?
Patience, yeah how long will that take?
By Troy Kroening
We all have times that try our patience. Every single one of us. The saints are no different, yet they were commonly able to keep their patience. Not because of special tricks or just an apt for patience that we will never know, but because they trusted. Have a trying issue? Well, maybe God has given you an opportunity to trust Him.
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Prodigal Father Loves the Sinner
Prodigal Father Loves the Sinner
By Bill Dunn
This week’s gospel reading is the well-known parable of the Prodigal Son. As Jesus told the story, a young man demanded his inheritance from his father, took the money and traveled to his country’s version of Las Vegas.
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Why we'll always need Narnia
Why we'll always need Narnia
By Lisa Mayer
I think that all of us, at some point, have had a story touch our hearts so deeply that our lives were never the same again. There are many such great stories that have touched my life. But nothing has ever touched my heart more deeply than Narnia.
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