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This December Saint became one of the most honored Jesuits in History; His name is Edmund Campion
This December Saint became one of the most honored Jesuits in History; His name is Edmund Campion
By Larry Peterson
Included among the great feast days celebrated in December there is one often overlooked. It falls on December 1 and is in honor of Saint Edmund Campion.
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Just Another New Year's Eve: A Reflection on Communion and Community
Just Another New Year's Eve: A Reflection on Communion and Community
By Anthony S. Layne
On December 31, as others are preparing to ring in the new year by getting plowed on mixed drinks, I will most likely be writing or editing an article. Most of my friends live 700 miles and more away, while the rest will likely have dinner parties on New Year’s Day rather than drinks on New Year’s Eve.
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I Walk, Nature Talks
I Walk, Nature Talks
By Elizabeth Thomas
God continues to use three dogs to push me out the door to PLAY!. With headphones on, usually I dance and stop every now and then to throw that tennis ball--sometimes getting frustrated for I am into the SONG and the STEPS and the MOMENT. UGH! "Quit chewing that ball, and just drop it!" My quality time started to become less fun.
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What is the real Catholic social justice
What is the real Catholic social justice
By Tony Jesse
Saint Peter Claver was called to serve those in the most unbearable conditions and offer them hope. He went to the land of New Spain - Colombia helping slaves arriving on those hellish like ships.
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From Bethlehem to Greccio with St Francis of Assisi
From Bethlehem to Greccio with St Francis of Assisi
By David Torkington
Throughout his life St Francis was consumed by a desire to give his life for Christ. This desire burst into an unquenchable flame when he received news that six of his brothers had been martyred preaching to the Moslems in Morocco.
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King David is Key to Understanding Salvation History
King David is Key to Understanding Salvation History
By Michael J. McCormick
If you attended Christmas Eve Mass, you heard the beginning of the Gospel of Saint Matthew which opens the New Testament with the reading of the genealogy of Jesus. Often we may look at this reading as tedious and may even feel sorry for the one that is tasked with reading it to the congregation.
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Our Longings: A Gateway to Light this Christmas
Our Longings: A Gateway to Light this Christmas
By Katie Zalany
We are in the season of Light. Christ, our Savior and the Light of the World, is born. And yet, for most of us, we are still living in the darkness of our sins and empty longings. Our manger is still empty, waiting for Christ to fill it.
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Terror In The Night
Terror In The Night
By Oscar L. Rankin, Jr
Just as the shepherds were terrified from the anomalies that they saw in the Christmas night sky, so was my daughter on one of our most memorable fishing trips.
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The extra Christmas table place setting
The extra Christmas table place setting
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Have you ever considered making an extra place setting at the Christmas dinner table? What about placing hay underneath the white table cloth? I have to admit a simple idea I had turned into a dramatic revelation – Jesus is left out.
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Christmas Day, 1941: He was awaiting his impending execution---Instead he heard Caroling
Christmas Day, 1941: He was awaiting his impending execution---Instead he heard Caroling
By Larry Peterson
Imagine being in a strange land, arrested by security forces and thrown into a cold, dark cell. You are in solitary and do not know what your fate will be. You fear the executioner will be coming for you.
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Christmas Joy & Christmas Surrender
Christmas Joy & Christmas Surrender
By Katie Zalany
For several days, a certain Christmas song, “Breath of Heaven,” kept coming on, and I wondered to myself, “God, what are you trying to speak to me through this old Amy Grant song from the 90s?” Well, I got my answer one day at Mass. Truly, it was a lesson of Christmas joy and Christmas surrender.
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Why Did Jesus Come When He Came? The "Fullness of Time": Theology and Philosophy of the Necessary Old Testament Ages
Why Did Jesus Come When He Came? The "Fullness of Time": Theology and Philosophy of the Necessary Old Testament Ages
By Scott Pauline
It is truly unfathomable and priceless to our hearts to consider the wonder and beauty of our God, that from the total love and exchange of two persons, wholly to one another—reckless abandonment into their arms and bodies—can come a third priceless person, a child, an immeasurably splendid gift from our Creator that images the very Triune nature of God Himself
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The Power of Music to Lead us to the Divine
The Power of Music to Lead us to the Divine
By BJ Gonzalvo
Music does inexplicable things to us. The hills are alive with the sound of music. Music moves us. It sways us and causes us to tap our fingers or bop our heads as we listen to the rhythm and beat of that Drake’s “In My Feelings” hiphop hit or Taylor Swift's version of "Last Christmas".
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History of Church Part 4 - The 3rd century (200 AD to 300 AD)
History of Church Part 4 - The 3rd century (200 AD to 300 AD)
By James Dsouza
After six popes were killed in last century for following Christian faith and groups breaking out of one Holy Roman Catholic Church, the conviction of believing in Jesus Christ is still alive, even though 200 years has passed when Jesus Christ left earth.
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The Seven Joys Of Our Lady – The Franciscan Crown
The Seven Joys Of Our Lady – The Franciscan Crown
By Frank J. Maduri
The month of December is a preparation time in Advent when we, as Catholics, prepare for the Birth of Our Savior. One way we prepare is through focused prayer and routine prayer daily. The Franciscan Crown is a traditional prayer routine, a version of the Holy Rosary which focuses on seven events, also known as the Seven Joys of Mary.
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Mary, Did You Know?
Mary, Did You Know?
By Lorrie McNickle
“Mary Did You Know”? I absolutely disdain this song. I know that many of us love it for it’s sentimentality, but that is the precise reason I dislike it so much. This song trivializes and brings much superficiality to our Blessed Mother’s role in the story of salvation.
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Time and Eternity; "God, the Universe, and Everything"
Time and Eternity; "God, the Universe, and Everything"
By Robert Atkinson, M.I.
I had been Catholic for about 12 years when I found myself working for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. My office was on one end of the 16th Street Mall, a pedestrian shopping area. A short shuttle ride down the mall was Holy Ghost Catholic Church. I made the decision to, as often as possible, attend the daily noon Mass at Holy Ghost.
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