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"Ex Cathedra" The chair of Peter
"Ex Cathedra" The chair of Peter
By Ralph Hathaway
Did you ever attend a school of higher learning and wonder who started this institution? Have you even considered what your studies would be like had someone without a background in your chosen endeavor attempted to pass on what they do not have?
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Persevere in Prayer and St. Therese
Persevere in Prayer and St. Therese
By Julie
I have been reading a book lately titled "The Way of Trust and Love" about St. Therese by Father Jacques Phillippe a French priest (I have met him once). In this book this priest has some good points I would like to share with our reader
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St. Thomas Aquinas and Christology
St. Thomas Aquinas and Christology
By William Hemsworth
Thomas Aquinas is known as one of the greatest thinkers in the history of the church. He was a prolific writer, and writings are still widely read today. When it comes to Christology Aquinas had a lot to say, and his writings on Christology can be read in the third part of his Summa Theologica and his Commentary on Matthew (Lecture Notes).
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Treatment for Anemic Christians
Treatment for Anemic Christians
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Knowing that Jesus is our antidote for sin and failure is a critical aspect of Christian spirituality. If we neglect it, we will soon grow spirituality anemic and weakened by sin.
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Day 342 – The Angel with the Small Scroll
Day 342 – The Angel with the Small Scroll
By David Vermont
In today’s reading, another angel appears. This angel stands astride the whole earth with his hand up to heaven. It is unclear whether this figure is, in fact, an angel or whether it is the Lord himself. The angel has a “face like the sun” as Jesus did at the transfiguration. Also, the angel is surrounded by a cloud, again as Jesus was at his Baptism and the Transfiguration. I think the case
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Humanitarian Interventions and the International Public Law: A Closer Look on the Responsibility To Protect-Doctrine (R2P)
Humanitarian Interventions and the International Public Law: A Closer Look on the Responsibility To Protect-Doctrine (R2P)
By Josef Bordat
In the debate about the question if, when and how humanitarian interventions can afford peace military action is ambitionally taken into consideration due to cases of failed or rogue states in which ethnic conflict let to violence and the harm of human rights.
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Saint Joseph Terror of Demons
Saint Joseph Terror of Demons
By Susan Skinner
I was pondering the state of the world today, thinking about how we had gotten to where we are. As I prayed and sat in the chapel, I thought about all the rage I see in society. I thought how it seems to be coming from every direction. God whispered, “I made them male and female.” I thought about recent events. How men seem to have used women, and how women march in the streets in anger at men
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A Practical Guide for Daily Prayer
A Practical Guide for Daily Prayer
By David Torkington
In answer to a recent letter asking me how to pray, I sent back nine prayers that I composed that have been a great help to me over the years. They are an attempt to incorporate Catholic teaching into daily prayer. It seems that the receiver found them very useful and so did her friends. I thought therefore they may be of some help to you too
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Four Types of Counterfeit Faith
Four Types of Counterfeit Faith
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
There are may things in life besides elevator buttons for which there is no adequate substitute. One of them is authentic faith – the charismatic gift of faith that assures us our prayers will be answered. This God-given and God-focused certitude admits of no substitutes. Surrogate forms of faith may render our prayer petitions ineffectual.
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Day 341 – Confirmation in the Book of Revelation
Day 341 – Confirmation in the Book of Revelation
By David Vermont
In today’s reading, we see some of the plagues and punishments released on the world. The fifth trumpet blows and the fiery pit is open. In reading, the chapter we are given fantastic descriptions of the “locusts” that spread across the earth. What are these fantastic creatures? I think it is fair to infer that they are armies. I would argue that they represent both ancient and modern armies.
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Blessed Maria Bolognesi; Mystic, Stigmatist, Visionary, and Victim of the Demonic
Blessed Maria Bolognesi; Mystic, Stigmatist, Visionary, and Victim of the Demonic
By Larry Peterson
On October 21, 1924, an out-of-wedlock child was born and given the name, Maria. At the time, Maria was not assigned a surname. That was because her birth father, (himself an illegitimate child) refused to wed Maria’s mother and left her. Fortunately for Maria, the most influential person in young girl’s life would be her grandma, Cornetto Cesira.
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The Queenship of Mary
The Queenship of Mary
By Susan Skinner
After reading the above excerpt in Genesis, I began to wonder why Eve was speaking to the serpent at all. After all, the serpent was her enemy. The answer is perhaps because Eve didn’t recognize her enemy. She simply didn’t know he was her enemy.
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The Most Important Question in the World
The Most Important Question in the World
By Bill Dunn
A few months ago, Pope Francis denounced “fake news,” which is the widespread distortion of the facts, often used to manipulate public opinion and promote a particular agenda.
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Tests of Spiritual Maturity
Tests of Spiritual Maturity
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Our growth into the spiritual maturity that brings insight into this great secret of “Christ in me” is a gradual process. How can we gauge our progress? Let me suggest a few criteria.
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Day 340 – Prayer is a Weapon of God
Day 340 – Prayer is a Weapon of God
By David Vermont
Some amazing imagery in today’s reading. When people read Chapter 8 (and going into chapter 9) they often focus on the blowing of the 7 trumpets and he devastation they wreak upon the earth. However, look how the chapter starts: When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
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On The Tongue
On The Tongue
By Victor S E Moubarak
As Father Ignatius gave out Communion to the queue of parishioners walking up the centre aisle he noticed two youngsters, both aged about eighteen or so, coming towards him. He had not seen them in church before and assumed they were visitors to town. As they came to him in turn, they both held out their hands and he placed the Host in it.
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The Way of Saint James
The Way of Saint James
By Susan Skinner
The Lord has been speaking to me a lot over the past several months about “The Way of Saint James.” I thought maybe God was speaking to me about taking a pilgrimage to Spain. He often shows me the starry sky. But this morning, pondering the readings for this Palm Sunday and the Passion of Christ, it hit me. He said, “Live the Way of Saint James.”
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