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The Typical, Catholic Apocalypse Approach Today: Is It Really Balanced?
The Typical, Catholic Apocalypse Approach Today: Is It Really Balanced?
By Scott Pauline
When I was in college, I had to work at a warehouse. It was known that I was the smart math guy (I was a math major). A fellow blue collar worker commented to me, "So you are a numbers man."
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The Catholic Hipster Handbook
The Catholic Hipster Handbook
By Starla Hester
When I first read the title to this book, I was taken back. I thought how is the author, Tommy Tighe, going to make Catholic’s look hip? Catholic are usually construed as boring and dull. How is he going to show our Catholic cool side? History! We have tons of saints that have passed through this world and Tighe, along with his friends who helped him write this book, has pulled out the coolest
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This Little Light of Mine
This Little Light of Mine
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A young lady told her pastor she was "fed up" with her work environment. She was the only one there with any religious idealism and wanted to quit. He asked her, "Where do you put the lamps in your house?" Taken aback by the question, she responded that they would be placed in otherwise dark areas.
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Day 147 – The Naked Man
Day 147 – The Naked Man
By David Vermont
There is a curious bit at the ending of Mark’s account of the arrest of Jesus. And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
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Catholics: Minimalists Before it was Cool
Catholics: Minimalists Before it was Cool
By Sterling Jaquith
Minimalism is all the rage right now. As millennials are tossing their things in pursuit of experiences instead, we are seeing more and more articles on the internet about embracing a minimalist lifestyle. It’s no secret Americans own too much stuff. We’re drowning in possessions and it’s causing us actual anxiety to look at them and care for.
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Rhoda Wise—Wife, Mom, Convert, Stigmatic and Mentor to Mother Angelica*
Rhoda Wise—Wife, Mom, Convert, Stigmatic and Mentor to Mother Angelica*
By Larry Peterson
The year was 1904 and Rhoda Wise was terrified. The sixteen year old girl was experiencing searing pain which was exploding in her lower abdomen. She was taken to Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia where she was about to have surgery to remove her ruptured appendix. She had no idea she was about to experience a turning point in her young life.
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When All Else Fails....
When All Else Fails....
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The secretaries' lounge at NASA has a wall poster that reads: "Women astronauts are indispensable. If the crew is lost in space, somebody has to ask for directions!"
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Day 146 – The Last Supper
Day 146 – The Last Supper
By David Vermont
Today we read Mark’s account of the Last Supper. Mark provides us with some particularly important details. Here is the passage, note again how the last supper follows the same exact pattern as the distribution of the loaves and the fishes at the feeding of the 5,000.
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Professional athletes: What, exactly, are you protesting?
Professional athletes: What, exactly, are you protesting?
By Greg Schlueter
This is not about a right to peacefully protest-- which we all ought to respect. I'm genuinely seeking here to understand what and why people are protesting-- inviting respectful conversation.
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Were we supposed to learn a specific lesson from Irma and Harvey?*
Were we supposed to learn a specific lesson from Irma and Harvey?*
By Larry Peterson
Officially, the annual hurricane season begins June 1 and ends on November 30, and every year we Floridians receive our annual Hurricane Preparedness Newsletter The fact is, most of us who live here are usually prepared and ready for these storms. We know the drill.
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Miracle of the Sun
Miracle of the Sun
By Mary Rivers
One hundred years have passed since Mary did appear in Fatima, Seen by three prayerful children and seventy thousand spectators.
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Motivational Spark Plugs
Motivational Spark Plugs
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Motivation is the basic success factor for everything we do, but it is more complicated than we might imagine. Psychologists think that the average human decision may be sparked by as many as eight different conscious or subconscious motives simultaneously.
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Day 145 – The Woman with the Expensive Oil and the Man with the Water Jug
Day 145 – The Woman with the Expensive Oil and the Man with the Water Jug
By David Vermont
Today we read about the woman who anoints Jesus with oil shortly before the Last Supper and the Passion begin. We are told that the ointment is worth 300 denarii. A single denarius was a day’s wages so this is worth approximately 1 years pay (excluding Sabbath days and holidays).
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Let Christ Rip The Rug Up From Under You
Let Christ Rip The Rug Up From Under You
By Melanie Jean Juneau
When Jesus invites us to die to ourselves, He is not referring to some pious act of self-sacrifice which will make us look or feel holy. No, He has something much more radical in mind. The kind of inner transformation Christ desires will literally rip the rug up from under our feet and shatter our worldview. For the very brave, I suggest a quick method to facilitate this sanctifying process.
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A Paycheck from God
A Paycheck from God
By Lorrie McNickle
I don’t know about you, but the gospel reading about the laborers, makes me a bit uncomfortable. I can certainly relate to the ill feelings the workers who toiled all day long and received the same amount of pay as the workers who toiled for but a mere hour or less did. Our sense of justice deems that very unfair.
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What would the Trade Unions say about Jesus?
What would the Trade Unions say about Jesus?
By Victor S E Moubarak
In Matthew 20:1-16 Jesus tells the story of a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. He went out again at 9 o'clock and found some more workers whom he sent to the vineyard. At noon and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon he did the same.
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Sales Resistance, Advanced Course
Sales Resistance, Advanced Course
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Intrusions into our daily plans seem to be an unavoidable problem for most people, But not all intrusions are obnoxious. We want to be notified when there's a family emergency, or a change of a schedule appointment. And one form of "intrusion" we should never resent is a silent nudge of grace through which God often manifests his will for us.
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