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How Does Your Garden Grow?
How Does Your Garden Grow?
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
An executive officer at Standard Oil Company, during his daily Bible reading, was struck by the passage of Exodus 2:3, where it states that the baby Moses was set afloat in the Nile in a papyrus basket waterproofed with tar and pitch.
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The Mass: Introductory Rites
The Mass: Introductory Rites
By Charlie Johnston
I have always been fascinated with liturgy and have been drawn to it since I was a child.
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Day 90 – Out come the knives
Day 90 – Out come the knives
By David Vermont
Paul returns to Jerusalem and things have changed. James is there, history tells us he is now the Bishop of Jerusalem. However, none of the other Apostles are mentioned. Again we know from history that they have left the nest and are spreading the gospel far and wide.
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Evil Personified
Evil Personified
By Ralph Hathaway
In the past, as I penned different tenets of doctrinal thoughts pertaining to spiritual and theological aspects within the Church, the idea of exploring anything pertaining to Satan and the evil he conjures into our senses always had me stop short.
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This Filipino Teenager was Martyred "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith)*
This Filipino Teenager was Martyred "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith)*
By Larry Peterson
Pedro Calungsod was born in the Philippines sometime during July of 1654. He was a migrant child who was taken in by the Jesuits and educated at their boarding school in the Visayas section of the Philippines. This is where he learned his catechism and how to speak Spanish.
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Under Niagara's Waters
Under Niagara's Waters
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
On the American side of Niagara Falls, the colossal sheet of water takes a dizzying leap over a precipice to crash 160 feet below.
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First Steps Off a Cliff
First Steps Off a Cliff
By E.M. McCarthy
Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a researcher at Oregon Health and Science University, has genetically modified a one-cell embryo to cure the genetic defect of mosaicism. He used a technique called CRISPR and “fixed” the bad gene.
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Day 89 – Whatever happened to…?
Day 89 – Whatever happened to…?
By David Vermont
Today we are told of Paul’s journey back to Jerusalem. This is sort of a transition phase for the narrative of the book of Acts. The first section of the book was the immediate aftermath of the crucifixion and resurrection where we saw the early work of Peter.
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Reviving the Bride Nullified
Reviving the Bride Nullified
By Greg Schlueter
As goes marriage and family, so goes the church, so goes civilization.
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Light at the End of Our Troubles?
Light at the End of Our Troubles?
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
one theologian listed fifty-six biblically stated reasons for suffering as part of God's permissive will.
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Conflicting Theories of Law and the American Political System: A Commentary on Thomistic & Hobbesian Conceptions of Law & the American Republic, Part I.
Conflicting Theories of Law and the American Political System: A Commentary on Thomistic & Hobbesian Conceptions of Law & the American Republic, Part I.
By Ad Iesum Per Mariam
(This is the first part of a two part study comparing the concept of law as articulated by St. Thomas Aquinas and Thomas Hobbes and their influences on contemporary American legal theory and practice)
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Day 88 – Paul says Goodbye to Ephesus
Day 88 – Paul says Goodbye to Ephesus
By David Vermont
Paul is now leaving Ephesus to continue his missionary work in the farther parts of the world. At this point, Ephesus has been his home base for some time. These are the people who have sheltered him, fed him and provisioned him for his trips.
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Finding God in Our Imperfections
Finding God in Our Imperfections
By Katie Zalany
Weakness. Imperfection. Brokenness. We all have some of it. Some of us try to hide it. Others get overwhelmed and discouraged by it. Then there are those who refuse to see it.
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Now Ear This!
Now Ear This!
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
After a street fight, a Chicago man found himself in the awkward situation of having one ear on his head and another on his stomach. The ear on his stomach had been detached in the fight, and was surgically implanted in his abdomen between layers of skin and muscle to heal there before being reattached to his head. His hospital visitors clowned with him by talking to his tummy.
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The Divine Puzzle: Which Piece are we? How do we fit?
The Divine Puzzle: Which Piece are we? How do we fit?
By Ralph Hathaway
Recently my thoughts were centered on the dichotomy of events that so many people constantly find themselves in. “Why has this happened to me?” one might say as they view one tragic event after another in their waking moments, perhaps daily.
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Day 87 – Healed by the Eucharist
Day 87 – Healed by the Eucharist
By David Vermont
First, note that we are told that this is the first day of the week. Thus, we see the author and the Holy Spirit confirming that Christians are gathering for worship on Sunday
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Daily dependence on Holy Spirit gives fruit
Daily dependence on Holy Spirit gives fruit
By Rose Cuervo
I was able to have a Secondary Traumatic Stress handout from colleagues doing child fatality reviews. It mentions that because the toll of abused children are over 10 million, the people caring for them in the familial, social, pastoral and medical spheres will inevitably get to listen to trauma stories that will bring about PTSD-like responses and yield if not in some compassion fatigue ...
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