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A Proper Disposition in Prayer
A Proper Disposition in Prayer
By Joby Provido
Prayer is communal and personal. In communal prayer, we come together with others to listen and respond to God in the stylized rubrics of the liturgy.
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Day 60 – Peter before the Sanhedrin
Day 60 – Peter before the Sanhedrin
By David Vermont
Today we see Peter brought before the Sanhedrin. What a difference a few weeks makes! A short time ago Jesus stood silent in front of this council at a show trial and was railroaded off to crucifixion. Now Peter is before them. Filled with the Holy Spirit he speaks plainly yet forcefully.
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Bookends to Matthew's Gospel
Bookends to Matthew's Gospel
By Ralph Hathaway
When reading the Gospel of Matthew there are two sections that have intrigued me and they are the “Beatitudes and The Judgement of the Nations.” I like to call them bookends since the very essence contained within them are similar to a beginning and end of a novel.
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Sex is worth more
Sex is worth more
By Michelle S. Peters
As a college student, I gradually became used to hearing that most people think of sex as something you do on a third date. I’ve even seen condoms given out as if they were candy by some student associations.
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Hair of the Dog
Hair of the Dog
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
An ancient Roman belief was that "like cures like." Thus, as a remedy for a dog-bite the victim would attach to his skin a patch of hair fro the dog that bit him. From this evolved the modern version of "hair of the dog" - "curing" a morning-after hangover from a drinking binge by taking a stiff drink.
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God Calling
God Calling
By Victor S E Moubarak
Father Ignatius’ policy with the people he met was to be as open and honest as possible when discussing matters or when giving advice or guidance.
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Day 59 – Unclean and Peter's Second Sermon
Day 59 – Unclean and Peter's Second Sermon
By David Vermont
The Apostles are becoming bolder and have come out of hiding. They travel to the temple to preach. There Peter heals a man who has been lame for life.
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Whatsoever You Do...........
Whatsoever You Do...........
By Ralph Hathaway
A question was once posed to me wherein the inquisitive person asked; “If you had just one scripture verse or particular theme to lean on and conduct your life accordingly, what would it be?”
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What does is mean to be free?
What does is mean to be free?
By Tony Jesse
One of the main reasons people refuse to follow the teachings in Catholicism is because people are too addicted to the pop culture. And, in case you haven’t figured out the obvious, the teaching in Catholicism and the teaching in the pop culture is about as opposite as you can get.
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Loving makes you Lovable
Loving makes you Lovable
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The ennobling pattern of love fascinated the probing mind of a great Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset. Love, he said, "consists in the constant beaming forth of a favorable atmosphere...a light in which we envelop the beloved, so that all his or her good qualities can reveal themselves.
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Letters From Prison
Letters From Prison
By Michael Palaich
When the Director of the Prison Ministry for the Diocese of Phoenix, Kevin Starrs, gave me the opportunity to join the Prison Ministry as a layman to minister to the inmates incarcerated in the Phoenix, Arizona jails, it was a true blessing in my life.
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Day 58 – The First Converts
Day 58 – The First Converts
By David Vermont
Today’s we read the second half of Peter delivering the first preaching of the Apostles. A large number of the crowd are quickly converted and then hey quite naturally ask, “What shall we do?”
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Art, faith, and sin
Art, faith, and sin
By Elizabeth Hoyle
A few months ago, I was on jury duty and witnessed an interesting idea of what Christianity is and how faith and art relate to one another. One of my fellow jurors was an older lady who made it quite clear to us from the beginning of our service that she didn’t want to hear any foul language from us because she is a Christian.
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Why We Celebrate St. Mary
Why We Celebrate St. Mary
By E.M. McCarthy
Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been much maligned in recent years. Many people mistake devotion to Mary as a sort of worshiping of her. I suppose if we truly viewed her like our own parent, we would understand Marian devotion much more clearly.
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Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The phrase "saved by the bell" does not come from boxing, as most people think, but from seventeenth-century guards at Windsor Castle. any sentry caught asleep on duty incurred the death penalty. One this-accused sentry protested his innocence, stating that he had heard the bell in the clock tower of St. Paul's Cathedral strike thirteen times at midnight.
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Witnessing to a Wavering Catholic
Witnessing to a Wavering Catholic
By Rose Cuervo
A young man tells me that he has been attending a Protestant church but he has not been telling his family, who is strongly Catholic. He tells me that he had received a call from God to serve Him more and felt that this was a call to be ordained a minister in the Protestant church and asks me what I think.
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Day 57 – Pentecost
Day 57 – Pentecost
By David Vermont
Pentecost was and is a Jewish holiday that occurs fifty days after Passover (hence the name “pente” which means fifty). This is the day the Apostles are indwelled by the Holy Spirit.
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