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Mary, the Mother of Many Children
Mary, the Mother of Many Children
By Joby Provido
Catholics have always believed that Mary is ever-virgin. In Sacred Art, some images of her show three stars: one on each shoulder and one on her forehead – to signify she is a virgin before, a virgin during, and a virgin after the conception and birth of Christ.
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Strength and Trust
Strength and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A quaint and ancient Welsh proverb states, “Three things give hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.” Today, in our more knowledgeable age, adherence to that proverb would have very few devotees; we would find a more convincing source of “hardy strength”
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This Year, Experiencing Death and Resurrection during Holy Week has become a Personal Reality
This Year, Experiencing Death and Resurrection during Holy Week has become a Personal Reality
By Larry Peterson
Marty’s funeral was April 6th. Everything was perfect; the Mass, the music, the people, the cemetery and the traditional “fellowship” that followed. I arrived back home about 3:30 pm and headed to the dining room table. I looked around and the reality of the moment sent a shiver though my body. I realized I was alone…very alone. I began to cry (yes, men do cry).
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...what reward will you have?
...what reward will you have?
By Joseph Michael
There seems to be a disturbing trend plaguing our society that instills in me a fear far greater than any fear that I might derive from the thought of terrorists or active shooters or any other kind of boogeymen that the talking heads on TV might try to force feed our already-weary psyches.
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Acceptance and Trust
Acceptance and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Some nimble-witted sage once said, “It’s better to lose an argument than to lose a friend by winning an argument.” Those who enter into arguments with God most frequently are those who are prone to resisting his providence when he allows adversities in their life. Biblically, Job was the pioneer of this sport, distraught as he was in his suffering.
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Pope Anastasius II, The Failed Arbitrator
Pope Anastasius II, The Failed Arbitrator
By Debra Booton McCoy
Anastasius was only the second pope to not be considered a saint, the first being Liberius. This is probably due to the problems Anastasius had in trying to end the Acacian schism.
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Resurrection Scenes as Revealing Jewish Conversion Mystery
Resurrection Scenes as Revealing Jewish Conversion Mystery
By Scott Pauline
The answer to all mysteries of history must lie within the already extant Deposit of Faith. That is, for example, the Fundamentalists are crazy and short-sighted when they think that the “mystery of iniquity” has to do with some secret societies or such.
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God's Essence
God's Essence
By Ralph Hathaway
To enumerate or even consider the many descriptions of the Essence of Almighty God would be an insurmountable task within the scope of man’s finite mind. It isn’t something we can just sit down and begin to list within our human ability of describing entities beyond our own conception of existence.
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Safeguarding our Home Parishes
Safeguarding our Home Parishes
By Karl Erickson
Sunday morning found us sitting in the back gathering area at our church, as we had arrived a little late that particular morning. Fifteen minutes, or so, into Mass a young and disheveled man entered. He was muscular with his shirt wrapped around at his waist. Something like a black bandanna was tied about his head.
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Optimism and Trust
Optimism and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The story is told of a faithful parishioner who, before she died, arranged to have a plastic fork in her hand when she was laid out in her coffin. Those attending her wake who inquired about this strange request found a moving mini-sermon in the explanation.
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Pro-Life Motherhood: A Feminist Career Choice
Pro-Life Motherhood: A Feminist Career Choice
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Raising children is not a default chore for women who were not successful in the world of business, power, and wealth. However, the trend in the last few decades has been to delegate childcare to women who are often treated like second-class citizens. Society seems to dismiss and even ridicule women’s most sacred, natural role as nurturing mothers.
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A Reflection on The Resurrection
A Reflection on The Resurrection
By David Torkington
The Resurrection, means that Jesus has been swept up out of the world of space and time in which he'd lived before, not to leave us alone, but to be closer to us than ever before, and as he prom­ised ‘even to the end of time.’
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Spiritual Solidarity Binds Us To Souls In Purgatory
Spiritual Solidarity Binds Us To Souls In Purgatory
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Just like gravity affects us whether we understand it or not, the Communion of Saints, the fellowship between the living and the dead, affects us whether we believe in it or not. There is a spiritual solidarity which literally binds us together.
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Rewards and Trust
Rewards and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Here’s a thought-provoking snippet from the writings of St. John Climacus: “God in his unspeakable providence has arranged that some receive their reward for their toils even before they set to work, others while actually working, and others when their work is done, and still others only after the time of their death.
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He Died for being "Excessively Catholic" The Story of Marcel Callo
He Died for being "Excessively Catholic" The Story of Marcel Callo
By Larry Peterson
Even as a child, Marcel Callo, was a bit of a perfectionist. He liked order and displayed natural leadership qualities. He was born in Rennes, France, on December 6, 1921.
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Is God so unimaginative?
Is God so unimaginative?
By Faith-Full Writer
On a recent televised broadcast in Australia, atheist Richard Dawkins was debating a Catholic bishop about the existence of God. Mr. Dawkins said something derisive.
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It's Always Day
It's Always Day
By Mary Rivers
When morning light cracks the darkness of night; When birds begin to sing their songs of life; When morning star sheds its luminescence upon humanity; Yes, when Christ has risen from the dead.
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