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New war and just war
New war and just war
By Josef Bordat
After the collapse of the bipolar world order (1989/91), many military conflicts broke out in the destabilized and deeply changing world, mostly with an ethnical or islamist background. Due to this fact the focus within the concept of war has changed from the aggression of sovereign states to military violence,
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Anxiety and Trust
Anxiety and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A four-year-old reported to his mother that his toothbrush had fallen into the toilet. She fished it out and gingerly deposited it into the garbage can. A few minutes later, he brought her another toothbrush--her own--and said, “You’d better throw this one away too. It fell in the toilet last week.”
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3-dimensional faith in a 2-dimensional world
3-dimensional faith in a 2-dimensional world
By Denise Deverts
People often talk about body and soul as if they were two completely separate and independent constructs, and that faith resides within the purview of the latter rather than the former. Perhaps for some it does; but not for Catholics. The Catholic faith involves the participation of the whole person, body, mind, and soul.
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The Wilderness Experience
The Wilderness Experience
By Ralph Hathaway
Perhaps the original wilderness experience occurred when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt in what is called the Exodus experience.
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Catholic Warning: Beanie Babies are the work of the devil.
Catholic Warning: Beanie Babies are the work of the devil.
By Christy Breedlove
As most parents know, carrying a two year old and a four year old to Mass is a…shall we say…an adventure. My daughter, Regan, was two years old when she discovered Beanie Babies and dolls. To my everlasting dismay, she latched onto the goat Beanie Baby and a dollar store Barbie knockoff.
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Alms from the Alabaster Jar
Alms from the Alabaster Jar
By Donna Kendall
“While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
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Belief and Trust
Belief and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
While engaged in my hobby of bookstore browsing, a book of phrases caught my attention because it gave a humorous twist to biblical phrases. One phrase that evoked a chuckle was, “O ye of little faith,” with its definition: “Those who look both ways before crossing a one-way street.”
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Hello Joe; What do you know?
Hello Joe; What do you know?
By Jason Klinnert
My wife and I just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. We have four kids who range from 25 down to 2. Those four kids have three different biological fathers. Context is everything and I want to give you some context to this. When my wife and I met 18 years ago, she had a 7-year-old son. She had given birth to him when she was 16 years old
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"Come Follow Me" How To Manual
"Come Follow Me" How To Manual
By Elizabeth Thomas
Opening Bible for daily B-Mail—found John sending a letter today. As I read, the Holy Spirit led me to see the connection with this Lents theme hidden in John’s writings.
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The Beauty of the Risen Lord
The Beauty of the Risen Lord
By Ralph Hathaway
In my previous writing, “A Lenten Reflection" I used our five senses to enhance the thoughts that could connect our Lenten journey to the need for the Lord’s presence and intercession in our walk moving towards Easter and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Lent, Fasting, and Receiving Divine Light
Lent, Fasting, and Receiving Divine Light
By Deacon Frederick Bartels
Lent is a sacred season which helps us to make sense of life. Why is this the case? Precisely because through the sincere and ardent practice of the disciplines of Lent—prayer, fasting and almsgiving—our lives are reoriented to Christ, which means our lives have more meaning—divine light floods in, displacing darkness.
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Worry and Trust
Worry and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Imagine Jesus appearing to you and giving you a specific command to avoid something, and then restating that command five more times. You would certainly take that admonition seriously. This is exactly what Jesus did when he delivered a forceful sermon condemning worry as a sign of lack of trust in him.
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Hacksaw Ridge and The New Civil Discourse Part II
Hacksaw Ridge and The New Civil Discourse Part II
By James Berkon
I recently published part 1 of Hacksaw Ridge and The New Civil Discourse addressing the division our nation is experiencing 4 Solutions to Achieving Unity. Today I wish to share four solutions to achieving the unity all of us, no matter which side of the aisle we are on, are looking for.
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St Patrick's Day
St Patrick's Day
By Charlie Johnston
St Patrick is one of the most popular and well know saints, at least in the United States. His feast day is celebrated in almost every city in America, with parades, dinners, and drunken festivities. He's celebrated by not only the Irish diaspora, and not only by Catholics, but by just about every group (in varying ways and levels of enthusiasm) across the racial and religious spectrum.
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Catholic Teen Books Helps Parents, Teachers Find Good Books for Catholic Teens
Catholic Teen Books Helps Parents, Teachers Find Good Books for Catholic Teens
By Carolyn Astfalk
Steering teens toward entertaining yet edifying media is a challenge. In the case of movies and television programming, ratings can offer some indication of content. In the case of books, consumer reviews on retail sites offer some information
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Cracks and Lent
Cracks and Lent
By Mariel Roersma
Right now, we're in the midst of Lent; a time to fix what is broken in our lives, in our relationship with God and maybe even with other people. And I got to thinking about something while walking around the other day and seeing cracks.
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Fear and Trust
Fear and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The mythical story is as old as the messages on my answering machine, but it’s worth retelling. It has to do with a frustrated hiker who approached a chasm he couldn’t cross. He saw a daredevil acrobat crossing it on a tightrope above hundreds of feet of empty space while pushing a woman in a wheelbarrow.
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