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Lent - A Reflection on its Meaning
Lent - A Reflection on its Meaning
By Ralph Hathaway
“What are you giving up for Lent?” is the normal discussion every year as this most holy season rolls around and the thoughts of Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving are on the minds of people attending services on Ash Wednesday.
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Waiting on God
Waiting on God
By Trish Stukbauer
It’s been said that God answers every prayer. Sometimes he says yes; sometimes he says no; and sometimes he says not yet. It’s that last one that is by far the most difficult to cope with for most of us.
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Fish, Pork, Abstinence, Maccabees, the Antichrist, and the Jewish Conversion
Fish, Pork, Abstinence, Maccabees, the Antichrist, and the Jewish Conversion
By Scott Pauline
One of the primary errors of the Jewish People is the failure to discern between mere discipline versus doctrine, between what is merely external and what is internal, which is the only thing that really matters. In the Old Testament, Pork was absolutely forbidden--on any day or any time.
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Adversity and Trust
Adversity and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
One of the most difficult challenges we face in our spiritual life is trusting in God’s loving providence when we are hurt by the malice of other humans. It’s one of the most anguishing tests of our spiritual maturity. Trusting God to bring good from evil is in itself not too difficult--unless we are the targets of that evil.
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The Second Word of Jesus
The Second Word of Jesus
By Richard Maffeo
During my prayer in our hotel suite, I heard a young child outside our door call anxiously to her father, “Daddy, wait for me. Please.” I assume he stopped, and I heard a muffled response, “Come on, we need to go.” A moment later, I heard small feet patter past the door and down the hall.
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Our Lady of Miracles March 12th Feast Day
Our Lady of Miracles March 12th Feast Day
By Julie
There's a special statue of Our Lady in Paris and this is how this statue came about: Back in the 11th Century, a lord who was ill decided to pray to Our Lady for his health to be restored promising that if it was he would enter a monastery. His petitions were heard and he entered the monastery.
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The Eucharist Is a Face-to-Face Meeting
The Eucharist Is a Face-to-Face Meeting
By Bill Dunn
Do you have any loved ones who are far from home? Quite often we are separated from the people we love because of jobs or school or military service. When people are separated, they can share their thoughts via letters and email, and they can make phone calls and speak to one another.
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The Three Pillars Of Lent
The Three Pillars Of Lent
By Kathy Lamb
Most practicing Catholics know what is expected and required of us during the Season of Lent. We talk about giving something up for Lent. We want to make Lent special. Most Catholics want Lent to be a spiritual experience, a truly life changing experience.
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Trials and Trust
Trials and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The word “trial” can mean “ordeal,” or it can mean something quite different, namely, “test.” Our hardships can be approached from either point of view, but we tend to emphasize the “ordeal” rather than the more positive “test.” Yet, in the divine plan, every trial in our lives is a critical test of our trust in the providence that allows or causes it for our good.
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Newman Centers- Lighthouses of Grace in Secular Education
Newman Centers- Lighthouses of Grace in Secular Education
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Many years before I became a Catholic I 'met' Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman. Intrigued by comments like this definition of the practical use of education, Newman represented intelligent scholarship and rigorous thought...along with a core of attractive rebelliousness. (To one who had left the Episcopalian Church as a teen.)
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The Transfiguration Makes Us Ask: Who Is Jesus?
The Transfiguration Makes Us Ask: Who Is Jesus?
By Bill Dunn
This week’s gospel reading at Mass is the Transfiguration of Jesus. Matthew’s version of this spectacular event highlights the Transfiguration’s similarities with the Exodus account of God giving the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai. Both events occurred on a mountain; the face of God’s servant became radiant; a cloud represented God’s presence; and the divine voice spoke from the cloud.
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My Reversion
My Reversion
By Mike Bugal
If one digs way, way back in the archive of my articles here on this site the first four articles that you’ll find from a couple years ago now tell the story of my journey from cradle Catholic to Semi-Agnostic to Evangelical Christian and finally home to the Church. However, since my archive contains between 70 and 80 articles that is a bit of a task for anyone.
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Suffering and Trust
Suffering and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
One of my favorite squibs is the probing insight on the popular “bumper snicker”: If you feel far from God, guess who moved!
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The Holy Trinity - Creeds, Grace, Easter
The Holy Trinity - Creeds, Grace, Easter
By Ralph Hathaway
We often ponder the dictates of the Catholic Church, it's position in the world, and the relationship to our sister Christian religions. One only listen intently to the words of the Creed; Apostles or Nicene, and absorb the real essence of the thoughts and labor put into these truths.
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Turn Back to Me For Greatest Lent Ever!
Turn Back to Me For Greatest Lent Ever!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Tis the season to be suffering? Oh no, tis the season to see things differently!! Dynamic Catholics is challenging us to have the Best Lent EVER! It is God however who is leading my spirit to have the Greatest Lent ever.
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Star Wars Analogies for the Catholic Faith
Star Wars Analogies for the Catholic Faith
By Scott Pauline
There are some very profound analogies in the first star wars trilogies (IV, V, and VI) that are surprisingly deep and touch on very key aspects of the Catholic religion.
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Love and Trust
Love and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Consider four situations in which you might exercise trust. First, it’s very risky to entrust your life savings to a person who hates you. Second, it’s less risky but still quite chancy to entrust your life savings to a stranger who neither loves nor hates you.
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