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Called to Perfect Holiness
Called to Perfect Holiness
By Nancy Marie Murray
In the readings for Sunday February 19th, the Father commands us to be holy; Paul states that we are the dwelling place of the Spirit of God; and Jesus calls us to “Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
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Is it in the Spirit of the Mass to hold hands during the Our Father?
Is it in the Spirit of the Mass to hold hands during the Our Father?
By De Maria
I think so. It’s been over thirty years since I’ve been back to the Catholic Church and the People of God (that’s us) have been holding hands, during the recitation of the Our Father, for all that time.
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The Immaculate Example
The Immaculate Example
By Eric Wojtkun
It is the time of year for getting ready to do our lenten traditions to clear our hearts and souls for the coming of our savoir Jesus Christ. This is great!
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When Praise is Impossible
When Praise is Impossible
By Richard Maffeo
Yes, it is good to praise the Lord. But when life flings us to the ground our heart often catches in our throat and chokes the words before they can cross our lips.
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2-10-2017, Don't stick your keys into an electrical outlet and not expect to get your eyes opened.
2-10-2017, Don't stick your keys into an electrical outlet and not expect to get your eyes opened.
By Jason Klinnert
When I was a 5 or 6 years old I got a hold of some extra keys that were laying around and was playing with them one night while my mom was making supper. Our stove in our kitchen had an electrical outlet installed on the face of it right above the oven door.
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Why I love the rosary
Why I love the rosary
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
I must admit, as a Protestant I strongly believed Catholics praying the Hail Mary or the rosary were placing Mary in the place of Jesus. I believed they were prayers to Mary and were treating her as a god. But, after crossing the Tiber I have grown to fall in love with the rosary – with the blessed Mother.
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Forgive as He forgives
Forgive as He forgives
By Mariel Roersma
A recent gospel deals with a very important topic, forgiveness. St. Matthew says, "Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
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Reform Yourself Before You Reform the World
Reform Yourself Before You Reform the World
By Katie Zalany
There seem to be a lot of people who want to reform the world lately. I often wonder if they are spending as much time focusing on reforming themselves. As the saying goes, we must be the change we wish to see.
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9 Lessons Tom Brady Taught Me
9 Lessons Tom Brady Taught Me
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Back in another career, my third, I ‘met’ Brady. Everything was brand new: The marriage, the career, the faith and football.
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Reconciliation For the Faint of Heart
Reconciliation For the Faint of Heart
By Mary Rivers
I disguise myself behind the curtain of anonymity. How long has it been since my last true encounter?
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A Peace The World Cannot Give
A Peace The World Cannot Give
By Helen Mac
If you are anything like me you will agree that we live in a hectic, busy world; that, in the course of the working week can raise its game to feel almost Manic.
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Before giving up chocolate (again) for Lent, do an examination of conscience
Before giving up chocolate (again) for Lent, do an examination of conscience
By Denise Deverts
Ash Wednesday is on the horizon; and soon Catholics everywhere will begin to think about their personal observation of the Lenten season.
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Dante's Lenten Journey
Dante's Lenten Journey
By Donna Kendall
In Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, the author journeys not only through the infamous Inferno and is miraculously allowed to enter into Paradiso, but Dante also travels through the realms of Purgatorio, a transitional place quite accepted by the medieval church which allows the souls not destined for eternal damnation to be purged and cleansed before entering celestial Paradise.
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The Deal
The Deal
By Victor S E Moubarak
There are times that whatever Father Ignatius says or advises is sure to be misinterpreted or misunderstood. Yet, his duty as a priest and guide to his flock is to teach them, as best he can, about God our Creator and His unrelenting love for us.
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The Cross, Cancer, and Conformity
The Cross, Cancer, and Conformity
By Ross Decker
I often do things backward. In my spiritual life, I was a Protestant first and a Catholic last. I was my own personal Counter-Reformation.
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Trusting in God is a Beautiful Thing. It can also be Very Scary*
Trusting in God is a Beautiful Thing. It can also be Very Scary*
By Larry Peterson
Having to make a life and death decision about your wife is gut-wrenching. Called upon to enter this decision making whirlpool of spinning thoughts, undulating emotions and plain old fear a second time for my second wife was downright traumatic. What kept me above water then and does again today is my Faith.
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What are you DOING this Lent?
What are you DOING this Lent?
By Kim-Thérèse Lee
Asceticism was never meant to kill you. And neither was Lent. It seems people always like this concept of liberty and freedom, except they struggle to understand what it means.
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