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The Church is not Anti-Gay
The Church is not Anti-Gay
By Lorrie McNickle
I am so tired of all the anti-gay, anti-LBGTQ, and anti-same sex attraction allegations that are hurled constantly at the Catholic Church. It simply is not true.
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Catholic in a Post-Truth World
Catholic in a Post-Truth World
By Ken Feldt
“Truth. What is truth?” While there are plenty of speculative interpretations attached to Pilate’s remarks, we can’t really know what the Roman governor’s intentions were as he responded to Jesus’ declaration that that those listening to His (Jesus’) words belonged to the Truth.
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My Masterpiece
My Masterpiece
By Greg Schlueter
Below was inspired at a basketball game my sons were playing, as were fat little fat kids around me, zombified by their devices, grimy, little hands digging into bags of chips, one after another, little particles cascading down everywhere.
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I Am Who I Am
I Am Who I Am
By Mary Rivers
The great I AM WHO I AM has spoken- Has made the man He loves TO BE an image of Himself.
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Visits with Lloyd
Visits with Lloyd
By Elizabeth Thomas
Working at the Nursing Home, while making my daily rounds---I go to check on a Hospice resident, whom I shall call Lloyd. When I first saw him, I saw someone confined to his bed, and started to do that nurse thing of checking the physical being before me to be sure he was well cared for.
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Beatitude Promises Persecution
Beatitude Promises Persecution
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading at Mass we hear the Beatitudes, the beginning of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes (“Blessed are the poor in spirit…Blessed are the meek…Blessed are the merciful,” etc.) explain the way our hearts and minds should be if we truly wish to have a proper relationship with God. Being meek and humble and forgiving are essential;
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Accepting Divine Miracles in My Life With Humility
Accepting Divine Miracles in My Life With Humility
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Most educated people scoff at the idea of miracles, preferring to believe science will eventually provide a plausible explanation for the inexplicable. For these cynics, only the ignorant or gullible donate to fraudulent faith healers or set out on desperate pilgrimages seeking cures.
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The Holy Innocents and Abortion
The Holy Innocents and Abortion
By Flávia Ghelardi
On December 28th we celebrated the Holy Innocents, the boys who were killed by Herodes in his attempt to kill Jesus. They are the first martys, because even not knowing, they died because of Jesus.
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The devil and distraction
The devil and distraction
By The Prayerful Pilgrim
I have a few very close friends, most of whom I would count as extremely faithful people. Although most are Catholic, a few are not. I have great respect for people who come to the fullness of their faith in their tradition and live it genuinely.
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HERE I AM…
HERE I AM…
By Kate Eschbach
I walked to the front of the church this morning to take up the gifts to the altar during Mass. I felt pride swell inside me as I walked with my husband, my oldest son as altar server, my three other beautiful children, and a belly huge and growing a new life
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Lord and the Ring
Lord and the Ring
By Barbara Golder
I had occasion to see a video of his appearance on the classic old game show What’s My Line? On which Archbishp Fulton Sheen was the mystery guest.
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Going to Thomas
Going to Thomas
By John Laney
Anyone looking for answers to life’s questions should take the advice Pope Pius XI gave to seekers almost a century ago: “Go to Thomas!” St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) was an outstanding Dominican theologian and philosopher. He is best known for his Summa Theologiae, a massive encyclopedia of Catholic theology.
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Trust
Trust
By The Prayerful Pilgrim
I just spent the last ten minutes looking at paintings of "The Visitation" (of the Blessed Mother to her cousin Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist). It is a wonderful exercise, you should try it.
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Not So Ordinary Time
Not So Ordinary Time
By Linda Delia
Ordinary Time may sound unremarkable, but it’s in this “dash” between the great feasts of the Church that we truly learn how to live our faith. Like Jesus’ everyday moments teaching, celebrating, serving,our ordinary days shape our spiritual journey. We often forget our story and chase satisfaction elsewhere, when only God can fill the restlessness of our hearts. The question-will we choose Him?
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The Crisis Among Young Women
The Crisis Among Young Women
By Katie Zalany
There is a crisis of young women who don’t know who they are in Christ – who are looking to men and premature sexual relationships for their sense of self. Their purity is being crushed in the process. I’ve personally heard one too many stories of young women …
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Moving the Grounds on Abortion
Moving the Grounds on Abortion
By Rob Agnelli
When asked about her stance on abortion during the 2008 election, candidate Hillary Clinton said she believes "...that the potential for life begins at conception. I am a Methodist, as you know. My church has struggled with this issue. In fact, you can look at the Methodist Book of Discipline and see the contradiction and the challenge of trying to sort that very profound question out.
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I used to be a nasty woman
I used to be a nasty woman
By Pam Spano
By now you’ve probably listened to or read the poem (written by Nina Donovan) Ashley Judd recited during the Women’s March on Washington. I started to read the text and had to stop.
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