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Meryl, The Mountain, and The Image of God
Meryl, The Mountain, and The Image of God
By Ross Decker
At the recent Golden Globes, Meryl Streep spoke to a very receptive audience about the need for kindness and civility in those who hold high, visible office. While she never named him, she was obviously referring to President-Elect Donald Trump.
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What To Do When It's Hard to Forgive
What To Do When It's Hard to Forgive
By Charles Kaupke
Among the many teachings that Our Lord imparted to His followers during the Sermon on the Mount, one of the most famous - and challenging - is the teaching about loving one’s enemies.
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On Praying ad Orientem: Are the Reasons For Facing the East During the Mass "Rubbish"?
On Praying ad Orientem: Are the Reasons For Facing the East During the Mass "Rubbish"?
By Nicholas LaBanca
On a popular, ever hilarious Catholic page devoted to memes, a new meme was posted regarding the ad orientem kerfuffle that's been going on since Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Robert Cardinal Sarah, addressed a liturgical conference earlier this summer in London.
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Eight Things to Love About The Catholic Church -- Part IV: The Role of the Saints
Eight Things to Love About The Catholic Church -- Part IV: The Role of the Saints
By Cynthia Trainque
Having the family background that I do (I am the only one in my family of origin that is still Catholic—everyone else now worships at the local Assembly of God) I have been asked, “Why do Catholics pray to and worship saints?” I have been told that it is idolatry and it takes away from Jesus’ role as the “one mediator between God and mankind” (1 Tim. 2:15).
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I Just Want to be Fed
I Just Want to be Fed
By Lorrie McNickle
"I just want to be fed", my Catholic friend bemoaned to me. I hear this a lot from my fellow Catholics. I also have witnessed many of my former classmates from Catholic School leave the Faith for other denominations. I would imagine that they left for similar reasons as the statement above. They wanted to be fed. But what does this mean? What did they want to eat?
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Delving Deep in History Brought Me Home
Delving Deep in History Brought Me Home
By Adam Crawford
We’ve all heard the maxim, “Your starting point always determines your conclusion,” and ordinarily I would wholeheartedly agree. Yet there are exceptions to the rule
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Saint Anthony the Great - Feast Day
Saint Anthony the Great - Feast Day
By Starla Hester
Saint Anthony was a Christian monk from Egypt. He was known as the “Father of All Monks”. Anthony’s parents both died when he was only eight-teen years old. They were wealthy and left all their money and possessions to Anthony. Not long after they died Anthony heard a reading from the book of Matthew that changed his life.
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When God Goes Silent
When God Goes Silent
By Katie Zalany
When God goes silent – it can be frustrating, painful, and challenging to our faith.
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Eight Things to Love About the Catholic Church -- Part III: Why We Love Mary
Eight Things to Love About the Catholic Church -- Part III: Why We Love Mary
By Cynthia Trainque
“Mary, Mary, quite contrary” is what some could call the one who is so misunderstood in her various titles: Mother of God; the Immaculate Conception, Mary Ever-Virgin and others. Far from worshipping Mary the Church highly venerates Mary as the fairest among creatures. Let’s unpack these and see where it is that Mary fits in with Catholic teaching.
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Holy Family Was No Picnic for St. Joseph
Holy Family Was No Picnic for St. Joseph
By Bill Dunn
The Holy Family is the model for all families. The household of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph was filled with peace, serenity, and love. For 2,000 years, the Holy Family has been the shining example all families strive to emulate.
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The Church is the Final Age, but...
The Church is the Final Age, but...
By Scott Pauline
"It is the last hour," says St. John in his first Catholic Epistle, but, if some Fathers could break up the Old Testament into five sub-phases, why not break up the New? For even though the New age is the final dispensation, the Church has passed through various phases in her history.
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Understanding the King Holiday: A Reflection and a Poem
Understanding the King Holiday: A Reflection and a Poem
By Helen Losse
Throughout the history of this nation, African Americans have been the victims of unmerited suffering, and Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke directly to this issue. However, in King’s mature thought, he emphasized equality. The events of the preceding years showed him that the dream would not be implemented as quickly as he had thought.
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Eight Things to Love About The Catholic Church -- Part II: The Mass
Eight Things to Love About The Catholic Church -- Part II: The Mass
By Cynthia Trainque
The Mass—from the Latin, Missa; in Greek, Leitourgos, meaning “the work of the people”. It is the most sacred and solemn action whereby heaven and earth meet. It is the place where Catholics find their weekly (even daily) sustenance before heading out anew to live and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ in whichever milieu we find ourselves. It is the holiest of hours.
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The Truce Between God and Us
The Truce Between God and Us
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Since 1974, we Catholics begin the new year celebrating the Queen of Peace. New Year's Day is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Benedictine Oblates also begin a new read of the Rule of Benedict.
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Blessed Journey
Blessed Journey
By The Prayerful Pilgrim
Life is a gift and it is a journey. There are those you journey with, some for a long period and some short, but each of us is called to a specific vocation which is ours alone. My journey thus far has been full of hills and valleys; moments of clarity and moments of confusion. During one particular deep valley, I realized the truth that God wrote on my heart at the moment of my conception.
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Faith In Action--Love In Correction (Nagging wives, take note)
Faith In Action--Love In Correction (Nagging wives, take note)
By Rose Cuervo
Truly when one is suffering from sin, until one achieves true and deep repentance, the accusations and condemning will be there, sometimes it will stay after Confession, for us to reflect some more the gravity of what we committed so we will be convicted to not do it again. For healing to happen, there will have to be a diagnosis of what ails one and then the actions of the healer can proceed.
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Moving Mom
Moving Mom
By Sue Hallett
It is a bitterly cold January morning. Today we are moving my Mom from her retirement apartment to a small bedroom in a very nice adult family home. Mom has had three falls since Oct. 6th that have necessitated using her LifeLine, two of them involving EMS. Her memory is getting poorer and her ability to take her own medications independently has faded away.
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