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Grace, What the Heck is it?
Grace, What the Heck is it?
By Lorrie McNickle
I’ve heard that it is amazing, but how do we get it? What do we do with it once we have it? Here are a few notes the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about Grace
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A Veil for a Crown
A Veil for a Crown
By Veronica Dannemiller
Several months ago, I started veiling at Mass. I wasn't sure why, but I felt a tugging at my heart, an indescribable desire to veil myself in the presence of the Lord.
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Pope Sixtus III, Counciliator
Pope Sixtus III, Counciliator
By Debra Booton McCoy
Sixtus III reigned from 31 July, 432 to 19 August, 440, when he died of natural causes. A native Roman, Sixtus was a prominent Roman clergyman for some years before his consecration, going back at least as far as Pope Zosimus. During that time, he was thought to favor the Pelegian heresy occupying North Africa.
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The Seven Heavenly Virtues
The Seven Heavenly Virtues
By John Laney
Most Catholics know about the seven deadly sins: pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Fewer are familiar with the seven, heavenly virtues that serve as counterparts to the seven deadly sins. It’s important to know about these virtues, or good habits, so you can answer the call to personal holiness and become a saint.
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A Religion of Peace?
A Religion of Peace?
By Rob Agnelli
In his dialogue with Euthyphro, Socrates poses a crucial question that has application even today. He asks Euthyphro “is what is holy, holy because the gods approve it or do they approve it because it is holy?” Put in other words, he is asking whether something is good because God commands it or whether God commands it because it is good?
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Please Pray for My Dear Mother
Please Pray for My Dear Mother
By Alan Scott
Many of you may be aware from my Facebook page that my mother suffered a terrible stroke on December 28th. Currently she has been left with the inability to swallow (leaving her on a feeding tube), and is also unable to speak, read, or communicate and is often in pain.
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More Reflections for the Soul
More Reflections for the Soul
By Victor S E Moubarak
More Reflections for the Soul is a selection of readings to help you reflect and meditate when praying or when in need of inspiration.
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If the Devil Can't Make you Bad, He Will Make You Busy
If the Devil Can't Make you Bad, He Will Make You Busy
By Lorrie McNickle
“If the Devil can’t make you bad, he will make you busy.” I heard this quote not long ago and it stopped me in my tracks. It spoke to me in a very honest and open way, and caused me to reflect on my life, and how I was filling it up.
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Hoping in the storms of life
Hoping in the storms of life
By Madeline Mauro
As I watched my own world tumble and crash, I had two choices to make; to go down with it or rise above and run to Jesus. I chose to run to Jesus. Built on my foundation of faith, this running was to the anchor of hope I have in Him. Hope is the second virtue of our faith. It is what anchors the soul when the hurricane hits.
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Contra Contraception
Contra Contraception
By Samuel Matthews
What’s the big deal? This is often the reaction of Catholics and non-Catholics alike to the Church’s teaching on contraception. Unfortunately, thanks to the work of people like Margaret Sanger, we live in a culture of death that does not give the use of contraception so much as a second thought.
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An Open Letter To The Child I Never Had
An Open Letter To The Child I Never Had
By Starla Hester
You would be about 8 years old or maybe even older if God would have willed us to have children naturally. You may have even had a sibling by now. I had names picked out for you. Emmalyn Grace, if you were a girl and John Paul or Samuel Dean if you were a boy. I imagined you with your dad's dominant traits of brown hair and brown eyes, but with my pudgy nose
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Care for Creation Series: Retiring in God's Abundance
Care for Creation Series: Retiring in God's Abundance
By Jeff Sokol
When is the best time to plant a tree? I get this question often, and I always have the same answer, “20 years ago”.
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Forget those resolutions - let's make some goals
Forget those resolutions - let's make some goals
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
I’ve never been one for making New Year’s Resolutions. Maybe it’s because I know I won’t keep them and it’s only a resolution for things I know I won’t do as opposed to doing better. But, now goals are a different story.
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The Child and the King
The Child and the King
By Nancy Marie Murray
The Gospel for Epiphany tells of the visit of the magi, who follow a star to find the newborn king of the Jews. These men stop in Jerusalem seeking direction from King Herod and his scribes and high priests. Herod is “greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,” at the news of the birth of the prophesied king of the Jews. But Herod’s reaction is not one of joy and amazement
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My Cross, My Life and Wisdom
My Cross, My Life and Wisdom
By Kathy Lamb
I’m sad, but extremely happy, when I think of the bad times God pulled me through. The more I suffer, the wiser I become. God gave me the gift of Wisdom at my baptism when I was only a few weeks old. Pope Francis tells us that Wisdom is seeing through the eyes of God.
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Does The Catholic Church Believe in Ghosts?
Does The Catholic Church Believe in Ghosts?
By Starla Hester
Everyone wonders from time to time if a ghost may be in their presence. Some of us hope to catch a glimpse of one of our loved ones that have passed on. We want to know that they are okay. But as Catholics, should we believe in ghosts on earth? We hear of real life ghost interactions all the time on television and in books, but are they real? And if they are real, are they good?
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God's Will.....Are you listening?
God's Will.....Are you listening?
By Ebeth Weidner
The things that happen to us throughout our lives are known by our Heavenly Father way before our birth. He knows what we say, think, do, He knows us inside and out without a word spoken. It is humbling to think of this as a mom, I do not know my children to this extent.
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