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Can a Saint sin?
Can a Saint sin?
By De Maria
Recently, someone on the internet said that once a man is justified, he becomes a saint and can no longer sin willfully. This is a Reformed doctrine which comes from a misunderstanding of St. Paul's Teaching that salvation is "not by works." But that is all it is, a misunderstanding.
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Why I Went to West Webster: a catholic firefighter's experience of a double line-of-duty-death
Why I Went to West Webster: a catholic firefighter's experience of a double line-of-duty-death
By Mark Ingoglio
In the early-morning hours of 24 December 2012, I found myself in an area inaccessible to Wi-Fi and telephone connections. I did, however, manage to get one text from our newest probationary firefighter. "Firefighters shot in Monroe County, NY." I spent the next half hour trying to establish a phone or internet connection, sending text and email messages that I wasn’t sure would be received...
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The Catholic Virtues
The Catholic Virtues
By Ray Sullivan
Virtues! We all think we have virtues, but so many people can’t name more than a few of them. In the Catholic Church, there are three very distinct categories of virtues which we all should be praying to have more of. The first category is known as the Cardinal Virtues, the second is known as the Theological Virtues, and the third is the Capital Virtues.
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Ideas for New Year's Resolutions
Ideas for New Year's Resolutions
By De Maria
How about, studying the Catechism? It's free, simple and effective. You get one email a day (MON-FRI) and cover the entire catechism in a year!
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Living with a 400 year Russian Byzantine Icon of Jesus Christ Pantocrator of Sinai.
Living with a 400 year Russian Byzantine Icon of Jesus Christ Pantocrator of Sinai.
By Stephen Lowe
One of the persons whom I helped with medicines and equipment to help his ten (10) year old daughter, knowing that I collect Russian Art, gifted me the 17th Century Byzantine Russian Icon of Jesus Christ Pantocrator. This valuable Icon has been in a Russian Church in Leningrad and in several other cities, where the Russian Orthodox Christians offered millions of candles during 400 years.
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An Open Letter to Grief
An Open Letter to Grief
By Jennifer Elia
For all of those who are hurting and grieving this Christmas season, know that grief is not the end. The sun will come up again, you must have hope because there is always hope, ALWAYS!
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The Christian Roots of Human Dignity
The Christian Roots of Human Dignity
By Josef Bordat
In order to respect every human being in its own personality as a person with inalienable rights one needs a set of ethical values as an absolute foundation to which reference is possible when needed. This kind of absolute anthropological postulate stands contrary to the relativism in human rights that makes human dignity a value determined by utilitarian ideas of the human being.
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5 ways to get out of the Sign of Peace
5 ways to get out of the Sign of Peace
By Traditional Catholic Guy
I’m not really going to preface this article except for the fact that a few friends and I were visiting a parish, singing at Christmas Mass, and the sign of peace was very long; so long in fact that it seemed that everyone had to shake hands with everybody in order for Mass to continue.
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Contemplating Marriage?
Contemplating Marriage?
By Richard Maffeo
I remember it well. I was 22, on active duty with the US Navy in a foreign country – and very lonely. I wanted to get married before I got too old and lost my opportunity to find a suitable life-mate.
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Come, Bless God's Creatures Great and Small
Come, Bless God's Creatures Great and Small
By Melanie Jean Juneau
When God's creatures are blessed and surrounded by the love of God, they absorb and reflect His love back in seemingly miraculous ways. My husband and I stumbled on this truth during the twenty years we raised nine kids and an odd assortment of farm animals and pets on a small family farm in eastern Ontario, Canada.
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Do You Hear Jesus Calling You?
Do You Hear Jesus Calling You?
By Carol Ann Chybowski
The Gospels are all about Jesus’ to each person individually. All the Old Testament prophets Attested to the fact that God was calling His people to come back to Him, and also proclaiming the one who would call to all peoples. John the Baptist, the herald, first pointed all Israel toward the coming of the Messiah. Once the Messiah had come, he pointed his own disciples toward Jesus too.
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Why Christians Don't Need to Eat Kosher
Why Christians Don't Need to Eat Kosher
By Casey Truelove
Over the years, I've met a few fellow Christians who claim that we are still called by God to eat the same diet (kosher) as the Hebrew people in the Old Testament.
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Are You Saved ?
Are You Saved ?
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Forty years ago, when I was still a Protestant, I looked at Catholics with suspicion. Catholicism seemed like a cult that worshiped Mary and idolized statues. I pictured Catholics rattling off memorized prayers as clouds of eerie incense billowed around them, bells rang, and candles illuminated their pagan rituals.
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Christmas
Christmas
By Steve Reasbeck
Sitting here thinking too much; about this day and what it means. To be honest, Christmas can be kind of depressing, too, sometimes. I spent part of the morning looking at old photos, old photos of Christmas when I was a young person. Dad had this rule that the kids should spend Christmas in their own home, which, come to think of it, is not a bad rule.
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On Death and Dying
On Death and Dying
By Mallory Hoffman
I'm going to assume that I am alone in wondering about this. Carrie Fischer died recently, and she was one of many celebrities who have died this year. People are dredging themselves in sorrow about the loss of these talented and not so talented artists claiming that 2016 has been a horrible year because of these deaths.
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Find Christ's Joy In Your Deepest Wounds
Find Christ's Joy In Your Deepest Wounds
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Most people assume they will automatically feel cheerful during the Christmas season. Not only does the Church celebrate the birth of our Saviour with joy, secular society also promotes the idea that everybody is happy during this season, bombarding us with images in the media of lighthearted people giving gifts and enjoying each other’s company.
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Divine Mercy And The Three Kings
Divine Mercy And The Three Kings
By Kathy Lamb
At morning Mass, I wanted to take notes on Father’s homily but my notebook was not in my purse. Then I remembered I left it in the car. As I walked out of the church and headed to my car after Mass, the sun beckoned me. I looked up.
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