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The wonderful world of levitating, dragon killing, head carrying saints
The wonderful world of levitating, dragon killing, head carrying saints
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
It's amazing the cool, unique, and just plain crazy stories you can find about the saints if you take some time to delve into our brothers and sisters of the faith. Who needs TV, the movies, or video games, when you have these incredibly unbelievable stories of real life people.
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Speaking in Tongues Part 1
Speaking in Tongues Part 1
By Mike Bugal
In writing to the Church at Corinth Saint Paul took three chapters of his first letter to them to discuss the subject of spiritual gifts. Among the many problems with that church was an inappropriate obsession with what is called “the sign gifts”.
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Suffering and Hope
Suffering and Hope
By Mariel Roersma
Those verses are important. God wants us to have hope even in the midst of storms, even when going through suffering. He does not want us to give up, think that what we are going through is too hard, or that we are not able to get through things. He wants to grow, to become stronger, to find Him in hard times, to go to Him and ask for His love.
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How I Learned To Pray!
How I Learned To Pray!
By Kathy Lamb
I attended a lesson at church on how to pray. I took notes. I learned good ways to pray. I learned how prayer can help me get closer to God. But I wondered how easy it is for most people to just jump in and pray these different ways?
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Reflections on The Passion – Victory and Salvation
Reflections on The Passion – Victory and Salvation
By Frank J. Maduri
In reflecting upon the Stations of the Cross over the past few weeks, I had several ideas, and I kept recurring back to a similar theme: the victory and salvation Jesus won for us all on the Holy Cross at His Crucifixion.
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Good Parenting Doesn't Guarantee Good Results
Good Parenting Doesn't Guarantee Good Results
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky
Last Thursday, I found myself engaged in a parent-teacher conference of sorts. Since we're home schoolers, parent-teacher conferences generally look like me getting pulled aside by a fellow parent so they can inform me of some disappointing situation my offspring has engaged in or facilitated.
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A Master Waiting on the Servant? Preposterous
A Master Waiting on the Servant? Preposterous
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading, Jesus told an interesting little parable. He compared being a disciple with being a servant on a big estate. At the end of a hot day, the servant came in from working in the fields, and he did not expect the master of the estate to invite him to dinner.
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Lightning Flash vs. Bread Crumbs
Lightning Flash vs. Bread Crumbs
By Xavier Mora
More than likely we know someone who has had a “lightning flash” moment with our Lord and must share that experience with everyone they know, because of their generosity and well, lightning! I mean it’s hard to deny the wonder that surround these experiences and to not be somewhat jealous of such a clear sign of Divine Love and Mercy.
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Her Wounds……Our Gateway to Healing and Wholeness Part 1
Her Wounds……Our Gateway to Healing and Wholeness Part 1
By James Berkon
When I woke up the other morning (August 26th), my roommates told me it was the feast day commemorating the Black Madonna. I saw this beautiful image while taking a class trip to Czestochowa, Poland in 2003.
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How Much Does God Love Mary?
How Much Does God Love Mary?
By Sherry Kenner
I was attending First Friday Mass with my husband and was happy to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation prior to Mass. Some people find sitting in a confessional to be daunting and humiliating. I find that sitting with my parish priest, who represents Jesus, to be a peace-rendering experience; one that humbles me before my God and lifts my soul with His Grace.
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We Can't Give Up: Why Marriage Matters
We Can't Give Up: Why Marriage Matters
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky
Hardly surprised that we were headed toward troubled waters again, I thought I knew enough to weather the storm (fairly) unscathed. After years of marriage, we've endured more than a few disagreements, but most of the time we've easily found our footing and resolved our differences.
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Where would we be without the Cross?
Where would we be without the Cross?
By Fr. Bede Camera, O.S.B.
Let us reflect first on one simply reality: if it were not for the cross, we wouldn’t be here now. I would never have written these words, and you would never have read them. Without the cross of Christ, our lives would be so much different, and, dare I say, so empty and meaningless and ultimately hopeless. So let us first of all give thanks for that.
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Facing up
Facing up
By Elizabeth Hoyle
It has always been difficult, for me anyway, to decide if I’m going to face the priest in the confessional or not. For quite a while I didn’t have a choice since the church I went to didn’t have very many screened confessionals. Even when forced to sit in front of the priest, I didn’t look him in the eye as I confessed my sins and was given my penance.
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What is Scripture?
What is Scripture?
By Mike Bugal
Besides writing these articles for Catholic365.com, part of the ministry that we do online is to read the articles written by others on the various Catholic blogs/websites and respond to some of the questions raised by the Protestants that tend to lurk around Catholic pages… especially on the Facebook side.
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Letter to Tim Kaine, Vice-Presidential Candidate
Letter to Tim Kaine, Vice-Presidential Candidate
By Patti J. Mitchell
As a proud convert to Catholicism, I am aghast and appalled by your proclaiming to be a devout Catholic. According to the dictionary, devout means: deeply religious; devoted to a particular religion; loyal to something; devoted to a particular belief, organization, person, etc. Being devout also means we have a responsibility to God and the Church to follow our faith and be an example to others.
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Slaves to Sin No More
Slaves to Sin No More
By C.L. Killgore
I used to have a professor who would say, “The only true freedom is the freedom from slavery to sin.” He said it often. I don’t know what else I learned in his classes off the top of my head, but those words are clearly etched in my brain (which I suspect was his point).
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The Moral Virtues - essay 1 - Truthfulness
The Moral Virtues - essay 1 - Truthfulness
By Linda Kracht
This is the first of a series of essays that will delve into the moral virtues over the course of this school year. As the Catechism suggests, all of us grow in moral virtue through education, practice, and perseverance.
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