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Question: Do Catholics Worship Statues?
Question: Do Catholics Worship Statues?
By Charlie Johnston
Full question by anonymous: When Catholics pray before statues and kiss images of Christ or Mary aren’t they engaging in idolatry?
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In Memory
In Memory
By Mariel Roersma
As you go through life, you connect with people for various reasons. You might share the same interests, you might have similar personalities, or you might just have enough in common to be drawn to each other. There are some who once you are connected remain in your life for a lot of years, and some for just a short time.
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Do you do the little things?
Do you do the little things?
By Troy Kroening
We have such grand ambitions and want to do great things. By doing so, we miss the little things that we should or could be doing. We miss that little things done with great love are great things. This concept comes from St. Therese of Lisieux, better known as the Little Flower.
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True Freedom and the Beautiful Life
True Freedom and the Beautiful Life
By Tony Crescio
Our country is once again on the eve of the celebration of our Independence Day, a day which we rightly commemorate because of the victory won for human dignity; as freedom was gained for a people to live life according to the dictates of conscience, not the mandate of the state.
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How Much Does Entertainment Cost?
How Much Does Entertainment Cost?
By Shawn Roche
We in America are often told to think ourselves fortunate. We can wake up without fear of persecution and death. We see food in our cupboards and clothes without holes in our closets. There is money in our wallets, ready to pay for our favorite morning drink at the most popular coffee shops in our area!
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Decision Making
Decision Making
By Lucas Sauls
I have written a lot of posts on choices. Everyday, just living in general, we make hundreds upon hundreds of them. We are constantly weighing the options of what ever situation it is that we have in front of us. Whether the choice be a very minute one, or something that can be earth shattering, if we are breathing, have a pulse, and still have a half sense about us, we are making choices.
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When you say you love me...
When you say you love me...
By Carleigh Lutz
All men seek to love, and be loved in return. In a world in which ideal love seems to be crashing down around society in backseat promises, selfishness, and fear, love is not love anymore. Well, at least, it’s not what it should be. There is now “love” and then there is love. You can take a guess at which is better.
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School of Mercy Doctorate – Dealing with Parents
School of Mercy Doctorate – Dealing with Parents
By Flávia Ghelardi
The wounds caused by the parent in their children´s souls certainly are the most difficult to heal. That´s why we´re talking about “School of Mercy Doctorate”. To get a doctor´s degree, we need to study hard and make many sacrifices and the process is long. In the same way, to be able to act with mercy when our parents wounded us, we need a lot of patience and many sacrifices.
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Making the Daily Divine: The Divine Office Explained
Making the Daily Divine: The Divine Office Explained
By Marcos Lopez
When Catholics are asked what they struggle with most, the answer is often prayer. Prayer is an especially difficult practice for us to keep because it is often understated and easy to forget about in the bustle of our everyday lives. We often forget to pray before meals, and we most certainly forget to pray throughout the day.
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On Vocations
On Vocations
By Joseph Michael
When you’ve attended Catholic schooling your entire life as I have, there are things that are engrained in you from an early age that non-Catholics or public school Catholics might not fully grasp in the same manner. Along with terminology—monstrance, vespers, narthex, sacristy, adoration and scapular, just to name a few at random—we learn the meaning and the concept of “vocation” quite early on.
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Brexit and Stemming the Tide of Secular Globalization
Brexit and Stemming the Tide of Secular Globalization
By Joseph Michael
When you keep pushing and bending a piece of wood, one of two things are likely to happen: either the wood breaks, or your hand just might slip and the wood springs back and smacks you in the face. The systematic implementation of and insistence upon a comprehensive policy of globalization and nouveau-Socialism on the Western world over the past 70 or so years was bound to create a powder keg.
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Spotlight, Mercy, and the Future of the Priesthood
Spotlight, Mercy, and the Future of the Priesthood
By Adam Gonzalez
As a general rule, I always say that in order to truly understand a movie, I should see it twice. Yet, after seeing Spotlight, I never thought I would watch it again; it was hard enough the first time. But, when my Mom mentioned she wanted to see it, I told her I would go with her, almost without hesitation. Holy Spirit?
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Open Letter to Parents of High School Graduates
Open Letter to Parents of High School Graduates
By Linda Kracht
Congratulations to you and your son or daughter on his/her high school graduation. This is a critical juncture for both students and parents and so we celebrate with much pomp and circumstance
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Sex and the Single Pope
Sex and the Single Pope
By David Kamioner
Let’s first off say it’s rather uncomfortable to talk or hear about sex from anybody you respect, like your parents, a teacher, and especially a priest. Not that it isn’t in a priest’s duty to talk about temptations of the flesh. In fact, as certain sins arise from the subject it can’t be avoided.
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Never Forget That Every Little Effort Counts
Never Forget That Every Little Effort Counts
By Birgit Jones
Last night, a friend of mine posted a Facebook invitation of sorts to one hundred of her closest, local friends. She knew we were all active in the pro-life movement in some way or another and felt called to ask us to write a Letter to the Editor of our local newspaper. Many of us had written in the past.
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Jesus wants to personally give you mercy. Will you let Him?
Jesus wants to personally give you mercy. Will you let Him?
By Troy Kroening
We live very busy lives. Adding another thing to our already busy schedules is rather difficult. Experiencing God’s infinite mercy in a personal way though, sounds like a great reason to add to our schedules. Yes, but what if it may cause us to be uncomfortable?
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The Bread: Symbolic or Substantial?
The Bread: Symbolic or Substantial?
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Not long ago was the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. The bread as the Body of Christ. Inciting the priest to teach just what we ingested when we take that consecrated host into ourselves. We were on the central coast at that time and heard two, maybe three homilies on the real presence. And then another when we got back home.
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