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The Choice of Love
The Choice of Love
By Lucas Sauls
Sometimes things just happen to hit you when you least expect it. Riding in my car on the way to work, which for me is a great time to just meditate on the day ahead and have a conversation with God, this theme kept popping up in my mind. For whatever reason, the thought that was coming up would not get out of my mind. Because of that, I am feeling moved to dive deeper into this..
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I'm being touched by God on all levels of longing
I'm being touched by God on all levels of longing
By Kathy Lamb
You are my God. You are the God of all. God before creation. God through the ages. God of heaven and earth. Lover of everything living. My Love before I was. My Love Now. My Love for eternity
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Forgiveness and Prayer
Forgiveness and Prayer
By Lucas Sauls
Forgiveness is something that I have always struggled with. My past issues with my father were something that, until recently, I had not learned how to actually forgive. Time is supposed to be a healer when it comes to these matters, but I had held this grudge against him for so many years
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Are Commandments Obsolete?
Are Commandments Obsolete?
By Donna Kendall
Whether a society has the luxury of enjoying an era of unabashed liberty or the misfortune of staggering beneath the yoke of oppression, the idea of being commanded can be distasteful and repellent.
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Precious life
Precious life
By George Calleja
Our life is very precious. Everyday of our lives is an opportunity to love.....to love the people around us.
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Trial by Divorce
Trial by Divorce
By Gabriel Owen Jenkins
It is said that divorce is survivable. Past the horrible gut wrenching feeling of having your heart torn from your chest. There is hope and light within the greatest warfare that the devil has brought to the earth. As I found myself sobbing over my sins in Confession hoping that maybe just maybe if I tell all the truth this time the Lord would spare me. My confessor spoke the most comforting words
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Jesus, live in my heart.
Jesus, live in my heart.
By Kathy Lamb
Jesus, love of my heart, I love you. Jesus, joy of my heart, I love you. Jesus, devotion of my heart, I love you.
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Pornography, the killing of a person.
Pornography, the killing of a person.
By Troy Kroening
It seems harsh to compare pornography with killing. After all, with almost all pornography the person is still alive. Though the person may still alive, with pornography the person is not viewed as a person, but an object. I would contend that anything that lessens a person to an object removes the personhood of the individual and thus kills the person.
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The Broken Nun
The Broken Nun
By Marie Murphy Duess
I knew it the moment my daughter said, “Oh, no, Mama...” She was washing her hands in the kitchen sink. I didn’t hear it crash... I heard nothing but, “Oh, no, Mama...” and my heart sank.
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Discovering Prayer: Crown of Roses
Discovering Prayer: Crown of Roses
By James Dsouza
For last few years, I have been on a silent lone journey with my God. I was never drawn to recital prayers like rosary. I was never really drawn to Mother Mary. I was pretty much into personal prayer of praise and worship.
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Images of "Breath of Heaven" Filling Hearts with Grace
Images of "Breath of Heaven" Filling Hearts with Grace
By Mary Rivers
Images of the “Breath of Heaven” Filling Hearts With Grace
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Intro to the Eastern Catholic Churches Part III: The Alexandrian Rite
Intro to the Eastern Catholic Churches Part III: The Alexandrian Rite
By Nicholas LaBanca
The universal Catholic Church has many different ways of expressing the fullness of the Truth handed down by Christ to His Apostles and their successors. We see these different ways of expressing our Catholic faith manifested in the Churches of the West and the East,
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Lessons I Learned from the Lutherans
Lessons I Learned from the Lutherans
By Pam Spano
Our daughter graduated from college in May. My husband and I have been to many college graduations, but this one was different. It wasn’t different because it was our daughter, it was different because she graduated from a Lutheran college.
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Sacred Silence
Sacred Silence
By Dianne Marie
Are you listening? Can you hear Jesus calling? If not, you might want to take a minute or ten to quiet yourself and listen for His gentle voice. That's exactly what I got to do tonight. We had a healing Mass - an opportunity to bring our pain, sufferings, challenges, fears, and give it all to God.
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12 Baskets of Brokenness
12 Baskets of Brokenness
By Charles Johnston
Anyone that is a Christian is familiar with the story of the five loaves and two fish that fed five thousand.
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No Crowds--No Applause Here
No Crowds--No Applause Here
By Elizabeth Thomas
Everyday---each person goes through the motions of living life—loving, caring, serving, helping—well just one act at a time: we are the hands and heart of Jesus. Sometimes however, we may feel I am not doing enough or I am not making a difference.
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Catholic Writing and the Grotesque
Catholic Writing and the Grotesque
By Joseph Michael
After reading a recent short story I wrote, my wife turned from her bar stool at our kitchen counter and shot me a disconcerting look; she paused, looked back at the computer, then back at me, and asked “why would you write something like that?” She is not the first person to approach me, either in person or via electronic media to inquire as to why my writing tends to be on the macabre side.
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