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Break This- For Me
Break This- For Me
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Each Sunday we watch as he is broken apart. The priest raises his hands high so we can't miss the tearing apart of the host. But only when I read Pope Francis' homily for the Solemnity we celebrate today, Corpus Christi, did I realize the priest is recreating the breaking of the body of Christ on the cross.
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A Handbook for Victims of a Curse
A Handbook for Victims of a Curse
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
One of the most disconcerting types of suffering is that which results from being targeted by another person with an evil curse, (similar to a hex, which is a witchcraft-induced evil spell). A curse or hex may take any of countless manifestations, physical or emotional suffering, financial stress, employment problems, etc.
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First, you pray!
First, you pray!
By Norma Elaine Robertson
I think it's really crazy how God gives. God is very generous, so when you ask for something you need to be prepared for something generous! Every day I pray to use the gifts that He has given me to help others, to help my brothers and sisters, to build the body of His Church, to keep His body moving!
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Love, Death and a Mother's Pain...
Love, Death and a Mother's Pain...
By Carlos Espinosa
In The Passion of the Christ, there is a beautiful and heart-wrenching scene where, after witnessing the brutal scourging and unjust trial of her son, Mary sees Jesus falling as He carries the Cross. The images flash back to what appears to be a distant memory of a time when Jesus fell as a child and started crying. Mary was there to pick Him up and comfort him in her arms.
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Why do we depend upon Mary's Immaculate Conception?
Why do we depend upon Mary's Immaculate Conception?
By Troy Kroening
Surely, there are many reasons why Mary was immaculately conceived, some of which we may never truly know or understand until we obtain heavenly perfection, but Mary's immaculate conception is a necessary piece of our own redemption.
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Christianity and The Gang Epidemic
Christianity and The Gang Epidemic
By Logan Holder
In 2013, I was jumped into the Gangster Disciple Nation by my older brother in Alabama. I remember vividly the hard punches to my chest that left bruising and busted blood vessels along the center of my body. After my initiation, I quickly found myself longing to earn the respect of my affiliates.
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Turning People Away While Trying to Get Them Involved
Turning People Away While Trying to Get Them Involved
By Tess Shore
One day after Mass, I was approached by a woman recruiting parishioners for an upcoming retreat program. When I started to ask her some questions, her response was, “I need to get to work.” This response made me sad. I was happy she was trying to be a dynamic Catholic through her involvement with this retreat, but I was sad because she was not willing to answer my questions.
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Peter Pan: Why the World Needs Him to Grow Up
Peter Pan: Why the World Needs Him to Grow Up
By Rose Canavan
Children are usually divided up into two categories; the stuffy ones who want nothing more to do with childhood and anxiously await the responsibility of adulthood, and the cheerful youthful ones with the wild imaginations and boundless energy.
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The New Child Sacrifice?
The New Child Sacrifice?
By Adam Hitch
Recently, I have taken the lead with my county’s Right to Life affiliate in Northern Michigan. As I pondered the prolife movement in general, and abortion in particular, I am left with a horrifying thought. Is abortion the latest version of child sacrifice?
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Works of Mercy
Works of Mercy
By Deacon Ken Ramsey
After I had left life as a public official and followed my calling to the Diaconate, I found that my circle of friends underwent a major transition. I found that a lot of the people that were constantly in my life when I was in public office were no longer anywhere to be found.
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What A Miracle Confession Is!
What A Miracle Confession Is!
By Kathy Lamb
Two amazing things happened that I want to tell you about. These two happenings are connected.
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In Defense of Marriage
In Defense of Marriage
By Christopher McCarthy
Our modern era has seen no small amount of controversy and debate concerning the issues of contraception and homosexuality. In these two categories alone, a plethora of arguments have been made and remade with some for and others against the Catholic Church’s view of marriage and sexuality. If we disentangle ourselves from these arguments for a moment, we are immediately able to perceive an intrig
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A Lack of Obedience
A Lack of Obedience
By Teresa Hurst
The old codger removed the corncob pipe from his mouth and shook it in the air for emphasis as he opined, “That’s the problem with young people today…
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The Body and Blood: Super Symbol or Super-Natural?
The Body and Blood: Super Symbol or Super-Natural?
By Bill Dunn
This weekend at Mass we celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. The second reading, from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, describes what Jesus did at the Last Supper: “The Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’
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Jesus tells me to uncover every stone.
Jesus tells me to uncover every stone.
By Kathy Lamb
This morning after reading the gospe,l you began your homily by telling us that these things from the gospel still matter today. You said, “What matters most is what’s going on in our soul. Is every level of our lives in line with Christ? Do we have pure intentions, pure dispositions?
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Pope Saint Eutychian
Pope Saint Eutychian
By Debra Booton McCoy
Pope Saint Eutychian apparently did not live a very exciting life, for there is no information known about him other than his name and the date he probably came to be bishop of Rome. We are not even sure he was on the throne. The Catholic Church states his reign as January, 275 to December 7, 283.
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Relationships
Relationships
By Lucas Sauls
If you type relationships into the search bar on the website www.usccb.org, you get about 3210 return results. If you narrow that down to just the New Testament, you get down to about 47, but surprisingly, there is a statement about it in every single book of the New Testament
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