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Please Come Home!!
Please Come Home!!
By Kathy Lamb
I was not actually on the Evangelization team at our church but I had talked to Father a while back about my desire to find a way to bring back non-practicing Catholics. I didn’t know at the time that plans were already in place for our parish to participate in *Catholics Come Home as part of the Church's **New Evangelization which focuses efforts on bringing Catholics back to the Church.
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Protestants and Catholics: Striving for Church Unity
Protestants and Catholics: Striving for Church Unity
By Victoria Pangia
Psalm 133:1 states "how good it is when people live in unity!" There are other messages like this all over the bible (1 Corinthians 1:10, Ephesians 4:3, 11-13, 1 Peter 3:8, Romans 12:16...just to name a few). Case and point, God does not desire for there to be over 35,000 different denominations of Christianity. There is only one truth.
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My Autonomy is Better than Yours
My Autonomy is Better than Yours
By Jennifer Edwards
I faced a crisis pregnancy once. I remember the fear. I also remember the people who helped me overcome it. I was also in the womb of a woman facing a crisis pregnancy once.
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The Skull
The Skull
By Susan Skinner
Have you ever wondered why there are so many pictures of Saints with skulls? It seems so morbid, and yet, it is so profound. Most say it is because the Saints are contemplating their own mortality. Still others say it is more; that it is representative of dying to oneself and putting on the life of Christ.
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Together we confess: By grace alone
Together we confess: By grace alone
By De Maria
These words are found in the “JOINT DECLARATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION” by the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church. Apparently, based upon these words, many Catholics are beginning to say that the Catholic Church teaches salvation by grace alone. I beg to differ.
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The Challenge of Being A Peacemaker
The Challenge of Being A Peacemaker
By Evelyn Augusto
Are we born or are we made peacemakers? I wondered about this as the choir sung our congregation out through the open doors of the church and into the bright sunlight. I blinked and felt a bit sheepish as I sang along: “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.”
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Nine (9) Thoughts, Inching Along To The Golden Rule
Nine (9) Thoughts, Inching Along To The Golden Rule
By Catherine M. J. Mary Evans
1. Love the Lord God: heart, soul and strength. Celestine is the Saint whose Mom asked her 12 kids which one would give her the joy of becoming a saint and he, as a little child, said that he would. Now, that's putting you're all into it.
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The Charter for Happiness
The Charter for Happiness
By Christopher McCarthy
There has without a doubt been no shortage of reflections and commentaries done on The Sermon of the Mount over the centuries. For some, it might seem like a cliché to revisit such a well-expounded topic. However, the reality is that The Sermon on the Mount is a virtually inexhaustible source of inspiration for the Christian life.
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Anchor yourself
Anchor yourself
By Susan Skinner
In my prayer of late, the Anchor keeps coming to me. Now, I have always known that the anchor is a symbol of hope. But what I didn’t know was that the anchor was often used as a symbol in early Christianity. An Anchor represents safety. As I pray, I know our safety lies with the Barque of Peter, Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Mother. Anchor yourself there.
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Is America Now A Nation of Pontius Pilates?
Is America Now A Nation of Pontius Pilates?
By Nate Lauer
Consider Pontius Pilate. Consider that many Americans have become Pontius Pilate. Note how Pilate at least feigns Mercy, is hesitant to have Christ Jesus crucified. He wants to be merciful, at least it seems. Many barriers seem to be in his way to simply releasing Jesus, barriers of fear and cowardice that he has put there, or that he refuses to try to climb over with faith.
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Religious/Spiritual clubs vs The Church!
Religious/Spiritual clubs vs The Church!
By Paul Couturier
Many of the posts I’ve seen here on Catholic365.com are from converts to our Catholic Christian faith, either from non-Catholic Christian denominations, non-christian religions, or from no belief system. There are even some reverts! I love reading their stories, and I’d love to have feedback on this post especially from these converts and reverts!
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"I Am His Beloved, and He Is Mine": Reflections on Henri Nouwen's "Life of the Beloved" (Part 1)
"I Am His Beloved, and He Is Mine": Reflections on Henri Nouwen's "Life of the Beloved" (Part 1)
By Shannon Whitmore
“I am His Beloved, and He is mine” (Song of Songs 6:3). It’s quite possibly my favorite passage in all of Scripture. There is just something about being called ‘Beloved’ that speaks to the heart, especially to that of a woman. We long to be loved, to be called the Beloved, and in a way, to be possessed.
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The Crusades: Good, Bad, And Ugly And What They Teach Christians Of Today
The Crusades: Good, Bad, And Ugly And What They Teach Christians Of Today
By Nate Lauer
If you are at all familiar with The Crusades, the major Christian warrior campaign of the Middle Ages to reclaim the Holy Land, the one thing that most people have in common in their mind’s eye is an image of a strong, threatening, looming knight on horseback sword in hand with a shield displaying the Saint George Flag
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Marriage, Year 1: Five Things I Learned about Striving to be a Holy Spouse
Marriage, Year 1: Five Things I Learned about Striving to be a Holy Spouse
By none
I recently attended a wedding that made me feel nostalgic for the early days of my marriage. The bride truly couldn’t have been more beautiful as she processed down the aisle on the arm of her father with her veil over her glowing face.
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Be in Communion-answering a Protestant
Be in Communion-answering a Protestant
By Susan Skinner
I have always loved the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe by Octavio Ocampo. You can see all the people in the image, even down to her eyelids where you can see a sombrero on a man. All of us together as one, with Our Lady who looks down indicating, there is one greater than I. All of us in communion with Him.
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Having trouble connecting to God?
Having trouble connecting to God?
By Troy Kroening
Ever feel like there is something getting in the way of your connection with God? Praying feels just one-sided?
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Is Your Compassion a Cover for Your Hypocrisy?
Is Your Compassion a Cover for Your Hypocrisy?
By Lorrie McNickle
Is sin, blasphemy, sacrilege, lukewarm faith and indifference, all very prevalent in today’s world, in our societies and in our hearts?
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