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Man's Helplessness and Christ's Power
Man's Helplessness and Christ's Power
By Mary Rivers
The entrance hymn echoes in my mind as the gospel of Jesus is read. This gospel tells of Jesus curing the man who had been at the famous pool of Bethesda (means House of Mercy) in Jerusalem. Jesus has come down from the other Bethesda (Bethesda Julius), located north, where the fjords of the Jordan enter the Sea of Galilee on a grassy plain;
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The Reason for My Hope
The Reason for My Hope
By Samuel Matthews
Where there is life, there is hope, or so the saying goes. But perhaps it ought to be that where there is hope, there is life, for without hope what reason is there to live? There is not a lot of hope in our culture of death.
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The Paraclete Will Instruct You in Everything
The Paraclete Will Instruct You in Everything
By Kathy Lamb
So lavish are the bountiful gifts of The Holy Spirit that it’s impossible to give a meaningful account of each. Only by calling upon the Holy Spirit for guidance will I dare attempt to describe these nonpareil heavenly gifts.
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The Inconvenient Truth
The Inconvenient Truth
By Anne Gerard
In our society today, as throughout history, there is a delicate subject that deserves relearning in the eyes of God. That subject is human sexuality. This topic, as understood in the ways of the world, is contradictory to what we learn through scripture in the ways of the Lord. In giving us free will, God left our choices in all things up to us.
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Prayers We All Should Know: The Guardian Angel Prayer
Prayers We All Should Know: The Guardian Angel Prayer
By Trish Stukbauer
As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. Over time, many of these prayers have been sadly neglected or just not taught – and as a result, not said – as often as they once were.
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Chickenpox, Canned Peaches, and Mother Mary
Chickenpox, Canned Peaches, and Mother Mary
By Sue Hallett
When I was five, my mother, my sister, and I moved in with my grandparents. My mother’s marriage had collapsed, due to my father’s schizophrenia, and she went back to college to earn a teaching certificate. She spent each week in an undergraduate dorm at the college, and came home on the weekends, while my grandparents looked after my sister and me. During that time my Grandma had serio
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Capitalism, Socialism, and Catholicism: Four Things to Know
Capitalism, Socialism, and Catholicism: Four Things to Know
By Leonard Wathen
With another presidential election quickly approaching, the economy is a frequent topic of political conversation. The debates typically present two economic alternatives: either “Capitalism” or “Socialism.”
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Faith and the Cubs
Faith and the Cubs
By Matt Kresich
One thing everyone knew about me growing up was my love for the Chicago Cubs. No matter where I was during the summer, you could always find me with a Cubbie blue hat and some variation of a Cubs jersey. I am just old enough to remember the 2003 NLCS in which the Lovable Losers missed the World Series by a couple outs.
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Was It Enough?
Was It Enough?
By Ramon Martinez
In the Scripture found in Matthew 26:31-45 we read about the moments when Jesus is talking to his apostles and tells them that on this particular night they will all desert him. Peter declares to Jesus that “If everyone else deserts you, I won’t.” We also see in this passage where Jesus goes to a solitary place in the Garden of Gethsamene to pray,
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Faith in Evidence
Faith in Evidence
By Mike Bugal
One of the mistakes that the world makes about Catholicism is that our Faith is a blind faith. In other words, they think that we believe what we believe in spite of the evidence. The whole purpose of those of us involved the field of Apologetics is to demonstrate the evidence for the faith as far as it’s possible to do so.
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Fishes, Loaves and Houses Built On Sand
Fishes, Loaves and Houses Built On Sand
By Ross Decker
We all have known people who claim to be Christians but we see that their actions don't support that claim. Of course, sometimes that is us. That's a tricky situation, because we can't fully grasp their thoughts or their motives.
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God of Peace, I am Your Child
God of Peace, I am Your Child
By Kathy Lamb
My son Paul has said to me, “Mom being with you is like being with a small child!” And when I visited my Son Jason in Seattle a few months ago he told me, “You’re just like a child. You say whatever comes into your head. You jump around from one thing to another.”
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Money Back Guarantee
Money Back Guarantee
By Jen Schlameuss-Perry
Recently, an Evangelical minister promised a money back guarantee to his congregation: that if they did not receive blessings in their lives, they could have their tithe back. This sparked a fury of commentaries from Christians everywhere—sarcastic and funny responses about the fact that everything is a blessing and that this guy was totally missing the point.
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How I became a weekday sacristan!
How I became a weekday sacristan!
By Kathy Lamb
If the only thing we own is our sinfulness, then our forgetfulness, mess ups, mix ups are gifts from God and serve a purpose. Yes, Jesus asks us to be perfect as he is perfect.
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O, Cross of Christ
O, Cross of Christ
By Jean Smith
On Good Friday, Pope Francis closed the reenactment of the Way of the Cross with a beautiful prayer entitled, “To the Cross of Christ” I was amazed at the way our Holy See led us to see how we as humans carry our crosses or refuse to carry our crosses.
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Looking deeper into why young adults leave the Catholic Church
Looking deeper into why young adults leave the Catholic Church
By Tess Shore
The statistic is astonishing: According to a recent Pew Research survey, there are six young adults leaving the Catholic Church for every person coming into the Catholic Church. Additional statistics may suggest that droves of young adults are leaving due to various issues.
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St. Thomas- Gifts of Doubt and Faith
St. Thomas- Gifts of Doubt and Faith
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
History gives St. Thomas the Apostle a bit of a bad rap. Most of us consider him as ‘doubting Thomas’ remembering only his impudence.
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