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Poetry: "Battlefield"
Poetry: "Battlefield"
By Frank J. Maduri
I’m putting on my armor I’m polishing up my shield I feel my heart start to stir I’m ready for the battlefield
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Becoming Children Day 13
Becoming Children Day 13
By Lori Conklin
“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18: 1-3)
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"The Witch": A (Theological) Movie Review
"The Witch": A (Theological) Movie Review
By Kathleen Troost-Cramer
First off, full disclosure: I love horror movies. No, no, not slasher films with nothing but blood, guts, and profanity. Yuck. Those are just gross. I also simply don’t find them scary at all.
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Big Tents, Big Hearts, Small Worlds
Big Tents, Big Hearts, Small Worlds
By Ross Decker
My first exposure to Catholicism was through my aunt Thelma. My uncle Joe was Catholic also, but the image of Catholicism, for me, at an early age, was Aunt Thelma. I still have very clear images of her in the pews at St Mary of the Assumption. She was silent, attentive. My mother said she was devout. It was the first time I'd heard the word but it was an accurate one.
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Battle Prayer for Married Couples
Battle Prayer for Married Couples
By Greg Schlueter
There are a good number of married couples under attack right now. Of course they are. They have the audacity to live their call, to make God who is Love known. The Enemy doesn't like that. He hates Love. He hates God. He hates us. He whispers lies. He twists. He preys upon weakness.
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The BEST Questions to Prepare Your Toddlers for Mass
The BEST Questions to Prepare Your Toddlers for Mass
By Melanie R. Cameron
We Mama's have read endless debates about managing our children's behavior in Mass and how other people outside our families perceive our children's behavior in Mass.
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Heaven's Heroes
Heaven's Heroes
By Dom Perry
A hero in the early Church usually meant that someone stood up for belief in Christ, and therefore was martyred for that belief in a painful death--what does it mean today, more importantly what will it mean in the future? It means the same thing today and tomorrow. It means seeking God and the salvation of one's soul.
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It's tangible! … Let's not miss out on feeling Mother Mary's loving closeness and protection!
It's tangible! … Let's not miss out on feeling Mother Mary's loving closeness and protection!
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
When I was a little girl, I loved dressing up in my aunt’s hats, heels, and scarves. I liked identifying with her. I liked the feeling of pretending to be her; practicing to walk in her steps; attempting to be grown up.
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Consider the Season
Consider the Season
By Helen Losse
I was a child of ten and had, from my folding chair at a Sunday morning service at the campground’s Inspiration Point,
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Making the Sign of the Cross
Making the Sign of the Cross
By Richard Maffeo
My earliest recollection of seeing anyone make the sign of the cross was when I watched Bing Crosby in “Going My Way” and “The Bells of St. Mary’s.” Of course, as a Jew, I never thought much about the practice. I figured it was a “Catholic” thing. And besides, Jews prayed differently.
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Forgiveness Day 12
Forgiveness Day 12
By Lori Conklin
Forgive them Father for they know not what they do. As Jesus hung dying on the cross.
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Resurrection Evidence: Some Alternative Theories Part 2 and Conclusion
Resurrection Evidence: Some Alternative Theories Part 2 and Conclusion
By Mike Bugal
This is the oldest of the theories, the very one put forth by the first enemies of Christ and the Church: The Sanhedrin themselves. In Matthew’s account of the Resurrection we read: “Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened
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Heaven is NOT Automatic
Heaven is NOT Automatic
By Lorrie McNickle
It seems that in recent years the idea of Hell has become relative and mythical to most of us. I know many individual Catholics as well as other Christian people and whole religious denominations that discard the idea of Hell totally. They declare there is no such “state” or “place”.
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One way to say Thank You...
One way to say Thank You...
By Ana Braga-Henebry
Far away in South America, in a land untouched by the ravages of winter, lives my dearest aunt. My mother's only sister, she never married and was often at our large family home, giving my mother a hand with her numerous offspring. I was one of the youngest, and I remember my aunt’s presence and guidance at many of my childhood milestones.
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One Written Word: The Relationship Between the Old and the New
One Written Word: The Relationship Between the Old and the New
By Jonathan Hayes
“The New Testament lies hidden in the Old, and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.” -St. Augustine These beautiful words by such a beloved Saint are shown to be true over and over again as one reads, studies, and falls in love with the Scriptures.
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Workplace Conversations on Confession and the Priesthood...
Workplace Conversations on Confession and the Priesthood...
By Carlos Espinosa
"Confessing to a priest?" the man said dismissively, as we were about to start our editorial meeting at work. "I haven't gone to Confession with a priest since I was 11-years-old!" (Mind you, the man is pushing 60!) He went on, "I knew too many priests who were scoundrels and I ain't about to confess to no scoundrel priest. No way!"
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Helping Hand
Helping Hand
By Fr. Jude M. Serfino
Lord, you opened your hand to all of us and we nailed you on the cross when we sin or disobey you. Make our hands ready to help. Remove the painful memories which our hand might have done.
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