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Don't Put Down What You've Picked Up For Lent
Don't Put Down What You've Picked Up For Lent
By Sarah Mathew
Lent is here. The Ash Wednesday services were packed to standing room only. Morning Mass has doubled in attendance. Many faithful Catholics take on Lenten penances and practices. But come Easter Monday, it is almost with a sense of relief that we return to the routines of our days, Lenten practices forgotten till the next time Lent comes around.
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Want to do God's will? Listen up.
Want to do God's will? Listen up.
By Troy Kroening
No, that does not mean listen to me. Listen to God. (although you can continue reading too) It’s God’s will that you are seeking to accomplish. We cannot just start doing and think or hope that it is God’s will, just because what we are doing seems good.
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I Look For You (Song of Solomon)
I Look For You (Song of Solomon)
By Juan Trujillo
I look for you, like the air to live, with desire, with hope, with necessity.
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The Root of the Issue Day 8
The Root of the Issue Day 8
By Lori Conklin
Jesus is always teaching us in ways we can understand. Or at the least the people who walked the earth when he did, he used common themes to teach deep spiritual truths.
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Resurrection Evidence: Eye Witness Accounts Part 2
Resurrection Evidence: Eye Witness Accounts Part 2
By Mike Bugal
What happened in Jerusalem seven weeks after the first Easter could have taken place only if Jesus' body were somehow missing from Joseph's tomb, for otherwise the Temple establishment, in its imbroglio with the Apostles, would simply have aborted the movement by making a brief trip over to the sepulcher of Joseph of Arimathea and unveiling exhibit A.
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Our Urgent Call | Free Talk by Peter Herbeck
Our Urgent Call | Free Talk by Peter Herbeck
By Greg Schlueter
This is for all of you who've ever been up the mountain. Who have encountered Jesus Christ in a powerful way. Whose lives are changed. Who know it wasn't for a fleeting moment of entertainment, but an outpouring movement of all-in engagement. This is for those of you who desire it.
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The Merciful Retirement Plan
The Merciful Retirement Plan
By Bill Ulivieri
During this Year of Mercy, when there continues to be so much bad news about the economy and stock market. I want to offer readers a small Lenten gift of hope: an economic outlook steeped in "mercy" and faith.
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Pondering in my Heart
Pondering in my Heart
By Ginny Kochis
Twenty weeks into my third pregnancy, I found myself crying hysterically as the ultrasound technician glided a magic wand over my swollen belly. She had just told me I was having a boy. I crumbled.
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Infant Baptism and implied consent
Infant Baptism and implied consent
By De Maria
Earlier this year, we went through our annual first aid and CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) training. And, for the hundredth time, they mentioned a concept which I had heard before, but which I hadn’t connected to our faith before.
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Fasting: The Solution to Many Problems
Fasting: The Solution to Many Problems
By Ellen Gable Hrkach
Wars, persecutions, terrorism, famine, greed, abortion, oppression, immorality, human trafficking, indifference, addictions, suicide, divorce: one need only look at the state of our world and at our own lives to know that there is a spiritual war going on, a battle between good and evil. Many of us feel helpless. Some may even feel hopeless.
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Playing with Fire: Our Dangerous Game
Playing with Fire: Our Dangerous Game
By Greg Schlueter
Our dangerous game. It took place during those drought weeks at the end of summer. We were middle school boys. Restless. Adventurous. In need of reprieve from daylong sports under the watchful eye of our parents. Bonded by a penchant for the mildly reprehensible, we’d venture deep into Wisconsin backwoods.
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Some Slick Answers for Opponents of Transubstantiation and the Real Presence
Some Slick Answers for Opponents of Transubstantiation and the Real Presence
By Nicholas LaBanca
About a month ago, a friend approached me with an idea to get a kind of "Theology on Tap" thing going before poker nights at a local bar. I thought it was a good idea, and what started out as inviting just Catholics to talk on various theological issues, soon grew into inviting people from other Christian denominations.
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Day 7 It's All About Love
Day 7 It's All About Love
By Lori Conklin
Well we are into Lent! How are you doing so far? I am not doing as well as I expected. You see, I sometimes have high expectations of myself and God for that matter. I feel that if I am doing my part things should go smoothly. Like the feeling you get when you are deep in prayer.
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Resurrection Evidence: Eye Witness Accounts Part 1
Resurrection Evidence: Eye Witness Accounts Part 1
By Mike Bugal
There is little evidence more compelling and convincing in a court of law than that of an eye witness. In the case of the Resurrection of Jesus, we fortunately have available to us the testimony of several witnesses to His ministry, death, burial, resurrection and post resurrection appearances.
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The Third, Seventh, and Ninth Stations of the Cross: A Mercy Reflection
The Third, Seventh, and Ninth Stations of the Cross: A Mercy Reflection
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
In the Third, Seventh, and Ninth Stations of the Cross, we remember that Our Blessed Lord fell more than once while carrying His Cross, as He made His way to Golgotha.
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Skip To The End
Skip To The End
By Andrew Decker
*WARNING. This article contains spoilers about your eternal salvation. When I was in 4th grade, my class was reading a book together for English. An early chapter ended in a cliff-hanger, and our teacher asked us to draw a picture of what we thought was going to happen next.
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Our Christian Duty
Our Christian Duty
By Patti J. Mitchell
Elections are upon us. I don’t know about you, but to me, it feels as if I’ve been holding my breath … waiting for the end of the current administration. Our nation has disintegrated into a state of chaos, immorality and divisiveness thanks to our local, state and national leaders. But who put them there?
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