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Why Is It Important For Catholics To Know Our Faith And Stand Up In Public For What We Believe?
Why Is It Important For Catholics To Know Our Faith And Stand Up In Public For What We Believe?
By Ralph Zuranski
For too long Catholics have rejected their responsibillity to live their faith and explain how it differs from the social progressive and liberal democratic perspectives promoted by the media.
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What are your favorite prayers?
What are your favorite prayers?
By Pam Spano
What are your favorite prayers? I have quite a few. I would have to say that my favorite one is "Morning prayer before starting work" that is on the Laudate App. I pray it every morning in the breakroom (or bathroom!) at work.
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The Jewish things we do in the Catholic Church
The Jewish things we do in the Catholic Church
By De Maria
This is an “ablution”. In the Old Testament, Jewish Priests, the Levites, before they would enter the Temple of God, would wash themselves to purify of any uncleanness. Of course, we recognize this as the Sign of the Cross which we perform upon entering the Church.
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Are Political Parties Irrelevant When We Should Be Catholics First?
Are Political Parties Irrelevant When We Should Be Catholics First?
By Ralph Zuranski
The big question is, "What should be the Catholic perspective on political parties?"
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A Yizkor Meditation in Memory of a Parent Who Hurt
A Yizkor Meditation in Memory of a Parent Who Hurt
By Pam Spano
My mother and I never got along. Up until the day she died, we had a contentious relationship. Though I have moved beyond some of the many hurts she inflicted on me, I find that sometimes I still feel the uprisings from within of an old wound.
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Silent Retreat - For Me, Really???
Silent Retreat - For Me, Really???
By Karen Cubberly
My sentiments exactly when my spiritual director suggested that I attend one. I asked him outright, “Are you kidding?” I thought he was either joking or making it my penance. But he assured me that it was not my penance (I am quite a social person so being silent for any amount of time besides sleeping is not easy).
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Sometimes Mercy, Sometimes Grace
Sometimes Mercy, Sometimes Grace
By Helen Losse
It is the Year of Jubilee. I walked through Holy Doors, prayed an “Our Father,” spoke quietly to Mary. I enjoyed special mercy only God can impart on Tuesday in Charlotte at the Cathedral.
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Answers to four objections to the Catholic Church
Answers to four objections to the Catholic Church
By De Maria
The archaeological evidence for that period shows that all the first Churches practiced the same rites the Catholic Church practices today. They had the baptismal fonts, the altar, the holy water, the incense, the candles, the vessels, the vestments. All the same as the Catholic Church today. None of which any Protestants have today.
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A Catholic Love Story & The Role of Divine Mercy.
A Catholic Love Story & The Role of Divine Mercy.
By Robert E.J. Campbell
I love my wife......, no really, I love my wife, and I am on unapologetic about it. I thank God, not nearly enough, for the gift that she is. Her love is reflective of God's love, and I am so grateful for that. So what's the big deal anyway, shouldn't every husband show love for his wife?
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Is the Bible the Only Word of God?
Is the Bible the Only Word of God?
By Kevin Noles
First off, nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Bible is the sole, God-inspired source we have. This is a traditional construct of man which contradicts the Bible. The burden of proof lays with John on this. He must demonstrate that the Bible is the only source of the Word of God.
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Opus
Opus
By Nathan James Rawlins
We are attempting to answer the question: what is the Church? In attempting to answer this question we look first to the episode of creation from Genesis chapter 2. The text constructs reality as we know it by using relationships and we can appreciate that Scripture picks up on the biological perspective in finding relation to all living things through the soil.
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Discover or Rediscover Catholicism!
Discover or Rediscover Catholicism!
By Lorrie McNickle
Nobody needs to do this more than us Cradle Catholics, me included. I have started this quest. I realized a few years ago just how ignorant I was about the Catholic Faith, although I have been a practicing Catholic all my life.
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Seek Jesus
Seek Jesus
By Norma Elaine Robertson
My little foster brother was cutting a paper at the kitchen table, then he said, "I make Jesus really super happy." I asked, "How?" He said, "Wait. I'll show you." Then he finished cutting his paper and gave it to me. He drew Jesus on the cross with a smile on His face. My little brother said Jesus was dead but he made Him happy.
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Hail, Holy Queen, a meditation on the prayer
Hail, Holy Queen, a meditation on the prayer
By De Maria
Hail, Holy Queen, Because you are the Queen of Heaven. The mother of Jesus Christ, the King of Heaven.
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Pope Saint Urban I
Pope Saint Urban I
By Debra Booton McCoy
When Pope Callixstus died on October 14, 222, Urban I, a noble Roman, the son of Pontianus, was elected and became bishop of rome some time in early 223. This was shortly after the assassination of the emperor Elagabalus, known as the most disgusting, eccentric of all the emperors.
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Metamorphosis and the Post Vatican II Church
Metamorphosis and the Post Vatican II Church
By Nathan James Rawlins
The Monarch butterfly is a magnificent creature. It lives to migrate as many other creatures do, following the milkweed bloom and spending the winters in Mexico. The migration is never really complete though, it is both continuous and mysterious. If we begin our observation with the Monarch leaving Mexico and heading back towards Canada
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Do You Long for a ‘Burning Bush' Moment?
Do You Long for a ‘Burning Bush' Moment?
By Bill Dunn
Do you ever have times when it seems like God is so distant, you start to wonder if He even hears your prayers? Well, you’re not alone. Even the great saint Mother Teresa went through long spells where she could not sense the presence of God.
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