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Humility, Part I
Humility, Part I
By Ad Iesum Per Mariam
This article is the first of a two part testimony on the importance of humility for a relationship with Jesus Christ in light of recent events in my own life.
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Prayer Before Surgery
Prayer Before Surgery
By Malleson Emmerling
I was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer three months after my mom died of cancer. The sense of urgency to remove the cancer from my body was enormous. Terrified, I consulted with my family practice doctor a few hours after my annual mammogram.
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Reflections of Faith: Part Two
Reflections of Faith: Part Two
By Allison Brown
A Soul Reflection What would it be like to have no faith? To just walk this earth as if there were no afterlife ? To know that one day I may not wake up and then that is it?
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The Joy of Christmas Music
The Joy of Christmas Music
By Bill Dunn
One of the most amazing aspects of the Christmas season is the music. There are so many Christmas carols, it’s hard even to count them all. If you took all the music associated with the other 47 holidays on the calendar — including National Doughnut Day and Take Your Goldfish to Work Day — and added them all up, the total number of songs wouldn’t even come close to the number of Christmas carols
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The Saint Makers in Your Life
The Saint Makers in Your Life
By Clare Lafferty
This morning, already running late for work, I looked at my gas gauge and realized I needed to make a stop to fuel up. Waiting in line, I glanced in my rear view mirror. There was a car behind me who had just pulled in and I thought nothing of it. Then, the car pulled around me and to the pump in front of me- the pump I had been waiting for.
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Agendas, Terrorism, and Human Dignity
Agendas, Terrorism, and Human Dignity
By Ross Decker
I'm so disappointed that people are using the recent San Bernardino shooting to launch into finger pointing about Islamic Extremist Terrorism. The shootings reinforced their desire to see tight restrictions put on Muslims, to justify their opinion that we should not take the Syrian refugees into this country, and pretty much proves them right for being suspicious of the Muslim community as a whole
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Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 8: Consciousness
Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 8: Consciousness
By Bob Hunt
As human beings, we possess the capacity to know ourselves and our surroundings. We can understand how the world works. But, the world itself cannot understand how it works. The world lacks the consciousness to do so.
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Where does the Bible say that people in heaven can hear our prayers?
Where does the Bible say that people in heaven can hear our prayers?
By De Maria
I hate to answer a question with a question, but please bear with me. Do you believe in the Trinity? I’m assuming that you do.
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Graceful Aging
Graceful Aging
By Linda Kracht
Whenever we talk about the importance and necessity of aging gracefully, we seem to imply to anyone listening that a significant key to aging gracefully falls within our own sphere of control. As if it is up to us in large part. But is it? How many of us can determine the length of our days on earth?
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When the World Cried Never Again
When the World Cried Never Again
By Jennifer Elia
While I was in college, I was required to study abroad for both of my majors. I spent three semesters in Europe--first France (a lifetime dream come true), then I moved onto England and finally, Austria.
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From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
By David Torkington
Some years ago I had dinner with friends in London. When I was leaving their home I was introduced to the husband’s father, who was busy digging in the garden. Taken by surprise and not knowing what to say I asked a rather stupid question – “And what are you doing?” I said.
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The Doors! The Doors!
The Doors! The Doors!
By Bernice Pillart Dumitru
As Pope Francis opens the Holy Door for the Year of Mercy let us reflect on that symbol and enter into this time of great Grace. The Scripture begins with a closing of a door in Genesis and ends with Jesus standing outside that door and knocking in Revelation. The door symbolizes our free will before God.
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Call No Man Your Father on Earth
Call No Man Your Father on Earth
By Kevin Noles
Don’t you know that the Bible tells us not to call any man Father? Why are Catholics so persistent in their unbiblical practices of calling Priests Father? It has been awhile since I have heard these statements, but I am sure I will hear them again at some point in my lifetime. Occasionally I have heard “Why do Catholics call their Priests Father?”
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The Confession
The Confession
By Linda Kracht
What do John the Baptist, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Baptist chaplain for AA, and a Catholic priest have in common? They all believed in the power [grace] of confessing one’s sins to provide palpable closure, healing, and forgiveness regardless of the era and/or their religious denomination in their lifetimes.
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Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 7: Martyrdom
Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 7: Martyrdom
By Bob Hunt
In all of human experience there is perhaps nothing so sublime or profound as the witness of one who is willing to sacrifice his or her life for the sake of the other, and for the sake of the Other Who is God. “Greater love has no man,” St. Paul said, “than to give his life that another might live.”
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Who is the Schoolmaster that leads us to Christ?
Who is the Schoolmaster that leads us to Christ?
By De Maria
Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. This verse was written by St. Paul of Tarsus.  What is he talking about? Most people seem to think he is talking about the Ten Commandments.  And there's nothing wrong with that answer
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Mercy Has No Limits
Mercy Has No Limits
By James M. Littleton
Mercy and forgiveness go both ways, God toward us, and us toward others. As concerns others forgiving us, we cannot control that. It is a futile waste of time and energy to try to control others. We can only control, with the help of God’s grace, our own attitudes and actions.
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