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The Troubled Guest Waits, or Reply to Goethe
The Troubled Guest Waits, or Reply to Goethe
By Helen Losse
Yes, Father, I have felt the grace that flows from Your sacraments. I want to give You everything, but I am flawed in my longing
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The Church and Authority: Part 3 Apostolic Succession in the Church
The Church and Authority: Part 3 Apostolic Succession in the Church
By Kevin Noles
Whenever I talk about Apostolic Authority the typical response is something along the lines of “I believe in God’s authority not an authority coming from a man.” The nature of the Church’s authority is indeed God but a better way to ask this question may be to ask how the authority was given.
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The newly Empty Nesters...now what??
The newly Empty Nesters...now what??
By Ebeth Weidner
One Friday night in late August of this year, my husband and I were sitting in separate rooms of the house within sight of the other quiet and somewhat lonely, if you will. For the first time in over twenty years, we found ourselves childless and abandoned feeling.
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If God Had A Phone....
If God Had A Phone....
By Mariel Roersma
Sometimes I wish God had a phone. I wish there was a way to ask Him questions and get direct answers. This week, a precious 5 year old boy with brain cancer was called home to Heaven. It's hard to grasp why God would let that happen. So, so many people were praying for him, and even more were affected by his death. I would love to ask God why He would do that.
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The Devil is Winning, and We are Paving his Way
The Devil is Winning, and We are Paving his Way
By Lorrie McNickle
The Devil is winning. He is becoming stronger and taking hold of this world. We are not even putting up a fight. We cave so easily because of our fear and lack of trust in God. We fail to act with mercy and compassion and instead exude a spirit of hatred, intolerance and bigotry toward our brothers and sisters in need.
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Tips for Keeping Religious Education Classes Interesting and Fun
Tips for Keeping Religious Education Classes Interesting and Fun
By Clare Lafferty
I have been teaching 2nd grade religious education for 8 years and here are some tips for making religious education classes interesting and fun: Take a Real Interest in Your Students, Whatever age you are teaching, relate to your class on their level. Talk with your students as they come in and see how they are and what they have done that week.
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I Am In Hell!
I Am In Hell!
By Elizabeth Thomas
These were my Dad’s words, as he lay dying—and were repeated to us several times over, no matter what we replied back to him, trying to reassure him: “No, Dad, you are not in hell.”
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Go To Church
Go To Church
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
"Go to church." I surprised myself when I said it. My friend had been quietly explaining her deep concern about her experience with public school. After years of home schooling her children, she and her husband had decided the kids needed socialization so they enrolled their children in school
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Heaven Unveiled: The Apocalypse
Heaven Unveiled: The Apocalypse
By Nancy Marie Murray
Frightening images of dragons, beasts, and battles fill the pages of the Book of Revelation, or the Apocalypse, the final book of the New Testament. The word “Apocalypse”, which actually means “unveiling,” has become synonymous with the cataclysmic end of time. What does it all mean and how can we better understand this enigmatic book?
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Does the Bible say we must keep the Law perfectly in order to be saved?
Does the Bible say we must keep the Law perfectly in order to be saved?
By De Maria
The Catholic Church teaches that we are saved by faith and works and that we must still keep the Ten Commandments:
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The Golden Rule On The Job
The Golden Rule On The Job
By John C. Connell
The Golden Rule. We can all repeat it to others, and we are quick to point out when it is not used, but how much conscious effort do we spend trying to apply it on the job?
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Four Weeks Before Christmas-Advent
Four Weeks Before Christmas-Advent
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
For much of my life, the four weeks before Christmas were jam packed with parties, mostly work related and therefore obligatory, shopping excursions to unearth novel gifts for people who did not need them. And making plans for a much needed vacation when the week of Christmas and New Year's finally arrived.
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Poetry, Art and Doctrine
Poetry, Art and Doctrine
By Ross Decker
A few weeks ago, my priest began his homily by reading a poem aloud. As he read it, I realized I was having a personal epiphany regarding my reasons for converting to the Church after spending very nearly 40 years meandering in a Protestant desert. For the very first time I began to think that I may have been drawn to the Catholic Church
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Love, Love, Love.....
Love, Love, Love.....
By George Calleja
The word ‘Love‘ is the most precious and important word in any language. This is the way that all of us are to live, by ‘Loving’ the people around us in each moment of our life.
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The Art of Advent
The Art of Advent
By Pam Spano
In Sunday’s homily, our pastor, Fr. Li talked about Advent and waiting. He likened it to one of the parishioners waiting for the results of her blood tests. She turned the struggle of waiting to prayer. Waiting became an action.
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Advent-2015
Advent-2015
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Sunday, November 29, we end the longest period of Ordinary Time in the liturgical year. Almost 9 months ago we joined the universal Church in celebrating 40 days of the incomparable joy of Jesus' resurrection from the dead. And now we are invited into a different kind of celebration - quieter, more intimate and perhaps for women, more personal.
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Happy Liturgical New Year!...Your Guiding Scripture Verse?
Happy Liturgical New Year!...Your Guiding Scripture Verse?
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
They—were honored participants in the weekday Mass that concluded their extended retreat experience. We—were noontime Mass regulars, privileged listeners. They, after the homily, were invited to share the verse that had guided their retreat experience. Verses, I suspect, that revealed much about where they were, had been, or wanted to be in their spiritual journey.
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