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Full-time Moms: We need some volunteers for a book project in Brazil!
Full-time Moms: We need some volunteers for a book project in Brazil!
By Flávia Ghelardi
My name is Flávia Ghelardi, I'm from Brazil, I'm a full-time mom who also likes to write. I have a project to write a book about the mothers who chose to dedicate their lives exclusively to their families. The goal of this book is to stimulate more mothers to choose that “career.”
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Examine Your Day
Examine Your Day
By Clare Lafferty
Recently, I have discovered what is called the Daily Examen. This practice has been used for centuries and is a method of personal daily inventory.
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Fostering Gratitude in the Workplace
Fostering Gratitude in the Workplace
By Jessica Skelton
Here’s a practical way to foster gratitude in the workplace: keep track of it and draw attention to it. I work an inside sales position, processing quotes and orders, and managing projects, so I spend a large part of my days communicating through email, opening & closing files, programs and reports, researching products online, and organizing and presenting information.
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Triumph Of Mary's Immaculate Heart
Triumph Of Mary's Immaculate Heart
By Steve Reasbeck
"In the End My Immaculate Heart will Triumph". Most of us know, or should know, the one who stated those words.
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Saint Elizabeth - What a woman!
Saint Elizabeth - What a woman!
By Sherry Kenner
Elizabeth is a special name in my family. My daughter and granddaughter share this saint name along with many other family members. Elizabeth, wife of Zacharia and mother of John the Baptist, is a great role model for women of all ages. She would be considered very counter-culture in today’s society, which teaches women can only influence and weld power if they practice sex, contraception
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Discernment - Catholic Questions
Discernment - Catholic Questions
By Leslie Shaw Klinger
It is difficult sometimes to think of what I do as a "vocation". I don't devalue what I do, I just find it difficult to view the office job I have as a way to fulfill God's Will in my life. Surely, my desires to be a famous actress or world respected and renowned writer is my true vocation.
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Suffering is a virtue
Suffering is a virtue
By Allison Brown
Suffering... I know the word too well and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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God's Mutual Love
God's Mutual Love
By Dean P. Johnson
Let us consider a major theme of the Bible: God loves and cares for his people. Consider Bible stories about God’s interaction with people both directly and indirectly. His walks in the Garden of Eden. The dreams of Joseph and Jacob. The fiery finger of God, chiseling his commandments for Moses. God’s messenger sent to Mary. And so on.
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The Pope's Arrival
The Pope's Arrival
By Lori Conklin
It’s Friday morning, all week Philadelphia has been preparing for the Pope’s arrival. I am headed over to the Convention Center to attend Mass and hear the last keynote speakers Pastor Rick Warren and Cardinal O’Malley. I think it’s interesting that Rick Warren is speaking, I have read his book Purpose Driven Life, which is an excellent, thought-provoking read.
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MORALITY; DECENCY; DIGNITY; RESPECT: Words Unrecognizable to Many
MORALITY; DECENCY; DIGNITY; RESPECT: Words Unrecognizable to Many
By Larry Peterson
MORALITY means, (from the dictionary) conformity to the rules of RIGHT conduct; moral or virtuous conduct or virtuous in sexual matters; chastity. DECENCY means, conformity to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc. DIGNITY means a sign or token of RESPECT (if you do not know what the meaning of the word RESPECT is, please look it up.)
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I am a Soul Woman
I am a Soul Woman
By Sherry Kenner
I was born on All Souls’ Day, (November 2nd) fifty years ago. This has led to a life- long curiosity with regard to souls and purgatory. My parents are in their seventies. I have very early memories of seeing my parents cleaning and painting tombs of loved ones in preparation of All Souls’ Day.
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To Shout for Joy!
To Shout for Joy!
By Teresa Hurst
You see I consider laughing to be a super fun thing to do. And while that’s not alarming on its own, the issue arises when one considers how much laughing I like to do in a given day. Take my word on it; it’s a lot. I really think I could have authored the song from the movie Mary Poppins that goes: “I love to laugh, loud and long and clear. I love to laugh. It’s getting worse every year.”
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12 Early Church Quotes That Will Challenge Protestants
12 Early Church Quotes That Will Challenge Protestants
By Arnold Scott
It is very exciting to be in full communion with the very same community that Jesus Christ established. Whether in 40 AD or today, this community is the very same one that has been continued through apostolic succession, unity with St. Peter and his successors, the sacraments, the preaching of the Word of God in Scripture, Sacred Tradition in the liturgy, the creeds, ecumenical councils,
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Letting go and Trusting in Him
Letting go and Trusting in Him
By Allison Brown
On the 31st of July I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, that we named, Sophie. She is nothing short of a miracle. And I mean that in every sense.
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Prayers We All Should Know: The Anima Christi
Prayers We All Should Know: The Anima Christi
By Trish Stukbauer
As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. Over time, many of these prayers that once were mainstays of our faith have been sadly neglected or just not taught – and as a result, not said – as often as they once were. One of these is a prayer that dates back to the 14th century – the Anima Christi.
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Breath
Breath
By Will Campbell
I am closer than your breath. Close your eyes, breathe, and listen to the silence. Feel your heart beat? That is my Life flowing through you. Up through your neck, to supply your mind with oxygen.
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Embracing the Flames
Embracing the Flames
By Joni Johnson
As a convert to the Catholic Church, there were some doctrines with which I had to wrestle and study before understanding and accepting them. One of those doctrines was the whole matter of purgatory. The Bible clearly states, “it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment.” (Hebrews 9:27, RSVCE) Where did the Church come up with this whole notion of purgatory?
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