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Somewhere, Over The Rainbow ... Lies a False Pot of Gold
Somewhere, Over The Rainbow ... Lies a False Pot of Gold
By Chris Cappannelli, EdD
In my last contribution, I discussed the response of the “average, rank-and-file” Catholic, and a significant showing of apparently approving, even celebratory, responses to the Obergefell decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of this year.
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An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 10
An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 10
By Bob Hunt
All things that are good, noble or true participate in the perfections of goodness, nobility or truth. The degree to which they participate in these perfections is what determines whether they are more or less good, more or less noble, more or less true. This is how the greatest degree of perfection is the cause of all perfections.
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Contraception: Panacea or Poison?
Contraception: Panacea or Poison?
By Dr. Susan Caldwell
Many Catholics argue about the answer to this question: Is contraception good or bad, a panacea or a poison? As a lifelong Catholic and medical doctor, my answer to this question has changed over time. I have always known that the Church says “NO” to the use of contraception. I haven’t always known, however, why the Church denounced this practice. Now I know the answer.
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How do you know that St. Francis didn't say it?
How do you know that St. Francis didn't say it?
By De Maria
Recently, I was on the internet looking up an old adage. It goes as follows: Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words
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Knowing Why, Not Just What We Believe
Knowing Why, Not Just What We Believe
By Brett M Petillo
Several years ago, I had the unique opportunity to run for public office. An amazing ride for so many reasons. I was a frustrated ex-business owner. I say ex, because this was in 2010. From late 2007 through 2008, our country saw the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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Protestant At Heart?
Protestant At Heart?
By Mike Bugal
I recently was involved in a discussion with another author on this website in which he proposed that two mutually exclusive religions (Catholicism and Judaism) are both true. He cited a statement by Cardinal Walter Kasper of Germany that the religion of the Jews today is salvific for them.
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Is God Impressed With Our Giving?
Is God Impressed With Our Giving?
By Bill Dunn
In the gospel reading for the weekend of November 7th and 8th, we learn that the religious leaders in Jesus’ day had a very interesting practice regarding offerings. When it was time to take up a collection, apparently the people paraded up in front of the crowd one-by-one and put in their donations so everyone could see exactly how much was contributed. Whoa, talk about peer pressure.
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Why do you Pray to Dead People?
Why do you Pray to Dead People?
By Trish Stukbauer
It’s one of the topics that seems to be the most misunderstood – and sometimes among the most deliberately and maliciously twisted – about our Catholic faith: our close relationship to the saints.
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How In The World Did You Get Here??
How In The World Did You Get Here??
By Elizabeth Thomas
I can just imagine the look on some cow’s faces when they looked down at their manger and found a baby instead of the usual morning oats. “Where did You come from and how did You get here? I am sure that was their unspoken puzzled words. If we would also deeply think about the MIRACLE behind this birth---we would be asking this too!
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An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 9
An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 9
By Bob Hunt
We know from experience that there are things that come into existence and go out of existence. These are called contingent beings. This simply means that they didn’t have to be. Their existence is dependent on something else that already exists.
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The Substance of God's Plan Part 3
The Substance of God's Plan Part 3
By Mike Bugal
In the second part we look at part of the “how”, considering the Chosen Vessel to bring in the New Covenant and how the Blessed Mother fulfilled the “types” of the Old Testament Ark of the Covenant. Now in this next to the last part we look at the actual Incarnation, life, death and resurrection that established the New Covenant.
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I know you try to hear God, but are you listening?
I know you try to hear God, but are you listening?
By Mike Zimmerman
I have come to a stark realization in my prayer life. I don’t listen enough. I was thinking about how most people will say that you need to talk to God more, and what they mean is prayer. But what is talking? Do they mean to only talk at God, or do they mean you should talk with God?
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Ora Et Labora
Ora Et Labora
By John Canale
Yesterday, I was on my way to covering another class when the bell rang. As I made my way into the hallway crammed with students getting ready to walk about eight hundred feet to the next class, I heard the words "ora et labora".
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A Bit Of Spiritual Advice For Mom's
A Bit Of Spiritual Advice For Mom's
By Annie Chester
Ok dads, even though this article is going to be about the moms, I do want you to read it as well. I am what most people would call a veteran mom, it simply means I have been a mom for a long time, having two adult children now.
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The Devil's Lullaby for Careless Christians
The Devil's Lullaby for Careless Christians
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Good advice, even when facetiously expressed, should never be ignored. One trenchant example of advice from a popular writer reads like a wake-up call for careless Christians: “Never nap in your battlefield foxhole during spiritual warfare. This is real war! Wake up and smell the gunpowder!”
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Identifying with the Communion of Saints
Identifying with the Communion of Saints
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
As if it happened last week, I remember once, when I was about five or six, waiting with my mother on a neighborhood street corner when, by chance, we encountered an acquaintance of hers--a woman, her age, that I had never seen before, who arrived (unfortunately) before the bus did.
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Where do Catholics learn about the Word of God?
Where do Catholics learn about the Word of God?
By De Maria
Catholics approach the Word of God (that includes the Bible) in a manner fundamentally different than Protestants. We approach the Word of God in the manner which Scripture recommends.
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