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Harvesting the Spirit
Harvesting the Spirit
By Joseph P. Thomas
From the beginning of Christ’s reign there have been sayings such as “Let the spirit move you” or “The Spirit works in mysterious ways”. What is this spirit they are referring to? Is this something physical we can touch or is it something out of our own imagination?
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Answers To Mr. Comfort
Answers To Mr. Comfort
By Mike Bugal
As I talked about in the article, “Is the Church the Woman of Revelation 18?” there are many Evangelical Christians that believe that the Catholic Church is anti-Christ and that we Catholics are deceived biblical ignoramuses who pray to idols, pray to the dead and worship Mary.
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To Be Humble
To Be Humble
By Jonathan Hayes
Very few people in the world would suggest that humility is not virtuous. Those who are humble are generally kind, caring, and loving individuals.
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The Journal
The Journal
By E.M. Wilson
So today I found myself wishing that I could somehow track down my fourth-grade teacher and tell her thank you. I’m sure she did a lot of good work with me that year. However, she did something else that I will never forget: she gave me my first ever journal. I got it as a last day of school present. It was red with a teddy bear holding balloons on the cover.
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Our God is Non-Negotiable
Our God is Non-Negotiable
By Brett M Petillo
It is always interesting to me when I hear Christians talk about God in a way that makes Him seem like we have some sort of a choice about who He is and what He commands. For example, just last week I was teaching a class at my parish on growing in the Holy Spirit and one of the interactions led down the road of the death penalty.
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Believing in Jesus Will Not Save You - WHAT?
Believing in Jesus Will Not Save You - WHAT?
By Elizabeth Thomas
As I lay in bed drifting off for a nap—words started to come into my mind about “Believing in Jesus, and the connection to our salvation.” Stay close with me on this and read through it all for the opening words may leave your mouth gaping open and with a ‘WHAT?’ expression.
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Analysis of a Conversion - Why I left the Catholic Church, other Christians
Analysis of a Conversion - Why I left the Catholic Church, other Christians
By De Maria
I've been cataloguing the main reasons why I left the Church. In case you're keeping up, so far I've gone through the introduction, the devil's trick, my aversion to kneeling, my hatred of the Mass, and in my previous entry, I revealed that one of the reasons that I left the Catholic Church was becauase of the witness of other Catholics. But Catholics weren't the only ones giving poor witness in
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Why do Eastern Rite Catholics make the Sign of the Cross "Backwards?"
Why do Eastern Rite Catholics make the Sign of the Cross "Backwards?"
By Joe Richard
This question, "Why do Eastern Rite Catholics make the Sign of the Cross "Backwards?" is somewhat misleading. Perhaps a Catholic of one of the Eastern Rites might ask "Why do the Roman Rite Catholics make it backwards?"
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Increasing my Faith
Increasing my Faith
By George Calleja
What is Faith all about? Is it possible in today’s world to have Faith? Many people argue that Faith is outdated, old fashioned, not for the young people and so on. Faith can never be outdated, old fashioned and so on. Having Faith is possible. Having Faith makes a person complete, makes the person whole. A person having Faith, is a person being spiritually close to God.
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Time to Sharpen Your Weapons
Time to Sharpen Your Weapons
By Sterling Jaquith
The internet has been a battlefield lately. If it wasn’t the way I connect with so many friends and family, I might be inclined to turn it off and leave it alone to avoid all the sadness. Abortion. Pope Francis hate. School shootings. Syrian refugees. Political fights. These wars are splashed on my screen and they make my heart so sad.
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Euthanasia - Celebrating the Destruction of God's Greatest Gift - Life
Euthanasia - Celebrating the Destruction of God's Greatest Gift - Life
By Larry Peterson
Euthanasia (aka assisted suicide), is a pathetic concept promoted under the guise of compassion, mercy and kindness. It is no such thing. Euthanasia is not compassionate. It is not merciful. And---it is not kind. It is an abomination because it celebrates the destruction of the greatest gift each and everyone of us has been given by God, the gift of life
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What in the World is a Synod?
What in the World is a Synod?
By Chris Boyer
Anyone who has at least a rudimentary interest in the news and happenings around the Catholic Church has heard of the current Synod on the family. The actual title of the Synod is the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. This years Synod is actually Part II of the Synod that convened in October 2014.
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The King of Kings: Sky Full of Stars, The Best is Yet to Come!
The King of Kings: Sky Full of Stars, The Best is Yet to Come!
By Andee de Jesus
It's been months and I haven't written any entry. I have ups and down in my life. And been busy trying to help my mom recover from mild stroke attack last May, and was mending a broken heart from a-just-blossomed relationship to a wonderful person in my life.
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Five Quotes by St. Teresa of Avila on Prayer
Five Quotes by St. Teresa of Avila on Prayer
By Leonard Wathen
St. Teresa of Avila was a sixteenth century Carmelite nun who led a significant reform of her religious order. Her profound teachings on prayer are valuable for all Christians today. Here a five short quotes we can all learn from. You must believe that if you give up prayer, you are, in my opinion, courting danger (1:140).
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The Case for the Gospels
The Case for the Gospels
By De Maria
As I mentioned before, a long time ago, a Muslim challenged me to provide a forensic defense of the Gospels. He claimed that compared to Islam, the Gospels had no verifiable evidence of even the existence of Jesus. In fact, he, point blank stated that evidence for the truth of the Gospels would be thrown out of court! So, is it true that the case for the truth of the Gospels would be thrown out
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Is Faith Still Alive in America?
Is Faith Still Alive in America?
By Caitlin Bootsma
After Pope Francis’s trip to the United States, Fox News ran a segment posing this question: Is faith still alive in America? When you listen to the statistics—like that only 24% of Catholics attend Mass now as opposed to 55% in 1955—you might have your doubts. But this secular news segment told a different story (CARA study, Georgetown).
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The Case for Islam
The Case for Islam
By De Maria
A long time ago, a Muslim challenged me to provide a forensic defense of the Gospels. He claimed that compared to Islam, the Gospels had no verifiable evidence of even the existence of Jesus. In fact, he, bluntly stated that evidence for the truth of the Gospels would be thrown out of court!
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