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Expecting Baby #7 and I'm Finally Tired of This
Expecting Baby #7 and I'm Finally Tired of This
By Heidi Bock
So, yeah, I know why you’re reading this. Don’t feel bad. You’re not the only one. Itching to hear it. Or maybe patiently waiting for me to fess up. For those tiny veins along my temples to do their thing. Confession time. To tell the whole world what you’ve already guessed. What you’ve already suspected for some time now. I’m crazy, right? Or being slowly driven crazy?
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Life: the Goal Really Isn't about Being Happy
Life: the Goal Really Isn't about Being Happy
By Lorrie McNickle
I once thought that the main goal of our lives was the pursuit of happiness. Heck, it’s even outlined in our American Declaration of Independence. “I just want to be happy.” “You deserve to be happy.” “ Do what makes you happy.” Sound familiar? Facebook and Pinterest are filled with these empty and self-serving platitudes. Yes, self-serving.
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Why Be Catholic? (Part 1)
Why Be Catholic? (Part 1)
By Bobby Brown
As a convert to the Catholic Faith I'm often asked why I became Catholic. Baptized Episcopalian, raised faithfully in the Episcopal Church, and a product of 14 years in the Lutheran School system (LCMS), converting to Catholicism seems unlikely.
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Accepting a higher authority
Accepting a higher authority
By Charlie Johnston
During my initial conversion process the biggest roadblock was magestirial authority. But once I came to accept this as true then all other doctrines and dogmas of the Church fell into place. I believe it is one of the most important things to accept early on when coming into the fullness of the faith that is Catholicism.
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Atheists' Objections to Evidence for God's Existence, Part 3
Atheists' Objections to Evidence for God's Existence, Part 3
By Bob Hunt
In the first two articles of this series, I discussed some of the strategies contemporary atheists use to discredit the idea of evidence for God’s existence. Still another tack employed by today’s aggressive atheists is the notion that religious faith is a mental disorder.
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Heaven, Is it As Easy to Obtain as We All Seem to Think?
Heaven, Is it As Easy to Obtain as We All Seem to Think?
By Lorrie McNickle
I’m not sure if it is my progressing age, or my increasing wisdom (lol) or worry that causes this question to hover in my mind. It seems that many of us have a very cavalier attitude about going to Heaven and being “saved”.
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How the truth of The Eucharist changed my life
How the truth of The Eucharist changed my life
By Charlie Johnston
I've been a Christian my entire life. I was baptized as a Presbyterian when I was an infant, I proceeded on to attend Mass with my mother, and a Presbyterian church with my father. What one we went to depended on a multitude of factors, but it would be easy to say that I was a Christian without a denomination.
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But Mass Is So Repetitive and Boring!
But Mass Is So Repetitive and Boring!
By Bill Dunn
The other day a friend said to me, “Hey Bill, how come you go to Mass every single week? Mass is the same old thing every time. I can’t believe you waste your time going through the same repetitive, boring ritual every single Sunday.” I replied, “Well, I don’t. Sometimes I go to Vigil Mass on Saturday.”
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Five Surprising Teachings of Jesus
Five Surprising Teachings of Jesus
By Leonard Wathen
How well do you really know the teachings of Jesus? The most famous sermon of Jesus in the Gospels is called “The Sermon on the Mount,” and it contains some pretty surprising lessons that you may not have noticed. Here are just five of them:
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Error - Protestants say, "Before Abraham did anything, he was made righteous by faith."
Error - Protestants say, "Before Abraham did anything, he was made righteous by faith."
By De Maria
Protestants frequently say that we need no longer do anything to be saved. They claim, for example, that Abraham was saved before he did anything. Then, the question is, what happened between Gen 12 and Gen 15 or 22, whichever you prefer as the point of Abraham's justification? Was that just filler in the Old Testament? By no means!
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Proclaim That WORD of GOD!
Proclaim That WORD of GOD!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Beloved Lecturers, Beloved Priests and Deacons—All who stand at that Podium and read the Scriptures at Mass. Do you realize what a ministry you have been given? Are you aware of what a profound honor and duty it is to PROCLAIM the Word of God?
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We can also become Saints
We can also become Saints
By George Calleja
When in each moment of our life we live by embracing the love of God, and giving this love to the people we meet during the day, it is a way that would lead us to Sainthood.
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Think Catholics Should Know Their Faith Better? DO SOMETHING At Your Parish!
Think Catholics Should Know Their Faith Better? DO SOMETHING At Your Parish!
By Arnold Scott
Do you wish that your fellow parishoners (or fallen away relatives) understood the Catholic faith better? Do you want to know more about your own faith? I know that you do because you are reading Catholic365! So, what can we do? For starters, your parish should be a community of faith, not just a place you go to once a week and don't talk to anybody.
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Evangelize, evangelize, evangelize
Evangelize, evangelize, evangelize
By Tess Shore
The new hot topic in the Catholic Church seems to be "Evangelize". At times it seems like we are hit over the head more with the word evangelize than the Jesus stick. Yet, what does it truly mean to evangelize?
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Being Catholic Matters
Being Catholic Matters
By Michael Boyer
“Catholic” is not just one among many acceptable religions, philosophies, or even Christian denominations. To think a person’s church or religious affiliation is unimportant, as long as he is generally “good,” is to overlook stark incompatibilities between the Catholic Church and other religions.
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What Has He Said?
What Has He Said?
By Richard Maffeo
You’ll run across a variety of theological opinions on social media, some of it good and some of it not-so-good. One writer I ran across on FaceBook the other day – a self-professed Christian – opined that God speaks only to and through priests. The laity can receive theological and moral guidance only from the clergy.
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Be Satisfied in the Storm
Be Satisfied in the Storm
By Mikalah Krauss
Jesus, walking on the water, intended to pass by His disciples who were on a boat in the middle of the storm. Why would He do this? This seems uncaring, callous. However, it was intended with love. The apostles had not understood the miracle of the loaves and fishes and their hearts had hardened.
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