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My Wounded Super Hero
My Wounded Super Hero
By Sherry Kenner
My six-year-old grandson is star struck with super heroes. He is extremely knowledgeable on Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Spiderman and the Avengers to name a few. That has me thinking – just what is a SUPER HERO?
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Bishop Daniel Thomas Challenges Us to Live IT! [Preparing for World Meeting of Families]
Bishop Daniel Thomas Challenges Us to Live IT! [Preparing for World Meeting of Families]
By Greg Schlueter
I have a rather difficult question to ask, but if considered honestly it can pave the way to great joy. Perhaps you’ve even heard it before. It's a question all the great saints have asked. When you’re on your deathbed, reflecting back upon your life, how you lived, what you lived for… what do you imagine you’ll regret most?
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The Future of Ministry
The Future of Ministry
By Mariel Roersma
Today, I got thinking. What is the future of ministry in the Catholic Church? It seems that less people are filling the pews on Sunday. More and more people are falling away from God, and from the faith. Churches are closing and there are fewer priests.
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Manners, Southern Style
Manners, Southern Style
By Barbara Golder
Anyone who comes to the South understands very quickly that there is a code of gentility—manners—that governs every aspect of life. It’s a little complex sometimes, but all of us who live here understand it. After a time, it becomes such a part of life that we don’t even think about it any more, we just do it.
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Jezebels
Jezebels
By Denise Smith
I remember it as if it were yesterday....As a young 20-something mom of three, I was in the garage of our first house drying the car I had just washed while the kids were all napping. I had been introduced to christian radio by a neighbor. In the 1980's, there wasn't a lot of Catholic radio available and, of course, no podcasts or any of the other things to which we have become so accustomed.
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There is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in
There is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in
By Jeffrey Battiston
In his song, Anthem, Leonard Cohen uses the refrain, “There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.” Whatever else Leonard Cohen had in mind when he coined that phrase, it says something about how wisdom, compassion, and morality seep into our lives.
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What I Learned from the Early Christians about Spiritual Growth, Part 4: We Need to Struggle
What I Learned from the Early Christians about Spiritual Growth, Part 4: We Need to Struggle
By Carl Sommer
A few years ago I was leading my seminarians through a study of the ascetic teachings of some of the Early Church Fathers. One of the seminarians raised his hand and asked a question born of a mixture of deep perplexity, hope, and fear. “According to the Fathers,” he asked, “Is there any way for a person to grow that doesn’t involve suffering?” This is a question any of us would ask, hoping for
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Is St. Paul confusing?
Is St. Paul confusing?
By De Maria
I believe it is very important that we should all understand the Sacraments. Because it is in the Sacraments that we are juistified by faith, apart from works. I've spoken to too many Catholics who speak as though the only way to be justified is by faith AND works. Whereas it is clear, that God justifies us in the Sacraments, without any effort on our part. The Sacraments are God's mighty works
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Guatemalan Prayers
Guatemalan Prayers
By Ana R. Plumlee
At the end of this past May, I went down to Guatemala with a group through Notre Dame College Campus Ministry. I was excited for this trip. It was obvious because I began counting down the days until we left once school let out for the summer at the beginning of May. When people asked me what I was going to do that summer, I would immediately tell them that I was going to Guatemala for nine days.
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Nadab, Abihu, Uzzah -- and Me?
Nadab, Abihu, Uzzah -- and Me?
By Richard Maffeo
My wife and I attended another church for Mass last weekend. The Gospel reading was from John 6 where Jesus fed the 5000. I’ve heard an exposition of this passage by many pastors over the years. This time, I heard something new.
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Thus Will I Test Them
Thus Will I Test Them
By Elizabeth Thomas
You may not want to read this blog if your closet is so crammed you cannot find anything to wear: or if your garage so packed, the car does not fit in. Or, if your makeup drawer has makeup 10 years old, or you need signs directing you to the rooms of your house—in your house.
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She Made People Smile
She Made People Smile
By Joseph P. Thomas
When it comes to our opinions of someone else, haven’t we all, at one time or another, made assumptions based on fear rather than logic? Because we did not know or understand his person well enough, they must be undesirable and therefore not to be included in our inner circles. They must be shunned or ridiculed or at best ignored!
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A prayer before I write
A prayer before I write
By Pam Spano
May the Lord guide me and all those who write for a living. Through your prayers, St. Frances de Sales, I ask for your intercession as I attempt to bring the written word to the world. Let us pray that God takes me in the palm of His hand and inspires my creativity and inspires my success. St. Francis de Sales, you understand the dedication required in this profession. Pray for God to inspire...
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What Golden Calf?
What Golden Calf?
By Ken Feldt
Depending on who you listen to, Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si is about everything from tree hugging, to the evils of capitalism, to expressions of concern for all the poor throughout the world.
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Protestant Assumptions about the Assumption
Protestant Assumptions about the Assumption
By De Maria
What came first? The doctrine? Or the practice? In my opinion, Protestants function under the premise that: a.) all doctrine is first, written down. b.) the Church issues the doctrine in some sort of edict. c.) the Catholic faithful now begin to follow this doctrine.
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Why do we look at Confirmation as a Graduation?
Why do we look at Confirmation as a Graduation?
By Tess Shore
It seems as children are starting to view Confirmation as a Graduation. After the Bishop confirms the candidates, it is like everyone says now we are done with the Sacraments in the Catholic Church. Yet, we are forgetting that we still get to receive the Eucharist and Reconciliation on a daily basis. So then, why is Confirmation seen as the Graduation of the Church...
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Send Me A Sign
Send Me A Sign
By Michael W. Horvatin
I see so much of the prophecies about the end of times, and people pointing out signs of the end. Then, I noticed on the 7th Day Adventist television station, 3ABN, that they were praying for a sign. It really baffled me. My first thought was, “Don’t only the wicked seek a sign?”
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