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The Perfect Gift
The Perfect Gift
By Lora Wilson
I was helping my niece unpack from her recent move to a new city. Strewn on her bedroom floor with a pile of many other things, I noticed the impossibly plush and elegant pink slippers I had given her last Christmas. They still had the tags on them and were obviously unworn.
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The H-Word
The H-Word
By Matthew Newsome
The Catechism definition of heresy is straightforward: “The obstinate denial after Baptism of a truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic faith” (CCC 2089). Most Catholics today don’t go around calling their Protestant friends and neighbors heretics, and that’s a good thing. After all, most Protestants today don’t formally meet the requirement, never having received the Catholic fait
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We Have Made Marriage in Our Own Image
We Have Made Marriage in Our Own Image
By Melanie R. Cameron
Don't even start with me about how same-sex marriage has suddenly proven this. While marriage in our own image may be more apparent with the national legalization of same-sex marriage, let's just start with divorce, cohabitation, and pre-nups.
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How Come You Catholics believe the fairy tale called Purgatory?
How Come You Catholics believe the fairy tale called Purgatory?
By Bill Dunn
How come you Catholics believe in the fairy tale called Purgatory? That word is not even in the Bible, and yet you Catholics say that God gets a kick out of torturing people before letting them into Heaven. The whole idea is just a medieval invention by the Vatican, designed to trick people into paying money to the Church to relieve the suffering of their deceased loved ones.
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Saints I Need - Now!
Saints I Need - Now!
By Diana R. Jenkins
Thanks to my first grade teacher, Sister Celeste, and her dramatic stories about holy people, I developed an early fascination with the saints. Once I could read well enough, I devoured every saint book in our school library and dreamed of growing up to be a martyr. Over the years, I looked to the saints for inspiration and turned to them for help.
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The Way, His Way
The Way, His Way
By Elizabeth Thomas
In the beginning of Christianity, was a lifestyle that was referred to as the Way. Following in the footsteps of Jesus, living by the instructions that He left, the apostles and their followers lived in a communal life. Communal Life.*
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Why Using "Orphan Rescue" Sets Up Families to Fail
Why Using "Orphan Rescue" Sets Up Families to Fail
By Mary Ann Gambill
I have not published a post in over a month. I have been struggling with a few things. I have written posts, but have had to leave them be. Even now I know that this post may not be well received. It’s ok though, the receipt of my writing is not the intent, it is my obedience in writing it. I wish I had a cape or could fly or maybe even had telepathy.
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How to Put Mama Back Together
How to Put Mama Back Together
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky
In my previous article I wrote about how I sometimes feel like an old tattered teddy bear, who's been tossed, toted and squished until the seams burst and the stuffing erupts. Unfortunately, unlike the teddy bear's frayed parts, my episodes of impatience and lost temper are anything but cute.
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Calming The Storms Of Life
Calming The Storms Of Life
By Brian Van Putten
In the midst of life’s chaos and the constant hum of worldly voices, there is ONE voice that calls out to us in truth and love. The voice of Jesus Christ who, with His divine Authority, called out to the sea, and the winds obeyed.
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Confession
Confession
By Catherine Garrett
My parish offers Confession every Saturday from 3:00-3:45. I went a few months ago with my dad and that was really nice. I sat with my three kids and my brother (who is disabled) while my dad went and then we swapped.
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What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
By Sherry Kenner
My twenty-three-year-old son came home the other day following the Bruce Jenner interview and made me smile. He asked, “Hey Mom, as a woman don’t you find it offensive that Bruce Jenner can put on a dress and makeup and call himself a woman?” I smiled because I knew my son gets it. He is not fooled by media hype and the society push for a genderless world.
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We Christians & Jews are Bound Together Forever by Our Spiritual DNA
We Christians & Jews are Bound Together Forever by Our Spiritual DNA
By Larry Peterson
When I was growing up in the Bronx we lived on the third floor in a five story walk-up on Sherman Ave. There were eight of us in a four room apartment. In the apartment below lived Leo and Sophie Rabinowitz. Quite often, in the middle of the night, blood-curdling screams filled the back alley and our apartment and the hallways outside. The screams were coming from the Rabinowitz’s.
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Still Waiting, Lord
Still Waiting, Lord
By Elizabeth Thomas
Ever wonder why your prayers to not seem to be answered? I have. I believe in the Word and all God Promises. There are many Scriptures that tell us that if we pray, "asking for in prayer: believe (trust and confident) that it is granted to you, and you will get it." Mark 11 v 24--so, we should be expecting better results when we pray. Check these other Promises out also.
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Marriage: It's for Life
Marriage: It's for Life
By Karl Erickson
Shirley Collier, my mother-in-law, suffered a traumatic brain injury last year during a surgical procedure intended to prevent an aneurysm. It was the surgery itself that had her leaving the hospital in much poorer condition than she arrived. Despite the efforts of doctors and family members, Shirley’s condition continued to worsen over the months following the surgery.
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Earth To Catholics: It's Time To Change
Earth To Catholics: It's Time To Change
By Judy Landrieu Klein
For the past week, I have noted with interest and sadness the strong negative reaction of many Catholics to Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Laudato Si. Apparently, the Pope’s call to radical conversion, not only in how we treat the Earth, but also in how we deal with the economy and our fellow human beings, has made more than a few people smoking mad.
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Is Gay Ok?
Is Gay Ok?
By Anne Marty
The issue of same sex marriage is now before the United States Supreme Court. Ireland has already accepted same sex marraige and I assume the USA will not be far behind. Currently, the constitution will change if it is accepted. All the states in the nation will then have to accept same sex marriage. There have been major protests by the public but this will no longer matter.
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A Swift Kick in the Butt to Parents (And Invitation to Turn IT Around)
A Swift Kick in the Butt to Parents (And Invitation to Turn IT Around)
By Greg Schlueter
We labor for the kind of house that makes it impossible for it to ever be a home. We celebrate pregnancy long enough to deliver them predominantly to the care of another. In the name of our expensive education. In their name "boredom" or "unfulfilled."
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