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Blah, Blah, Blah
Blah, Blah, Blah
By Robert Hug
So you’ve read Thomas Aquinas, Cervantes, Dante, Chaucer and Shakespeare? Blah Blah Blah. Lately on Catholic web sites, I’ve been seeing so much self righteousness and so much anger and so much bitterness. All of which is passive aggressively wrapped up in a bunch of fancy rhetoric.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Jesus' Court - part 2
A Connecticut Yankee in King Jesus' Court - part 2
By Bill Dunn
A smile spread across Jerry Francis’ face as he slept. He was having a vivid dream. In the dream, Jerry and his family were laughing and playing in the backyard of their suburban Connecticut home. Jerry was pitching Wiffle balls to his son Michael, age seven, who took mighty swings with a yellow plastic bat.
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Dress For Mass
Dress For Mass
By Debra Booton McCoy
This is the month of May, the month of Mary. It is a time when we could reflect on how much we are emulating our Holy Mother. Since children take after their parents, we should take after our Mother in her virtues of patience, modesty and faith.
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Let the Mystery Be
Let the Mystery Be
By Elizabeth Thomas
In response to a recent post/challenge to all agnostics/atheist, Tim posted a song that was really good to listen too. But is said to Let the mystery be, let everyone just believe what they want to and live in the ‘we agree to agree’ world of letting it be. What is wrong with that thinking?
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When I Lose, God Wins
When I Lose, God Wins
By Caroline Godin
In college, I wanted to go to this Christian music festival but, being in college, I had no money. Volunteering full time meant free entry. “If it’s free, it’s for me!” Off I went to the Inside Out Soul Festival, now simply called Soulfest.
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"Free-Range Parenting"---Another Ingredient in the Crock-Pot of Progressive Balderdash
"Free-Range Parenting"---Another Ingredient in the Crock-Pot of Progressive Balderdash
By Larry Peterson
I grew up in the south Bronx of the 1950s and 60s. We kids in the neighborhood (and there were many kids in the neighborhood) would get home from school sometime around 3 p.m. Most of us went to St. Angela Merici Catholic School which was also the local parish.
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Is There Scientific Evidence that Life has an Intelligent Cause?
Is There Scientific Evidence that Life has an Intelligent Cause?
By Steven R. Hemler
In my previous article “Did God Establish Evolution?” we discussed how Michelangelo was the primary and intelligent cause of the Pieta who guided his chisel, which was merely a secondary and natural cause of this statue.
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GLTB and all the rest of the ABCs
GLTB and all the rest of the ABCs
By Elizabeth Thomas
GLTB---you are seeing these 4 letters everywhere—and if you have not figured it out yet or had it explained—it stands for Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Bi-sexual. This sexual orientation preference and demands for equal rights and acceptance has created a hot topic in many areas---especially CHURCH, and more specifically, the Catholic Church.
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Why I Write: A Visitation Experience
Why I Write: A Visitation Experience
By Bernice Pillart Dumitru
We are part of God’s communication system. We don’t have a choice! It is part of our job description given at Baptism. Jeremiah tried to keep quiet and the words of God burned within him and he had to speak. Whenever God communicates anything to us it is not for ourselves alone. The Spirit is guiding the Church by inspiring the Church! That’s us!!
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The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same
By John C Prejean Sr.
Tonight at Mass (Saturday Vigil Mass), I was giving a very short presentation about the men's group in our area (The King’s Men) and the retreat that we will be having in June (Into the Wild) in Show Low, AZ when I noticed the almighty mass exodus…those who leave before communion or right after or during my presentation. I thought to myself “and the race is on.”
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Are You Wearing Dung-Colored Glasses?
Are You Wearing Dung-Colored Glasses?
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Ah, we love to make fun of those in love, the young and the naive who view the world through rose-colored glasses. But what about the rest of us, those of us who wear dung-colored glasses? We should chuckle just as loudly when we realize this tendency to see darkly. When I am miserable, nothing—not riches, nor prestige, or a change in circumstances—nothing can change my interior unhappiness.
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Seven Last Words of Christ - Part 7
Seven Last Words of Christ - Part 7
By Chick Todd
We are finishing up a series on The Seven Last Words of Christ. Let's start with the passage from Psalm 31. In this Psalm, David shows he is in fear for his life. His enemies are plotting ways to kill him.
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Arguing with Grace
Arguing with Grace
By Caroline Godin
St. Bernadette was quoted to have said, “My job is to inform, not to convince.” Key advice in a controversial world. Mention any of these topics and watch the comments explode: gay marriage, abortion, religious freedom, Christian persecution, state of Palestine, etc.
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The Holy Spirit: Pentecost, And The Sacrament Of Confirmation
The Holy Spirit: Pentecost, And The Sacrament Of Confirmation
By Alex Brittain
Today we celebrate the Day of Pentecost and we reflect upon the Holy Spirit, who is God and the Third Person of the Holy Trinity. Today we will also reflect upon what the Day of Pentecost itself signifies for the Church as a whole and for us as individuals.
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Symbols... are they important?
Symbols... are they important?
By Pat McDermott
How many of us remember times when we walked in to a Church (our parish or one we visited) and saw some strange items either hanging from the ceiling or displayed someplace prominent? I know I have. I wonder sometimes if the goal is to look pretty or to mean something.
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Seven Last Words of Christ - Part 6
Seven Last Words of Christ - Part 6
By Chick Todd
Jesus had not gone to his death completely unaware of what was happening, what would happen, or what the results would be. He fully understood what was in that cup he asked his Father about in Gethsemane.
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Dear God Letters--Wheeling Valor
Dear God Letters--Wheeling Valor
By Dom Perry
I sat on the bench looking about, and wondered the experiences they encountered as many of them wheeled along, coming and going--the automatic doors opening and closing--brave men and women arriving or leaving their doctors appointments. The VA Hospital had just reopened its newly constructed front entrance with the attendants assisting many of the wheeled chair patients to and from their cars.
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