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Reclaiming True Diversity
Reclaiming True Diversity
By Karl Erickson
Sometimes it's easy to say no to a movement or cause just because of some of the characteristics of its supporters. Diversity is a prime example, I think. I used to take a negative view of diversity because it struck me as propaganda, a movement hijacked by the politically correct crowd, aimed at freezing free speech which may be opposed to their favored causes of the day--e.g. gay marriage.
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AH, the Value of a Letter!
AH, the Value of a Letter!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Ah, the value of a letter! No, not the A to Z alphabet letters—even though they are extremely valuable too! For without them there would be the letter. That HANDWRITTEN, folded and sealed in an addressed, stamped envelope—and delivered to your door---left in your mailbox letter. Ah the value of that letter.
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No Compromise on Abortion
No Compromise on Abortion
By Patti J. Mitchell
As Catholics we believe in the sanctity of life - from conception to natural death, right? For the most part it is, but not always. I cannot count the times I’ve spoken to parishioners that say, “I might not agree with abortion, but I support a woman’s right to choose,” or “I think abortion is wrong, except in certain cases, such as rape.”
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Christian Unity and Two Questions That Protestants Cannot Answer
Christian Unity and Two Questions That Protestants Cannot Answer
By Arnold Scott
We share so much with our Protestant friends, from the love of our Lord Jesus to the Sacred Scriptures. Because of these shared treasures, there is a temptation to overlook our separated status as a lamentable but unchangeable fact of history.
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Conflicting Voices: Why Parents Choose Not to Bring Their Children to Mass
Conflicting Voices: Why Parents Choose Not to Bring Their Children to Mass
By Melanie R. Cameron
This great, yet heartbreaking article struck a chord... Parents not taking their kids to Mass? I'm being honest here, I know a few. Not pointing fingers! In fact, I'm the first to stand up and say, please, Lord, please, give us some consistent voices.
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Passover---Easter Continues--Daily
Passover---Easter Continues--Daily
By Elizabeth Thomas
We have just finished with Lent, and quickly we Passover unto another celebration in our walk with Christ. Mercy of God Sunday, the Ascension, and then Pentecost— well, everyday is “the Day of the Lord” and a day to rejoice and be glad in it.
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Confronting Porn
Confronting Porn
By Anthony Gockowski
In the past few months, there has been a curious revival of talking the “porn-myth” in certain secular circles. Russell Brand, a greasy image of compulsive sexual addiction, openly launched a crusade on porn. College campuses across the nation are campaigning for consent. Porn stars are dropping left and right and returning to their faith.
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Ripped From The Womb, Not A Person
Ripped From The Womb, Not A Person
By Jen Schlameuss-Perry
A woman who was preparing for the birth of her child responded to an ad on Craigslist to purchase clothes for her baby. Upon her arrival, the person who placed the ad, a deranged woman bent on kidnapping the unborn child, attacked the expectant mother, cut her open and removed the baby; leaving the mother in serious danger of death and ultimately killing the infant.
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Who is That Looking at Me?
Who is That Looking at Me?
By Elizabeth Thomas
Most of us every day will be looking into a mirror within five minutes after waking. Inevitably we will be thinking “oh God, look at me---what a mess.” Stay with that thought, or can this be a perfect time to begin a new day, a new beginning—by asking ourselves the question “who are you?”
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Light of the World
Light of the World
By JoAnne Hudek-Dole
Do you think a streetlamp knows how much light it gives the street and houses it illuminates? Or maybe it feels lost in the darkness - especially if it is on a lonely country road without another streetlamp nearby. What about the sun? Does it feel closed in, surrounded by darkness? So far from the nearest light-emitting star, is it lonely for the light? I wonder.
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Love The Resident Alien
Love The Resident Alien
By Carol Paur
I caught myself whining the other day. We're in the middle of a few home improvement projects. Where is my book? Why is the ladder here? Do I really have to wash all the walls? Where's the spackling? As I was feeling sorry for myself, I began to ponder the plight of people forced from their homes due to violence and war.
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50 Days of Cadbury Eggs: Easter Is a Season, Not a Day.
50 Days of Cadbury Eggs: Easter Is a Season, Not a Day.
By Nate Lauer
Easter is a season, not a day. The same goes for Christmas. There I said it. I find it utterly confounding at times that so many Christians, Catholic or not, treat Advent and Lent as seasons, as well they should, yet seem to apparently celebrate Easter and Christmas as only one day festivities. Whole seasons of penitential waiting followed by blink of an eye celebrations that quickly pass?
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The Mass is the ANSWER for it is the Most Beautiful Thing This Side of heaven
The Mass is the ANSWER for it is the Most Beautiful Thing This Side of heaven
By Larry Peterson
Something deeply mystical happens on Holy Thursday that many people (this may include some Catholics) do not understand. I refer to the Mass of the Lord's Supper. Lent ends when this Mass begins, which is usually in the evening. This Mass commemorates the night when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist giving us His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity forever.
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The lies about Easter
The lies about Easter
By Victor S E Moubarak
As we celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord let us remember that this particular event gave rise to many speculations and rumours all those years ago, and indeed over the years since then.
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The Other Side of the Stone
The Other Side of the Stone
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Social surveys have shown that, for reasons unknown, more women than men tend to be late for appointments. But on one momentous occasion—the greatest in human history—women arrived long before any men did. Their early dawn arrival at the scene with embalming spices on that first Easter morn reflected more than mere punctuality.
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The More I Know the Less I Understand
The More I Know the Less I Understand
By Steve Reasbeck
You know, this faith thing is confusing, sometime. Once you see the practice of it, and the more you make an effort to practice it, the more confused one gets. The more you learn about it, i.e., the Saints, Church History, etc., the more you realize how little you really know.
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What Did She Say?!!
What Did She Say?!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
“Okay, let it be done. I do not know how God—I don’t know how it is humanly possible to do this on my own. But Father, I trust in You, so if You are asking me to bring into this world Your saving WORD—then let this happen—use me--Father to do Your Will.” (2015 version of Mary’s conversation with Gabriel, and our reply too, when we are asked to bring the Love of Jesus into this world.)
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