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Epiphany: Seeking—and Finding—Truth
Epiphany: Seeking—and Finding—Truth
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Epiphany. Before I converted to Christian Catholicism, I knew the noun only as AHA! Something previously opaque suddenly made clear, like when I first began to understand the astounding complexity and compensatory ability of the human heart. But now the word Epiphany connotes an event.
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Epiphany: Are You A Thrill Seeker?
Epiphany: Are You A Thrill Seeker?
By Fr. Michael J. Denk
One of the best things about being a priest, especially when it snows likes this, is that late at night when I get into the parking lot, I have an entire parking lot in which to do “donuts”!
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Don't Stop at the Star
Don't Stop at the Star
By Fr. Michael J. Denk
On this Feast of the Epiphany, as we hear the story of the Wise Men following the star and seeing Jesus with his mother Mary, we celebrate that through the Incarnation, God can manifest himself to us in a thousand ways at every moment of every day.
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I Have A Dream
I Have A Dream
By Mary Rivers
I have a dream, broadcasts Martin Luther King, echoing the prophet Isaiah.
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"Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"?
"Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"?
By Lorrie McNickle
Contrary to what many people today seem to believe and preach, I for one, do believe that Jesus cares if we say “Merry Christmas”.
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Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!
By Mary Rivers
"Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!" I have sought you all the days of my life-
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An Un-Christmassy Christmas
An Un-Christmassy Christmas
By Marilyn Hetrick
Last year was an un-Christmassy Christmas for me. With neither of our kids coming home, decorations were minimal, but they included framed pictures of Christmases past. I looked at those old photos wistfully. In my memory, Christmas was always as Hallmark-perfect as those carefully framed pictures. Or, was it?
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The Labor Has Begun
The Labor Has Begun
By Elizabeth Thomas
Recently at Our Lady of Guadalupe's Feast celebration---Mary’s Presence was so strong all during Mass!!
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Have We Become a Nation of Gropers?
Have We Become a Nation of Gropers?
By Bill Dunn
Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Al Franken, Roy Moore, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Dustin Hoffman, etc., etc. Wow, the past two months have been crazy. And every day more men get inducted into the Creepy Guy Club.
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Waiting
Waiting
By Helen Losse
A snowman, who wears a vest with a single garish button, peeks out from tall trees.
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Saints Flora and Mary--Betrayed by their Families and Martyred for their Faith
Saints Flora and Mary--Betrayed by their Families and Martyred for their Faith
By Larry Peterson
Many people have suffered the heartache and pain of being betrayed by someone close them, oftentimes a family member. There is a saint we can all turn to for spiritual and moral support when or if this ever happens to us. Her name is Flora and she and her best friend, Mary, died together for the faith they loved.
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8 Ways to Make Your Way From Advent to Christmas
8 Ways to Make Your Way From Advent to Christmas
By Birgit Jones
As an anticipatory and penitent season, Advent can bring many pressures to an already hectic time. While it is certainly important to keep Christ in Christmas, our life's realities must garner our attention as well.
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What's Going On With Our Men?
What's Going On With Our Men?
By Linda Kracht
What’s really at stake when men — husbands, fathers, brothers, cousins, sons, and neighbors — objectify women through sexual misconduct? Why do they do this? While mainstream America seems to have concluded that personal power corrupted these men’s hearts, we are free to question that conclusion.
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A Curmudgeon Smiles
A Curmudgeon Smiles
By Helen Losse
We are waiting in fall’s balance of color and decay, where one purple pansy survives in rotting leaves. Frost dusts the ground with silver.
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Restoring the Sacredness of Simbang Gabi in Chicagoland Area
Restoring the Sacredness of Simbang Gabi in Chicagoland Area
By Rexcrisanto Delson
The season of Advent is upon us, and many Catholics in the Chicagoland area will be looking forward to the Filipino Advent tradition known as Simbang Gabi. It is a nine day novena of consecutive Masses that ends just before Christmas. Since its beginning in the Chicagoland area during the mid 1980’s, the Masses have only been done in the Ordinary Form, also known as the Novus Ordo Missae.
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Seeking the Face of God, Even in Tragedy
Seeking the Face of God, Even in Tragedy
By Trish Irvine
“We live in a crazy world,” I told my class near the beginning of a class period.
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Greed, Selfishness and envy: Merry Christmas!
Greed, Selfishness and envy: Merry Christmas!
By Joe Richard
Greed, selfishness and envy, for too many of us those are the attributes we adopt during this time of the year. Every year, sermons are preached and articles written about how Christmas has lost it’s original meaning. We hear this lament and we shake our heads and say how true it is, but we don’t change our behavior at all.
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