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The Pop Tart
The Pop Tart
By Catherine Garrett
My almost 3 year old son brought me a package of pop tarts. "I want pop tart, mommy!" As I took the shiny package from him, I could tell the pop tarts had been through several children's hands, possibly stepped on and thrown around too.
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The 4 words for a happy marriage
The 4 words for a happy marriage
By Flávia Ghelardi
In Schoenstatt’s Movement, of which I’m a member, we talk about the four words that help us to have a happy marriage. In Portuguese, they all start with the letter R, so we call them the 4Rs, but in English, these words are: pray, re-enchant, review and renew. Let’s look at each one of them.
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Spirituality of Place
Spirituality of Place
By Bret Thoman
What is “Spirituality of Place”? Are certain places holier than others? Or does one particular place have more spiritual value than others? Since three years ago, my wife and I made the decision to move to Loreto, Italy, I find myself thinking about this frequently.
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A Morning of Hope
A Morning of Hope
By E.M. McCarthy
Pamela wanted to fly away from the window. If she were a bird, and not a girl, there would be no thoughts of sickness and death and only hope to fly into the dawn of a new day.
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Turning Milestone Wedding Anniversaries into Monuments
Turning Milestone Wedding Anniversaries into Monuments
By Rexcrisanto Delson
For the past twenty five years, I have always celebrated our wedding anniversaries by taking my wife out to dinner, giving her flowers, cards, and such. This year I almost paid the same level of attention to our 25th anniversary, which would’ve been a big mistake.
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Secrets to A Grace Filled Marriage: Humility and a Sense of Humour
Secrets to A Grace Filled Marriage: Humility and a Sense of Humour
By Melanie Jean Juneau
My husband, Michael, and I will have been married for 39 years on Sept. 1, 2017. After a difficult life, we are happy and still in love. Surprisingly, we have become one in reality, deeply in tune with each other’s spirits even though we are still opposites in personality. Our tangible joy is inexplicable through secular eyes because from all outward appearances our life together has been a tough
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Gender Optional?
Gender Optional?
By Lorrie McNickle
Does anyone find it curious that in a day and age of gender neutrality or “genderlessness”, gender reveal parties seem to be all the rage? It seems that the revelation of gender for a yet to be born baby generates much excitement and happiness, and typically that excitement and happiness is elicited regardless of the sex that is revealed.
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Devastation Everywhere
Devastation Everywhere
By Ralph Hathaway
Time-line: Monday, August 28, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT. As we sit and watch the destruction that Hurricane Harvey brought to the Texas coast, tears well up as thousands of people are in dire straits. Yet, many more thousands are standing waist deep in water helping many who could be stranded to safety.
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Our Wayward Home
Our Wayward Home
By Greg Schlueter
Glenn Beck was talking about our nation’s demise. College riots. Racial tension. Extramarital sex. Addictions. Breakdown of marriage and family. And he offered reasons. Lack of economic opportunity. Politics. Education. While these are all contributing factors, they pale in comparison to the number one, epic factor in a child’s success or failure: Parenting.
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Compassion?
Compassion?
By E.M. McCarthy
The issue of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics without an annulment being permitted to receive Holy Communion is in the news again. The following quote further explains why some want to liberalize through pastoral counseling the current Church laws.
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Our Family ; Designed by God
Our Family ; Designed by God
By Allison Brown
Most people know we are expecting our 8th baby this October. When I found out, shock was an understatement and it’s taking a while for it to truly sink in.
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Does Modern Literature Damage Our Kids?
Does Modern Literature Damage Our Kids?
By E.M. McCarthy
Novels are about more than sharing an experience, they are used to change society. Today there is a real trend to write books to expose middle school children to sex.
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Unraveling God's Plan
Unraveling God's Plan
By Allison Brown
When my second child was around three months old, we traveled to Melbourne for his Godparents Wedding. We were staying in a house that belonged to a lady from the church. It was an older home that had been added onto, obviously to fit their large family.
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Filipinos and their lessening love and reverence of the body
Filipinos and their lessening love and reverence of the body
By Rose Cuervo
The body contains the individual, the soul which together make the unique person, which is a member of a particular country, family, history. The body is sacred, being sanctified by the Son of God Himself who was incarnated to a Flesh and Blood reality while being God as well (an event called a hypostatic union).
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Into the Tomb
Into the Tomb
By Elizabeth Thomas
When we were doing our inner healing classes, we were given a week, and Scriptures to reflect on concerning the needed healing of the week. One week we were told to enter into the tomb and sit with Jesus as He waited.
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Bye Ash
Bye Ash
By De Maria
On Monday, August 14, we said goodbye to Ash, our dog. It was heartbreaking.
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What's a Doula? A Catholic Doula Program?!! Fast-Track
What's a Doula? A Catholic Doula Program?!! Fast-Track
By Julie
I just finished a radio interview with Dave Palmer the manager of the local Catholic Radio Station Guadalupe Radio Network. This particular interview will air on August 26th, so I thought I should blog about this too.
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