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How are you experiencing Advent?
How are you experiencing Advent?
By Pam Spano
How are you experiencing Advent? I like the way John Michael Talbot describes it: "Get to journey through Advent first. It's a season of repentance, like Lent with a bit of sugar on top! Then we are ready for Christmas!”
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Your sins aren't that special
Your sins aren't that special
By Trish Irvine
“Your sins aren’t that special.” The girls giggled, perhaps a little shocked by what I said, simply because it came as a surprise. They were concerned about going to Confession to a priest they knew.
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Even Naughty Children Get Presents for Christmas
Even Naughty Children Get Presents for Christmas
By Tara K. E. Brelinsky
After a busy morning of my wrangling children and an afternoon manning a craft table at a Christmas Craft Fair, I decided to appease the requests of my younger ones who'd been begging to visit Santa at the mall.
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God's Final Say
God's Final Say
By Allison Brown
God will always have the final say. No matter what, no matter the situation. We as followers need to learn to ride with the tide so to speak. But sometimes His final word can seem cruel and unfair.
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Faith alone people suffer with two false assumptions.
Faith alone people suffer with two false assumptions.
By De Maria
The difference between Catholics and Protestants is that they see faith as something that they can measure. Therefore, they claim to be saved by faith alone. I'm reminded of the question that faith alone people ask faith and works people.
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The Wal-Mart Heart Change
The Wal-Mart Heart Change
By Trish Irvine
I could feel it increasing in my heart. My fingers tapped on the shopping cart as the impatience within escalated. Standing in the speedy checkout line at Wal-Mart, I was feeling pressed for time. I hadn’t wanted to stop at Wal-Mart, but I needed glitter.
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Thoughts on Christmas Cards
Thoughts on Christmas Cards
By Sue Hallett
Thoughts on Christmas cards: I got out the Christmas card stuff this week, and came across a bundle of cards and letters from last year. I sat down and began to read . . .
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Prepare Your Heart in Hopeful Waiting This Advent
Prepare Your Heart in Hopeful Waiting This Advent
By Katie Zalany
Have you ever waited for something joyous? A marriage? A birth of a child? A graduation? A promotion? Can you remember the feeling of nervousness, anticipation, and excitement? Perhaps there was an impatience, as well, that accompanied this time of waiting.
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Perfectly Christmas
Perfectly Christmas
By Marilyn Hetrick
When my kids were growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, I was into Christmas big time! Every square inch of my living room was filled with Christmas. I was a perfectionist--the lights had to be strung just so, the shepherds in the Nativity scene had to perfectly counterbalance the three wise men.
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How do you justify baby-baptism, after all that?
How do you justify baby-baptism, after all that?
By De Maria
In a recent discussion about justification and Baptism, a non-Catholic asked me to explain how the Catholic Church can Teach infant Baptism (i.e. baby baptism). The explanation is very simple, if one only takes into account the signs which Jesus performed when He walked with the Apostles.
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The Rules Don't Apply to Me
The Rules Don't Apply to Me
By Lorrie McNickle
Over the past few years I have stepped up my journey. I have been thankfully afforded opportunities to study and learn more deeply the Faith that I was born into. I have realized I am very ignorant of my Catholic Faith. I am amazed at every turn, of the teachings, dogmas, and practices that I know very little about despite a Catholic education.
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Jesus Remember Me!
Jesus Remember Me!
By Kathy Lamb
At Sunday Mass, celebrating the Solemnity of Christ the King, we heard the gospel from Luke, the story of the criminals crucified on either side of Jesus. During the homily Father Adam pointed out two shadows on the wall behind him.
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Adversity and its Immense Value
Adversity and its Immense Value
By Alan Scott
I read the following quote recently from C.S. Lewis: “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” This made me think about all the various obstacles and sufferings I have faced in my life, and I’ve gone through some real doozies.
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The Pro-Life Movement's Missing Piece: Every Man's Secret Letter To Women Part II
The Pro-Life Movement's Missing Piece: Every Man's Secret Letter To Women Part II
By James Berkon
When it comes to involving men in the Pro-Life Movement, a few thoughts come to mind that I would like to share with you.
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Six Easy Ways to Celebrate Advent Without Any Additional Work (almost)
Six Easy Ways to Celebrate Advent Without Any Additional Work (almost)
By Jen Schlameuss-Perry
Advent is a great season. We all observe it, but much of the time, we overlook the meaning behind all those wonderful family traditions that we celebrate throughout the four weeks. Here are a few ways (in no particular order) to incorporate some theological discussion into what your family will be doing anyway
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The Large Family: Madness or Holiness?
The Large Family: Madness or Holiness?
By Flávia Ghelardi
My grandma Amábile said that she always dreamt about having 12 children. She had 8; she miscarried 2 and raised 6 with a lot of love. Afterwards came the sons- and daughters-in-law, so she fulfilled her dream of having a large family.
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Marriage and the Call to Holiness
Marriage and the Call to Holiness
By Rob Agnelli
At the close of the Second Vatican Council in 1965, there were 58,632 priests in the United States, serving a Catholic population of 48.5 million. In 2014, there were 38,275 priests, serving a total of 79.7 million Catholics. The number of women religious in our country has seen an even more dramatic decrease, plunging from 179,954 to 49,883 during the same time frame (CARA Church Statistics).
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