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Becoming Whole
Becoming Whole
By Lori Conklin
We never really like to think about how our actions affect others. We tend to think that in most situations we are calm, cool, collected and right! We are, after all; human! In my last reflection, I talked about how to detach from the Judas’s in our lives from the perspective of how these relationships affected us.
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Analysis of a Conversion - Why I left the Catholic Church, the devil made me do it
Analysis of a Conversion - Why I left the Catholic Church, the devil made me do it
By De Maria
I've been talking with people of many faiths for over 20 years, now. During that time, I've met a great number who fell away from the Catholic Church. Catholics are, by far, the largest group of Christians. By ourselves, we total over 1 billion. But, somewhere, I heard that the 2nd largest Christian group, is fallen away Catholics.
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A Swift Kick in the Butt to Parents (And Invitation to Turn IT Around)
A Swift Kick in the Butt to Parents (And Invitation to Turn IT Around)
By Greg Schlueter
We labor for the kind of house that makes it impossible for it to ever be a home. We celebrate pregnancy long enough to deliver them predominantly to the care of another. In the name of our expensive education. In their name "boredom" or "unfulfilled."
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Goodbye "Little Bro"--You and Your Watermelon are Forever in Our Hearts
Goodbye "Little Bro"--You and Your Watermelon are Forever in Our Hearts
By Larry Peterson
This picture was taken at my daughter's wedding and it was a happy day. Facing the picture, the young fellow on the left is my "baby" brother, Johnny. The one to his left in the back is my brother, Bobby. I am to the far right, my sister, Carolyn, is in front of me and my brother, Danny, is to her left in front of Bobby.
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Five Ways To Show Jesus You Love Him
Five Ways To Show Jesus You Love Him
By Jessica Skelton
Sing a song, write a poem, go to mass or adoration. As you go about your day, offer a prayer from your heart. This is a good thing to do for other people in your life too. Life is so blazing short, make sure you tell the people you love that you love them. Tell them why, tell them often. This is the best way I know to brighten the day. Don't be shy!
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Soul-Searching
Soul-Searching
By Tina Salloum
“What do you girls have to say for yourselves?” My best friend and I stood speechless as Mrs. L., our eighth grade religious education instructor who had recently prepared us for confirmation, probed us with interrogating eyes. I could hear the seconds tick away on the wall clock in the audio visual room of the Catholic school we attended.
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Dad Jokes
Dad Jokes
By E.M. Wilson
So today I got to thinking about my parents as I was sitting with them both at the breakfast table. They celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary in October of last year. Now my dad is the type of guy who has a very sweet, ironic sense of humor. He just cracks himself up and to be honest with you all I do the exact same thing.
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Power to the People
Power to the People
By Michael D. Greaney
Thanks to Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, the issue of world government is once again a topic of serious discussion among thoughtful people of all faiths.
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Bill Maher is Right
Bill Maher is Right
By Shawn Roche
I bet that headline got a lot of people’s attention. It’s probably the main reason you’re reading this now. Does everyone remember the famous atheist’s remark a few weeks ago about “Christians loving to feel persecuted”?
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The Real Supreme Court.
The Real Supreme Court.
By Greg Schlueter
Nature. We didn't determine it. It has determined us. It is not a matter of religious adherence, only regard for what is undeniably true, and common sense. No argument surpasses the one the body has already made: Same sex bodies simply don't fit together, nor can their sexual processes accomplish what they are undeniably designed to accomplish
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Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner--What Are We To Make of All This?
Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner--What Are We To Make of All This?
By Rosemary Bogdan
I have to say that the entire transgender issue has been quite a mystery to me for a long time. I've done a lot of reading about it lately. My heart does go out to those people who are suffering in this way. It seems to me that this issue is most likely a psychological issue, rather than biological, but in either case, these are people who are hurting and very distressed. I pray that they can fin
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Raising Children Detached from the World
Raising Children Detached from the World
By Jennifer Elia
Though I practice, more or less, attachment parenting, I have really strived to teach my children to detach from the world. However, it took a radical outlook change of my own for them to learn the lesson. We live in a very small home (700 sq ft) and a few years ago the clutter was becoming overwhelming.
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The Church & Human Sexuality
The Church & Human Sexuality
By Matthew Newsome
Like most secular universities, the school where I serve as campus minister offers a wide range of classes, from forensic science to European history to psychology. A couple of years ago two of my campus ministry students were taking a psychology class on “human sexuality."
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What Christ Gave Us
What Christ Gave Us
By Catherine Garrett
I handed bedtime duty one night over to my husband. I had to take care of a teething infant and our toddlers were asking for prayers and a story so I said "Daddy will say prayers and a story for you!" So they happily climbed into bed and laid down for prayers and a story. Well when I say prayers, it's a Hail Mary followed by the "Now I Lay Me..." Prayer
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The Pope and Our Lady of Good Success
The Pope and Our Lady of Good Success
By Sherry Kenner
In 1577 five Conceptionist sisters traveled from Spain to Quito Ecuador (southern hemisphere) to start a convent. The Convent was formally founded on January 13, 1577. Among the five sisters was thirteen-year-old Mariana de Jesus Torres.
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My Thoughts on Marriage
My Thoughts on Marriage
By Mariel Roersma
I told myself that I was going to keep basically quiet about the new marriage law that has been talked about every where, and on everything. But then I realized that my feelings are probably very different from most everyone else. And so I wanted to put them out there.
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The Grass Isn't Always Greener on the Other Side
The Grass Isn't Always Greener on the Other Side
By Lisa Ponchak
During these times that we live in, I am especially grateful to be Catholic. I am thankful for the Church’s covering and protection. As a married woman, I can rest under the shadow and protection of my husband and in a similar way, I can rest and take refuge under the guidance and protection of the Church regarding faith and morals.
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