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All Souls Day, Losing A Child
All Souls Day, Losing A Child
By Peggy O'Flaherty
My son came home from school the other day in a bad mood. He was picking on his sisters, reluctant to begin his homework, and grumpy about any after school snack I offered. I’ve learned to give him some time before trying to figure out the reason behind his irritability. That night, when I tucked him into bed, I asked “Why such a long face?”
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The Passion of the Church: An Introduction
The Passion of the Church: An Introduction
By Traditional Catholic Guy
There is a tendency for the human spirit to turn a blind eye to troubles looming; for example, one day I noticed that my old car was making a strange noise under the hood. Instead of dealing with it, I turned the radio up louder.
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Halloween: A Very Catholic Holiday
Halloween: A Very Catholic Holiday
By Monique Ocampo
There are some things you should know about me. For one thing, I am a cradle Catholic, which means that I was born into a Catholic family, baptized as a baby, and was raised with the teachings of the faith. I went to Catholic school from Kindergarten all the way to 7th grade and later on went to a Catholic university.
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Marriage Belongs to God
Marriage Belongs to God
By Rachel Lucas
At this time, there is much uproar in the media about the Catholic Synod of the Family in Rome where the topic of marriage has been in heated debate. One of the tenets of marriage being considered is whether or not divorced and civilly remarried couples can receive the Eucharist, or Holy Communion. At the center of the debate is the concept of the indissolubility of the marriage vow.
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Have you filled your "spiritual suitcase" today?
Have you filled your "spiritual suitcase" today?
By Flávia Ghelardi
I like to imagine that everyone has a "spiritual suitcase" where we put all the graces we receive from our prayer life. I speak about a suitcase because we can take it everywhere we go, it always will be with us. It´s from this suitcase that we withdraw the graces we need to face our daily challenges.
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A Kiss Should Mean Something: A Brief Discussion on Pre-Marital Sex and Same-Sex Marriage
A Kiss Should Mean Something: A Brief Discussion on Pre-Marital Sex and Same-Sex Marriage
By Jason Izolt, M.Ed., M.A.T.
In my Confirmation Prep class, the other catechists and I have asked our students to list things they do not like about the Catholic Church in order to help clear up any confusion or misconceptions they may have. Two of those topics I would like to examine today. The topics are pre-marital sex and same-sex “marriage”.
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Encouragement for the New Mother
Encouragement for the New Mother
By Rosemary Bogdan
To any new mothers who may be reading this, Congratulations! You have cooperated with the Author of Life and look what God has wrought! Love has miraculously created a new person who is, and will forever be, unique in all of human history.
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Unplanned Parenthood And Still Choosing Life
Unplanned Parenthood And Still Choosing Life
By Dean P. Johnson
Sometimes we parents second-guess ourselves. Sometimes we wonder if we’ve made the right decision, if we’ve made the right call. Sometimes we ask ourselves if we could have done a better job. The fact is, things don’t always go exactly as we as parents had planned. Sometimes something happens that causes us as parent to reevaluate our entire parenting career,
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Surrender Now, Men
Surrender Now, Men
By John C Prejean Sr.
I’m no psychologist or any other type of expert when it comes to the male mind. All my theories are based on self experience and observations. With that being said, why is it that men are so afraid of God? Now some of you all may be saying to yourselves, and especially the ladies,“if you all are so afraid of God, why do you all do such stupid things?”
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Miracles and the Mother of God
Miracles and the Mother of God
By Susan Skinner
As I was undergoing my spiritual transformation, I prayed a lot for my family, my children and my husband. When my husband and I married in 2000, he was not Catholic. He had been raised going to both Baptist and Presbyterian churches. He had a love for Jesus, and a love for me, and we complimented one another as a couple. Shortly after we were married, he converted to Catholicism.
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Thankful in All Things
Thankful in All Things
By Susan Skinner
Life can be unkind. I have had my share of sufferings, as I am sure most people have. If we are not careful, we can let a bitterness seep in.
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RE: The Synod: The Catholic Church is the "Bride" of Christ and the Holy Spirit has Her Back; NO Problem
RE: The Synod: The Catholic Church is the "Bride" of Christ and the Holy Spirit has Her Back; NO Problem
By Larry Peterson
It is quite apparent to me that the 2014 Vatican Synod on the Family has been hijacked by the mainstream media and press. (Maybe we should call it the Secular Media Synod). Reports of Synod actions are flying out from the keyboards about all sorts of things, and none of these keyboards are privy to what any of the final Synod results will say.
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The Synod on the Family, the Francis Effect and the Timelessness of the Catholic Church
The Synod on the Family, the Francis Effect and the Timelessness of the Catholic Church
By David Vermont
All Christian eyes turn to Rome as approximately 200 Bishops meet for the Synod on the Family. The secular world hopes that Pope Francis, who seeks a kinder, gentler, more loving, more merciful Church, will change Catholic teaching and come around to their “more enlightened” way of thinking.
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The Trinity and the Family
The Trinity and the Family
By Susan Skinner
I used to teach an RCIA class for children at my former parish. One day a child, maybe 11 or 12 years old, asked about the quote in the bible that says, "Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth." - Genesis 1
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A Different Love Story: Remembering "The Prison Angel", Mother Antonia Brenner
A Different Love Story: Remembering "The Prison Angel", Mother Antonia Brenner
By Larry Peterson
This is a love story. No, it is not about romantic love. Rather, it is about the love of Christ exploding in the soul of a woman who took her God given gift and did her best to shower it upon some of the meanest and worst criminals in Mexico.
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Struck by the Splinters of the Cross
Struck by the Splinters of the Cross
By Susan Skinner
My story starts with my ancestry. My grandmother to be exact. When my Grandmother was in her 60’s she found out she was adopted. Her mother, the woman who raised her, never told her she was adopted and the father she thought died in a war, may never have actually existed.
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Forgiven Sins Spared from Committing
Forgiven Sins Spared from Committing
By Dean P. Johnson
The other day, my wife sent my 11 year old son to the convenience store, about two blocks away, for a dozen eggs. My 7 year old daughter asked to go with him. When my wife told her no and began to explain to her that her brother couldn’t hold her hand and carry eggs at the same time, my daughter began to get upset.
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