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Don't Make the Wrong Assumption About Mary
Don't Make the Wrong Assumption About Mary
By Bill Dunn
This year August 15th falls on a Sunday. So, the readings for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary will be proclaimed at Sunday Mass. This means many Catholics will be present to celebrate this Feast for the first time in a long time.
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How a Toddler Inspired a Pope with her Understanding of the Eucharist
How a Toddler Inspired a Pope with her Understanding of the Eucharist
By Larry Peterson
This is a story about a little girl known as "Little Nellie of Holy God." Her real name was Ellen Organ but everyone called her Nellie. By the time "Little Nellie" was two years old, she knew that God was truly present in the Holy Eucharist.
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Pay Attention to God Speaking Through Your Spouse
Pay Attention to God Speaking Through Your Spouse
By Elizabeth Thomas
If our Holy Spirit Antenna is up and working, we will hear God speaking to us in the most ordinary and unsuspecting ways and from the mouths of the most ordinary people.
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The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting
The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting
By Deacon Greg Lambert
Let us pray for the grace to live out the creed we profess as we journey toward the final “forgiveness of sins, resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.”
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Do the clothes I wear to mass interfere with the graces I receive?
Do the clothes I wear to mass interfere with the graces I receive?
By Flávia Ghelardi
Can the clothes we wear interfere with the graces we receive? Does God care how we are dressed for the holy sacrifice of the Mass?
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
By Michael Cunningham
Maybe we could learn a great deal from the early Church. Maybe we could learn a great deal from this story about Paul and Silas. Brothers and sisters, maybe we could learn the value of the lesson taught in 1 John 3:18 Your actions speak louder than words.
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How to Experience a 'Cana Wedding Adoration': Come to Jesus to Be Healed
How to Experience a 'Cana Wedding Adoration': Come to Jesus to Be Healed
By Elizabeth Thomas
Life has drained us, emptied us, and left us needing new life and renewed joy. We need to know how deeply God loves us and wants to be alive in our lives. We need change that only the love of God can bring. This is why we need a Cana Wedding Eucharistic Adoration.
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Follow the Faith
Follow the Faith
By Sherry Kenner
I have read conflicting opinions on the use of face masks and heard the pros and cons of lockdowns. Most research papers end with the words "it is not clear..." or "more research is needed." All of this has lead to my conclusion that there is no science to follow at this point. But I still have my Faith to follow.
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20 "Radical" Saint Quotes that Modern Catholics Might Hate
20 "Radical" Saint Quotes that Modern Catholics Might Hate
By Jacinta
If anything, it might remind all of us that Catholicism is way more serious than we think, and the Four Last Things (Death, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory) are far closer than we realize
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Does the Eucharist Inspire Reverent Awe?
Does the Eucharist Inspire Reverent Awe?
By Bill Dunn
I freely admit, The Church’s teaching about the Eucharist is shocking. If the body and blood of Jesus are really, supernaturally present, then it is the greatest miracle since the Resurrection.
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The Lord is Our Shepherd. Are We His Sheep?
The Lord is Our Shepherd. Are We His Sheep?
By Elizabeth Thomas
Think of your lifestyle. What pastures do you graze in? How are you setting yourself up to be preyed upon by sheep in wolves clothing?
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The Danger of Profaning Our Lord
The Danger of Profaning Our Lord
By Lorrie McNickle
It is time for us to choose sides. Are we on the side of the profaners or of Christ?
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"Little Claret" - this Martyred Claretian Priest may be the next Philippino Saint
"Little Claret" - this Martyred Claretian Priest may be the next Philippino Saint
By Larry Peterson
“The four exemplary acts or series of acts of Fr. Rhoel that have made him a martyr of our times… He sacrificed, he suffered, he searched, and he surrendered.”
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Should You be Denied Communion?
Should You be Denied Communion?
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
While we await the final document from the bishops on Eucharistic reception, may we seek to guarantee we are not receiving it unworthily.
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Meet St. Benedict Joseph Labre: The Beggar Saint
Meet St. Benedict Joseph Labre: The Beggar Saint
By Larry Peterson
Benedict Joseph Labre was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1860. He was canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIII in 1881. He is the patron saint of the homeless, beggars, and bachelors.
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The Eucharistic Martyrs of Casamari
The Eucharistic Martyrs of Casamari
By Larry Peterson
On May 12, 1799, about 15 soldiers stumbled upon the Cistercian Gothic Abbey in Casamari. Their actions during that night and into May 13 left six friars viciously murdered. They had stayed behind to save Jesus Christ, present in the Holy Eucharist.
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The Holy Mass: A Time Machine
The Holy Mass: A Time Machine
By Flávia Ghelardi
Let's focus on the Eucharistic liturgy. As soon as it begins and the priest invites us to lift up our hearts, the so-called "communion of saints" begins, that is, the union of the Militant Church (we who are still here on this earth), the Penitent Church (the souls in Purgatory) and the Triumphant Church (the souls, the saints who are already in Heaven).
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