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Losing the Eucharist
Losing the Eucharist
By Tess Shore
Today became a sad day for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. On the feast of Saint Patrick many Catholics learned of the hard decision that our shepherd Archbishop Perez needed to make. Archbishop Perez needed to suspend Mass.
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Spiritual Communion in This Hour of Need
Spiritual Communion in This Hour of Need
By Chick Todd
All across the world, bishops are suspending Mass as Catholics join in the campaign to help "flatten the curve" of the spread of COVID-19 VIRUS. There are still ways for the faithful to participate in the spiritual benefits of Communion.
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Blind Man Sees in More Ways Than One
Blind Man Sees in More Ways Than One
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading, Jesus healed a man born blind. As usual, the Pharisees had a conniption. Their anger was due partly to the fact that the miracle was done on the Sabbath, but mostly because, well, because it was Jesus.
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Family and Death---The common denominator that helps many move forward is FAITH.
Family and Death---The common denominator that helps many move forward is FAITH.
By Larry Peterson
I am the oldest of five, and my mom died when I was fifteen. My brothers were eleven, six, and two. My sister was twelve. Grandma lived with us and decided that dad had killed her daughter. Mom, who had just turned forty, had died of leukemia; so grandma was wrong. But dad believed that we kids were better off with Grandma looking after us than him doing it. He was wrong too
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Woman, What Have I Told You?
Woman, What Have I Told You?
By Elizabeth Thomas
Crying, treasuring the last time I would receive our Lord at Sunday's Mass--my heart hears these words. "Woman, why are you weeping? Remember My Words. Remember to Rejoice always, in all things, give thanks; and pray without ceasing--for this is the Will of the Father for you."
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Has God got our Attention Yet?
Has God got our Attention Yet?
By Ralph Hathaway
The Coronavirus, or Covid-19, our most recent warfare with an unseen enemy called germ-warfare has become a reality again. A living and intelligent organism that continues to grow and become more sophisticated every year.
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The Strange Paradox of COVID-19. Saving the Lonely by making them Lonelier
The Strange Paradox of COVID-19. Saving the Lonely by making them Lonelier
By Larry Peterson
I have learned that loneliness has no boundaries. It reaches out for everyone and captures many of the unsuspecting, including the seemingly happy, satisfied, and successful. Yes, loneliness is capable of dragging the lonely into a world of hidden misery and often depression. It can attack anyone at any time, and it has become a social condition of almost epidemic proportions.
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Living The Worthy Life: Truth Be Told
Living The Worthy Life: Truth Be Told
By Michael Cunningham
Bishop Sheen put it this way, ¨Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.¨
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Reflections on the Past Twenty Years
Reflections on the Past Twenty Years
By Justin Soutar
I wish all readers of this article a happy new decade. It's hard to believe we've just entered the "Twenties," since my maternal grandparents were born in the 1920s almost one hundred years ago.
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stained glass windows
stained glass windows
By Linda Kracht
Catholic Churches are home to ‘millions’ of beautiful stained glass windows, statues, paintings, mosaics, and wood carvings and for good reason!
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What to do on Sundays to "Keep the Lord's Day" if your bishop dispensed your diocese from the Sunday obligation?
What to do on Sundays to "Keep the Lord's Day" if your bishop dispensed your diocese from the Sunday obligation?
By Joby Provido
We are in the center of an unprecedented event in recent history – the halting of public Masses, and a dispensation from the Sunday obligation. Many of us who regularly attend Sunday Mass are at a quandary of what to do.
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The Fear Mongering of Satan
The Fear Mongering of Satan
By Lorrie McNickle
Is anyone else totally dismayed at the situation in Rome, and some other places right now. Seriously, they are cancelling the Sacraments. The city of Rome is in the midst of a "catastrophic event" and they are cancelling the Sacraments.
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What is the Real Essence of Lent?
What is the Real Essence of Lent?
By Ralph Hathaway
A profound question that should prepare each person to seek the confessional, not only in church but in their individual heart.
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Families Benefit When Kids Go to Confession
Families Benefit When Kids Go to Confession
By Melanie R. Cameron
One of our kiddos is receiving his first Reconciliation this weekend, so we did a child's examination of conscience after dinner.
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Living The Worthy Life: Judging Others And Our Behaviors At Church
Living The Worthy Life: Judging Others And Our Behaviors At Church
By Michael Cunningham
Bishop Fulton Sheen said, “Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.”
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Fish Fry or Way of the Cross, or......Both?
Fish Fry or Way of the Cross, or......Both?
By Lorrie McNickle
It's Friday and it's Lent, which means on the day our Lord suffered so incredibly and in respect and mortification for that event Catholics are called to abstain from meat, in deference to the flesh sacrifice our Lord offered up, the partying and socializing of fish fries have risen!
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NOW is the TIME---NOT TO FEAR!!!
NOW is the TIME---NOT TO FEAR!!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Now is the time to LIVE the FAITH we PROFESS!! This is an open letter to all Bishops and Priests who may be wondering what will we decide, what will we speak to the faithful concerning the "Coronavirus."
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