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Power of The Spirit Available to All
Power of The Spirit Available to All
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading, the Bible explains that Jesus returned to the Galilee region filled with “the power of the Spirit.”
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Supernatural CPR: An Anamnestic View into the Meaning of Christ's Final Breath
Supernatural CPR: An Anamnestic View into the Meaning of Christ's Final Breath
By Prof. Anthony Maranise, Obl.S.B.
The classic Christian text from antiquity, apart from the Holy Gospels themselves, of course, which govern the religious order to which I am spiritually-affiliated is known as “The Rule of St. Benedict.”
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Combating Church Scandal with Ancient Intimacy
Combating Church Scandal with Ancient Intimacy
By Rexcrisanto Delson
Much has been said about the most seismic scandal that has ever hit the Catholic Church in America. Last June, Theodore McCarrick, a retired cardinal and former archbishop of Washington, was removed from the ministry after being accused of sexually assaulting a teenager for years.
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St. Telesphorus and St. Hyginus---The January Popes
St. Telesphorus and St. Hyginus---The January Popes
By Larry Peterson
The eighth pope in the line of succession that began with St. Peter was Pope Telesphorus. He was a pope from 126 AD until 137 AD. He was followed by Pope Hyginus, who reigned from 136 AD to 142 AD. Both of these sainted popes have feast days in January and both established traditions that are still in use to this day.
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Vivid Dreams and the Illumination of Conscience
Vivid Dreams and the Illumination of Conscience
By Susan Skinner
On the darkest day of the year this past December, I had a very weird dream that I am still trying to unpack because it seemed so very real. Then at Mass the following morning I had a moment with God. I will try to explain all of it here.
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A Word To Our Shepherds about Betrayal
A Word To Our Shepherds about Betrayal
By Susan Skinner
I was recently blindsided by something that left me momentarily feeling exposed, even betrayed. Because I know God is in all things, I took it to him to try to process what happened. I knew clearly I was supposed to meditate on Jesus’ betrayal. I did that for several days, and this morning God spoke. He told me I was looking at it wrong.
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Suffer Well
Suffer Well
By Susan Skinner
We are one body in Christ. I don’t think we understand this yet. Until we do, we will live in a perpetual state of discord. The Mystical Body of Christ will heal when we understand and want the salvation of other people. Not in the sense that we want to control them, which comes from a spirit of control, but because we love them.
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Protestantism Finds a Type in Jezebel
Protestantism Finds a Type in Jezebel
By Scott Pauline
Original Protestantism and modern hard-core Evangelical Protestantism did and do like to point scary and negative imagery of the Apocalypse at the Catholic Church.
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Devastating Decline in the Practice of the Faith Must be Fiercely Repelled
Devastating Decline in the Practice of the Faith Must be Fiercely Repelled
By Michael J. McCormick
Closing schools, merging parishes, dwindling vocations and Mass attendance at historic lows, are all current devastating trends within the Catholic Church in the United States. But far from being accepted as the new normal, these harsh realities must be fiercely repelled.
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The Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I) Take a peek inside the Love that is the Holy Trinity
The Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I) Take a peek inside the Love that is the Holy Trinity
By Larry Peterson
I attended Christmas Day Mass at 8 a.m. in my church; Sacred Heart in Pinellas Park, FL. We have a Mercedarian priest, Father Mike Donovan, who has been with us for several months and he was the celebrant. Father used the Roman Canon in this Mass. (Canon is the word used that refers to the fundamental part of the Mass that occurs between the Offertory and before Communion).
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Wise Men from the East
Wise Men from the East
By Sue Hallett
At Mass this morning, as always, we began with prayer intentions,
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St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
By Larry Peterson
His name was quite unusual; it was Yvo. He was born in the year 1040 near Chartres, France, which is why he is called Yvo of Chartres. Not much is known about his family background and his adolescent life. The documented history of his life seems to begin when Yvo became a student in Paris and began studying at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy, a Benedictine Monastery.
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It's Just a Song
It's Just a Song
By Lorrie McNickle
Nothing seems to rile people up more than stating you don’t like a song. That fact demonstrated so remarkably on this very website certainly drives home just how superficially so many embrace the Faith and just how ignorant most of us our about the Faith as well.
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Saint Alice: The Patroness of the Blind and Paralyzed entered the Cistercian Order at the age of Seven
Saint Alice: The Patroness of the Blind and Paralyzed entered the Cistercian Order at the age of Seven
By Larry Peterson
Sometimes we read or hear stories about certain saints that make us simply “wonder” how can this be? For example here are two:
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Young Adults Who Leave the Church
Young Adults Who Leave the Church
By Bill Dunn
In recent years I’ve grown close to a group of friends from church. Because we’re middle-aged folks, we talk a lot about very serious subjects, such as bifocals, bunions, and blood pressure. No, I’m kidding, we’re not painfully boring ALL the time. Once in a while we discuss a topic about which we feel very passionate: our adult children who rarely go to church anymore.
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Some NEW New Year's Resolutions
Some NEW New Year's Resolutions
By Bill Dunn
Most people are not very fond of the first full week of January. It’s dark and cold, and the post-holiday letdown has kicked in. Our once gorgeous Christmas trees now lie by the curb, dry and brittle, completely naked except for a few straggling pieces of tinsel.
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Resolution Time
Resolution Time
By E.M. McCarthy
New Year, new you, or so the slogan went. But what would a Catholic new you look like? I think it would be a lot harder than losing ten pounds, or saving money rather than spending it. To be a better Catholic would take a great deal of faith, hope, and love.
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