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Just Another New Year's Eve: A Reflection on Communion and Community
Just Another New Year's Eve: A Reflection on Communion and Community
By Anthony S. Layne
On December 31, as others are preparing to ring in the new year by getting plowed on mixed drinks, I will most likely be writing or editing an article. Most of my friends live 700 miles and more away, while the rest will likely have dinner parties on New Year’s Day rather than drinks on New Year’s Eve.
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Christmas Day, 1941: He was awaiting his impending execution---Instead he heard Caroling
Christmas Day, 1941: He was awaiting his impending execution---Instead he heard Caroling
By Larry Peterson
Imagine being in a strange land, arrested by security forces and thrown into a cold, dark cell. You are in solitary and do not know what your fate will be. You fear the executioner will be coming for you.
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Time and Eternity; "God, the Universe, and Everything"
Time and Eternity; "God, the Universe, and Everything"
By Robert Atkinson, M.I.
I had been Catholic for about 12 years when I found myself working for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. My office was on one end of the 16th Street Mall, a pedestrian shopping area. A short shuttle ride down the mall was Holy Ghost Catholic Church. I made the decision to, as often as possible, attend the daily noon Mass at Holy Ghost.
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A Period of Total Forgiveness when we find God'sMercy
A Period of Total Forgiveness when we find God'sMercy
By Ralph Hathaway
The feeling of complete freedom with the expiation from our sins once we realize God has reached across the confessional, through the hands of a priest, and pronounces the words of absolution upon us.
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Covered in Righteousness
Covered in Righteousness
By Susan Skinner
I have been thinking a lot about how true love requires sacrifice these days. And in learning about covenant, the covenants that God made always had sacrifice involved. It got me thinking about the very first time a real sacrifice was made. It was in Genesis.
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How to survive – and thrive – during the holidays
How to survive – and thrive – during the holidays
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
The holidays are a joyful time of the year but, for many, it’s the most stressful. The season catapults us into searching for that “perfect” gift for our loved one who seems to already “have everything” while dreading drama filled family gatherings.
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The Return
The Return
By Victor S E Moubarak
Because we have freedom we are able to wander where we want. We are able to move away from God, to the point where we no longer believe in Him; if this is what we want.
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My Birthday Wish for Pope Francis
My Birthday Wish for Pope Francis
By Sherry Kenner
Holy Father, I cannot imagine the weight of being the 266th successor of St. Peter! The entire Church of more than a billion people, look to you for leadership, clarity, and nuturing. It is an awesome responsibility. The world is much different than in the days of St. Peter, but the instruction form our Lord Jesus Christ remains the same: "Feed my lambs..Tend my sheep...Feed my sheep...
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Celebrate the REAL Christmas Season
Celebrate the REAL Christmas Season
By Bill Dunn
It’s time to buck the trend this Christmas. It is time to resist peer pressure and be counter-cultural. I know that’s a hard thing to do. After all, I’m an expert on going along with peer pressure. I went to high school in the 1970s—also known as “the decade that fashion forgot.”
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My Advent Miracle: Each Year, I Am Replenished
My Advent Miracle: Each Year, I Am Replenished
By Mary Rivers
During early morning Mass, sometime in early December, I see a “miracle.”
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Sharing the Joy of Christmas through Simbang Gabi
Sharing the Joy of Christmas through Simbang Gabi
By BJ Gonzalvo
This Advent Season, you'll probably encounter the Filipino tradition of celebrating Simbang Gabi at your local parish. For many Filipinos, Christmas is a very exciting celebration and we tend to go all out in our expressing our faith, our joy, and excitement during this time of year.
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Jesus Spoke to Me. A Personal Adoration Testimony
Jesus Spoke to Me. A Personal Adoration Testimony
By Joe Donovan
“I have been here waiting for you, Joe. I remember you so well before the world tainted your heart and your innocence expired in a yesteryear so far from today.
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The Heart of God - Journey to Spiritual Maturity
The Heart of God - Journey to Spiritual Maturity
By Susan Skinner
I recently read The Sign of Jonah by Lucy Patier. It is a prophetic book about what will happen to the Church in the future. It mirrors what God tells me in prayer except it has more detail. What God revealed to her is written so beautifully to me.
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Christmas Pageant Brings Comfort and Joy
Christmas Pageant Brings Comfort and Joy
By Bill Dunn
One of the best aspects of the Advent/Christmas season is the parish Nativity pageant. It also goes by other names, such as Christmas pageant, Nativity play, or Les Misérables (which describes the parents who have to explain to the pastor why they thought it was a good idea to bring live farm animals into the church sanctuary, one of whom just deposited some steaming tidings of comfort and joy
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A Special Season
A Special Season
By Bill Dunn
It is early December, which means we have entered a special and festive and joyful season. We are once again in the season of … Advent.
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Is the Gospel Political?
Is the Gospel Political?
By Joseph Michael
Is the Gospel political? I suppose the answers will vary depending on who you ask. Some clergy members might say that it is and then rattle off a list of progressive causes such as climate change, racial and gender equality and access to healthcare and say that they feel all Christians have an obligation to champion these causes.
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The difference of knowing and knowing about.
The difference of knowing and knowing about.
By Zaid Kanafani
There’s a grim reality we need to face and stop avoiding as Christians. Not everyone we see at Mass on Sunday will be with us spending eternity in the presence of God. That’s right. I said it. There are people who go to church every weekend who will spend eternity in hell.
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