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Cafeteria Catholics
Cafeteria Catholics
By Ralph Hathaway
Cafeteria Catholics. This is a term hardly used since it enables those who are too Orthodox in their thinking to put others down who need to express their own feelings or consciousness of Church teaching.
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The New York Times are A-Changing
The New York Times are A-Changing
By Bill Dunn
I recently read a book about the D-Day invasion of Normandy, one of the major turning points of World War II. On June 7, 1944, the day after D-Day, the New York Times ran a lead editorial, which read in part, “We pray for the boys we know and for millions of unknown boys who are equally a part of us….We pray for our country.” Then the editorial said the cause for which the U.S. military was fighti
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The Mystery of Redemption in the Parable of the Sower: The Communion of Saints
The Mystery of Redemption in the Parable of the Sower: The Communion of Saints
By Scott Pauline
It has been a long journey in allegory over the last few months, namely, the developments of the theology of music. Too, my ideas on allegory have been long growing, and now something so mind-blowing has happened that I must be going crazy. What happened over about two months ago is utterly insane.
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His love becomes their food
His love becomes their food
By Fr. Jude M. Serfino
When someone who is dear to us passes away, we feel the sadness and the loss beyond description. Jesus loved and honored John who prepared His way.
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Alive and Willful
Alive and Willful
By Ann Frailey
As I am working on my newest Newearth novel after Newearth Justine Awakens—Newearth Hero's Crime—I enjoy getting to know the characters and their concerns. In this story, it is Lang and Riko, wondering about "old souls" and the question, "Was I ever young?"
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The Four Sacraments Liberals Don't Like
The Four Sacraments Liberals Don't Like
By Scott Pauline
Our world is inundated with extremes, isn’t it? Liberal and conservative; rich and poor; technology and simplicity; machismoism and hyper-feminism; absolutely no birth control, then pills and barriers up the wazoo; comfortable computer desks and hard-core, back-breaking mine grime; no end in sight. However, the big contrast of our modern day is clearly the supreme poles of our current culture:
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Putting up With Another When "It's Personal"
Putting up With Another When "It's Personal"
By Kevin J. Banet
Is disliking someone unavoidable, or do we just learn to love in spite of it? This week’s chat room discussion centers the age-old issue of loving people in spite of their actions; or as it is commonly put: “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” Traverse this difficult topic along with the chatters, and navigate your way towards a better way to respond to this issue in your own life.
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God Had a Plan B
God Had a Plan B
By E.M. McCarthy
Sometimes we all need to come up with a Plan B because life never goes as we plan. It comforts me to realize even God had to go to Plan B.
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Profitable Aspects of Writing —Little Cash Involved
Profitable Aspects of Writing —Little Cash Involved
By Ann Frailey
The most profitable aspect of writing has little to do with money. When I began my writing journey, I believed I might make enough profit to buy…to repair…to solve… To fill in some blank in my life.
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Where is your joy?
Where is your joy?
By Troy Kroening
Do you have joy? And if so, where is your source of joy? Indeed, our greatest joy should be in Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ, we see the depths of God’s love for us. We see our worth.
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The Simple Gospel
The Simple Gospel
By Katie Talarico
Have you ever met someone who emulated the simple truths of the Gospel? I have found that in a new Catholic friend who happens to have a disability, but is higher functioning. One of the greatest gifts he has given me is his witness to the Simple Gospel.
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Hope for Humanity
Hope for Humanity
By Ann Frailey
Herman perched his glasses on his nose, stared at the bottle of bathroom cleaner with the foamy suds on the label, and swerved his gaze to his beloved dog—the one giving him the mopey What-did-I-Do-To-Deserve-This? look—and realized his mistake. It wasn’t the first time.
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Musical Mystery in the Sacramental Journey II: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell
Musical Mystery in the Sacramental Journey II: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell
By Scott Pauline
Dear reader: this writing is in tutor/student dialogue format for more entertaining discourse. Enjoy! Music is the Transcendent Language of the Liturgy
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The Catholic Church—Saying "NO" to a World Screaming "YES"
The Catholic Church—Saying "NO" to a World Screaming "YES"
By Larry Peterson
How did the precepts of ethics and morality, based on the Ten Commandments and the "Golden Rule", become a pariah to so many? How did these principles ever become inverted? Why have they seemingly been tossed by many into the dumpster of the outdated and irrelevant?
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"WHAT'S NEW?"
"WHAT'S NEW?"
By Elizabeth Thomas
A common greeting we hear almost everyday, and most of us probably will reply, "Nothing's new---same ole daily stuff. That is not TRUE--every moment of everyday is NEW!! And what we do with it--well, let us start by deeply realizing that every minute of every day is a GIFT!! Not to be taken for granted!
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