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‘Ah-ha' Moment about the Sexual Revolution
‘Ah-ha' Moment about the Sexual Revolution
By Bill Dunn
Every once in a while, I have an “Ah-ha!” moment, when I read or hear something that really hits home. Recently I had such a moment when reading an essay by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, titled, “What do Jeffery Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and Theodore McCarrick have in common?”
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Why are we still so afraid?
Why are we still so afraid?
By Denise Deverts
Jesus Calming the Storm at Sea is one of my favorite Gospel readings. We all know the story: Jesus and the apostles were out in a boat when a storm rolled in and the waters became rough. The apostles were terrified. Jesus was asleep in the stern. So, Peter went to the back of the boat, woke Jesus and asked him the most absurd question: “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
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MISSION POSSIBLE [Your parish's mission... should you choose to accept it.]
MISSION POSSIBLE [Your parish's mission... should you choose to accept it.]
By Greg Schlueter
I've observed over decades of ministry people afraid to speak the truth in love for fear of turning people off. As a result, we have a couple generations of people turned off.
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Religious Faith Makes People Happier
Religious Faith Makes People Happier
By Bill Dunn
Recently I heard a comedian on the radio, and he made a big deal about the fact that he was raised Catholic, but now he is an atheist. After making some snarky comments about the Church, he then said something very interesting. He freely admitted that he wished he could force himself to believe in God, because people who have religious faith are so much happier than he is.
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Prior to Mary's Assumption, did she actually die? What is the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God?
Prior to Mary's Assumption, did she actually die? What is the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God?
By Larry Peterson
On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII, writing and speaking ex-cathedra, solemnly defined in the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus, the dogma that “the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” We know this as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is a Holy Day of Obligatio
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Be Wary of ‘Savage Wolves' in Priest's Clothing
Be Wary of ‘Savage Wolves' in Priest's Clothing
By Bill Dunn
Do you ever get the feeling that there is a lot of dissention and conflict within the Church nowadays? Well, of course you do, because there IS a lot of dissention and conflict within the Church nowadays.
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There is always hope
There is always hope
By Troy Kroening
Our lives are filled with moments when we can feel overwhelmed and can easily despair into hopelessness. But we must remember that we have a loving and all-powerful Father. Indeed, we always have reason for hope. So, why would God allow us to have these moments that try us so?
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Our love is a reciprocation of God's love.
Our love is a reciprocation of God's love.
By Troy Kroening
We can think that we initiate love, especially in situations where there appears to be no love.
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The freedom to hope
The freedom to hope
By Denise Deverts
I recently finished reading The Everlasting Man by the early 20th century Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton. I like to read Chesterton because he makes me think about things that deserve far more thought than I typically give them. The case in point this time is hope.
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Greed Is Idolatry
Greed Is Idolatry
By Bill Dunn
This upcoming weekend at Mass is one of those rare occasions when the scripture readings have nothing to do with our lives. Every once in a while, the selected biblical texts, written thousands of years ago, simply do not apply to us here in the modern world.
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation?
Lead Us Not Into Temptation?
By E.M. McCarthy
The phrase “lead us not into temptation” seems to be on the way out of Catholicism. A major publisher of the Mass missal is changing the phrasing of the Lord's Prayer already to "do not let us fall into temptation."
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The ‘Unauthorized Biography' Tells All
The ‘Unauthorized Biography' Tells All
By Bill Dunn
ecently I read this question in a church bulletin: “How do you know that you need Christ as Savior?” Well, for me the answer is simple. I know that I need Christ as Savior because of my unauthorized biography.
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Time is a Gift…How are You Using It?
Time is a Gift…How are You Using It?
By Norman Fulkerson
Certain poems can be easily registered in one’s memory. This is due as much to the profundity of the words as their rhythmic meter. Such is the case with the following passages of a poem by Fr. Joseph Stedman.
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Life is about love and so, rejecting life rejects love.
Life is about love and so, rejecting life rejects love.
By Troy Kroening
Jesus said the “whole law” comes from two commandments of love: loving God and loving others.
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Stop Holding Your Nose and Start Speaking Out
Stop Holding Your Nose and Start Speaking Out
By Anthony S. Layne
There’s an old Latin legal maxim: Qui tacet consentire videtur, ubi loqui debuit ac potuit (Whoever is silent, when he is able and ought to speak, must be seen to consent). The other side of this coin is Martin Niemöller’s haunting poem, “First they came …”.
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Guilty by Bloodline; Blessed Margaret Cole's life displays Courage to all Christians no matter the challenge.
Guilty by Bloodline; Blessed Margaret Cole's life displays Courage to all Christians no matter the challenge.
By Larry Peterson
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was born on August 14, 1473, in Somerset, England. She was the last daughter of George Plantagenet (Plantagenet Dynasty), the Duke of Clarence. King Henry VII officiated at her marriage to Sir Richard Pole whose mother-in-law, Edith St. John, was a half-sister of the king’s mother, Margaret Beaufort.
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The How of Happiness
The How of Happiness
By E.M. McCarthy
Why are we more lonely presently than in past generations? More people today tell pollsters that they are lonely. There is an epidemic of loneliness. Loneliness is a sign that even with an advanced society's comforts and freedoms, we are still without real happiness.
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