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Rules to Live By: 3rd Sunday of Lent Reflection
Rules to Live By: 3rd Sunday of Lent Reflection
By The Catholic Philadelphian
The Ten Commandments are more than just rules
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Blessings abound like berries
Blessings abound like berries
By Chelsey Kennedy
A humbling reflection on how holly berries helped me to notice God's blessings
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Suffer the Little Children (and Sinful Prisoners Too)
Suffer the Little Children (and Sinful Prisoners Too)
By Michael Seagriff
A child lets in the Light of God and we adults snuff it out.
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Third Sunday of Lent - Thirsting and Forgiveness
Third Sunday of Lent - Thirsting and Forgiveness
By Richard Maffeo
How did the Doctors of the Law miss the prophecy? And how do WE miss the message of forgiveness?
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What Does Jesus Need to Drive Out of Your Heart?
What Does Jesus Need to Drive Out of Your Heart?
By Katie Zalany
Today we hear the Gospel about Jesus driving the money changers out of the temple. It calls to mind the distractions and idols in our own temple of the heart. What is muddying up the reverence and focus on prayer, worship, and Gospel living that God calls us to? What does Jesus want to drive out of our heart this Lent?
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Remain in Joy
Remain in Joy
By Elizabeth Tichvon
Remain in God's Love for lasting joy.
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40 Crosses for 40 Days: 16th Cross - The Painted Clay Cross
40 Crosses for 40 Days: 16th Cross - The Painted Clay Cross
By Sarah J. Pedrozo
The Painted Clay cross reminds us that we are pieces of clay in the loving hands of our Creator, who invites us to die to our old life so that we can rise to a new one.
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A Lenten Reflection: Sacred Sacrifice
A Lenten Reflection: Sacred Sacrifice
By Apolonia Davalos
People who live in this world without God, are looking at us, the people of the Kingdom of God, and they are asking themselves, how can these people know joy and know pain at the same time? This article is the speech orated by Apolonia Davalos as keynote speaker of the Gratia Plena “Full of Grace” Conference at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community in Viera, FL, on February 19, 2024.
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How Do You Feel When You Pray the Stations of the Cross?
How Do You Feel When You Pray the Stations of the Cross?
By D.L. Stroud
Stations of the Cross
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Spiritual Warfare: The Untapped Resource of Redemptive Suffering
Spiritual Warfare: The Untapped Resource of Redemptive Suffering
By Terri Thomas
Many of us are familiar with the phrase “Offer it up!” but do we really understand what it means? To know this can be life-changing! At least it was for me.
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Prayers of the Poor
Prayers of the Poor
By April McQueen
These are reflections on recognizing how much we still need prayers and respect to get along with others in the world despite their politics.
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My Wedding Was Meaningless
My Wedding Was Meaningless
By Chelsey Kennedy
A first-person narrative poem in which a woman reflects on her wedding day
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40 Crosses for 40 Days: 15th Cross - The Clothespin Cross
40 Crosses for 40 Days: 15th Cross - The Clothespin Cross
By Sarah J. Pedrozo
The clothespin cross and poem, "Lent," by Robert Herrick, remind us that our exterior actions should correspond to an interior conversion.
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Desire to Do Right Attracts Temptation: It's the Law!
Desire to Do Right Attracts Temptation: It's the Law!
By Suellen Brewster
"So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.” (Rom 7:21 ESV) Our desire to do right attracts temptation. St. Paul suggests that this is a law of nature. We can use this "law" to our advantage in the spiritual life.
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It can be right for us to get angry
It can be right for us to get angry
By Fr. Francis Maple
Righteous anger is acceptable to God
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How Much is Left on the Timer?
How Much is Left on the Timer?
By Monica Biedronka
Are you afraid of dying? I certainly am. Should we be afraid? What is there to be afraid of?
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Are You a Gossip? Take This 15-Point Gossip Test to Find Out
Are You a Gossip? Take This 15-Point Gossip Test to Find Out
By Terri Thomas
I don’t know anyone who would like to be known as a gossip but how many of us could honestly say that they have never engaged in it? It is one of those sins that is so insidious that oftentimes, we are able to convince ourselves that what we are saying is not really gossip. We use different excuses to justify this claim and some of them are included in this 15-point gossip test.
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