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MAN UP
MAN UP
By Pat J. Chalmers
This article discusses the role of men (and women) in the partnership of Marriage. Hopefully, it will come to be the first in a thread of what "man up" is really all about.
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One Each Week
One Each Week
By Richard Maffeo
One verse each week. If we commit ourselves to memorize just one verse each week, we will have memorized 52 in a year.
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Confessions of a Catholic Who Stinks at Confession
Confessions of a Catholic Who Stinks at Confession
By James Moore
Stepping into "the box" and confessing sins in number and kind is a fairly easy process...except when it's not.
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Is Showing Up for Mass Good Enough?
Is Showing Up for Mass Good Enough?
By Lorrie McNickle
Do you show up for Mass, or do you have loved ones and friends who show up for Mass for all the wrong reasons? Perhaps it's because they like the music, or the preaching, or the socializing before and after, and dreadfully even during Mass. Should we just be happy they are there? At least they came, right? Wrong! Coming to Mass for the wrong reasons is dangerous for our souls and eternity!
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The world needs you now.
The world needs you now.
By Troy Kroening
we give a pinch of incense to the gods of our time. The great saints during the persecutions would not even give that. Giving one pinch of incense to the gods was a way of diminishing the One, True God
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Is Your Mindset or Heart Infertile?
Is Your Mindset or Heart Infertile?
By Katie Zalany
Today the Gospel calls us to reflect on where there is infertile ground in our mindsets and hearts. Where is there rocky or thorny ground that’s getting in the way of fruitfulness and harvest?
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God is NOT Mad at Us
God is NOT Mad at Us
By Richard Maffeo
Many people in the pew and out of it think God is perpetually angry with them. But is that view valid?
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Peace Be With You
Peace Be With You
By April McQueen
This article explores the different forms of peace and what they mean when given or received by the churchgoer.
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Life-Giving Love : Musings On Fertility
Life-Giving Love : Musings On Fertility
By Elena Sapphire
To be a woman, the vessel of life, is the greatest honor. Love to be real must flow freely, without restraint. Love without limits, complete openness to life, Trinitarian love made manifest earth-side; husband, wife, and child. Love is freely given and freely received, without blockage, without restraint. Birth control and contraceptives are the antithesis of life-giving love.
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God’s Co-Workers Among Us
God’s Co-Workers Among Us
By Debbie Field
Seven Sisters Apostolate - Our Priests and why we pray for them.
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A Matter of Friends
A Matter of Friends
By Richard Maffeo
What do you say to a someone who believes there is no God? What do you say when the person is elderly?
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Natural Revelation: One Small Ear
Natural Revelation: One Small Ear
By Gary Sullivan
Even though in nature there is an illusion of randomness we still find a divine plan under the surface. This is what happened to Whitaker Chambers who exposed a communist spy network active in the United States during the Cold War.
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Discipleship: What has Love got to with it?
Discipleship: What has Love got to with it?
By Jim Moran
Why is Love so important when practicing discipleship?
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“I keep pushing, but God is not doing His part.”
“I keep pushing, but God is not doing His part.”
By Troy Kroening
As a kid, if you pointed out all of the problems in your family and home to your parents, they might appreciate your concern, but they would also give you something to do in the situations that you could assist in.
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HUMANKIND IN THE LIKELINESS OF GOD IS A HOLY FAMILY
HUMANKIND IN THE LIKELINESS OF GOD IS A HOLY FAMILY
By Pat J. Chalmers
Family is ours mission that God gave us when He said "be fruitful and multiply." So it has always been that we are producers, as Eve admitted, producers of our childrenby the help of God .
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Discipleship: Kenosis-cont’d: Am I Worthy?
Discipleship: Kenosis-cont’d: Am I Worthy?
By Jim Moran
Are you asking yourself, Am I worthy to be a disciple?
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The Blood of Christ….?
The Blood of Christ….?
By Frances Paquette Rossi
Returning to communion under both forms, what is the proper reverence before the chalice holding the Precious Blood?
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