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Going Deeper for Lent
Going Deeper for Lent
By Caroline Godin
Are you going through Lent simply giving up something, or are you growing deeper in your faith? Lent is not just a season; it's a journey. How can you deeper your Lenten journey?
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Forty in the Desert: Reflections on the Readings for the First Sunday of Lent
Forty in the Desert: Reflections on the Readings for the First Sunday of Lent
By Thomas J. McIntyre
The First Reading for Sunday usually connects with the Gospel, but that connection is not immediately clear on this first Sunday of Lent. How do they connect and how does their message help us to begin our forty(ish) day journey or repentance?
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When a cut is more than a cut
When a cut is more than a cut
By Peggy Weber
How an accident can lead to greater self-awareness
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Let the Ashes Do Their Work
Let the Ashes Do Their Work
By Katie Zalany
We’re all sitting in the ashes right now during Lent. Some of us often go through a longer period of sitting in the ashes for years. Sitting in the ashes is a necessary part of the spiritual life that leads to our growth and maturity into who God desires us to be. There’s all kinds of movements in us that happen mysteriously while sitting in the ashes.
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Do Not Limit God Working Within You!
Do Not Limit God Working Within You!
By Troy Kroening
He said, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.” [Luke 22:42]
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Cycle C -- Homily -- 1st Sunday of Lent -- 06 March 2022
Cycle C -- Homily -- 1st Sunday of Lent -- 06 March 2022
By Roberta M. Meehan
Homily
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COVID-Of God, or of The Devil? It’s Time to Ask Some Uncomfortable Questions
COVID-Of God, or of The Devil? It’s Time to Ask Some Uncomfortable Questions
By Shawn Messonnier, D.V.M
Moral Implications of Covid Policies
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7 ways to gain indulgences during Lent
7 ways to gain indulgences during Lent
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Lent, as a penitential season and often associated with what we “give up”, is a beautiful time when the people of God are brought back to the focus of the faith. There are 7 ways we can obtain a plenary indulgence during Lent.
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My Life Belongs to Christ
My Life Belongs to Christ
By Christina M. Sorrentino
Belonging to Christ is a collection of poetry that shares the Catholic faith and experiences of a millennial woman in the twenty-first century as she journeys on the walk in holy cadence towards the beautiful gates of heaven.
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Why?...
Why?...
By B. Michael Addison
...Some Serious and Some Not So Serious Random Food-for-Thought Questions on a Variety of Topics, Including Protestantism, Islam, Sexuality, Science, and even Some Scoring Peculiarities in Golf and Tennis.
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To Die Gloriously
To Die Gloriously
By Stephen Clark
Many years ago I was with my mother-in-law in her kitchen as she was eating a midnight snack when one of her daughters came in and scolded her, (there is an old wives tale that if you eat a lot before bedtime, you’ll die in your sleep). She responded quite candidly that if she did then she would ‘wake up in the arms of Jesus’ and then filled the room with her laughter as she always did.
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Not One Of Us
Not One Of Us
By Victor S E Moubarak
Unification of Christians
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By loving one’s neighbour, you are on the way to heaven
By loving one’s neighbour, you are on the way to heaven
By George Calleja
Jesus died on the cross and through the cross Salvation was paid, and by His resurrection to heaven, the Father is waiting for you to join the Trinity in heaven.
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Upon The Death Of My Dog
Upon The Death Of My Dog
By Michael Thomas Cibenko
After the death of my dog, some personal reflections on what our pets have to teach us.
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An Offering of Ashes
An Offering of Ashes
By Thomas J. McIntyre
Therefore, I was certain that one of the hymns for Mass would be “Ashes” by Tom Conry. I use the term “hymn” loosely, of course, as this is one of the aforementioned contents of Catholic hymnals that I believe does not fit the classical Catholic understanding of what sacred music is meant to be and do. However, words from the second verse struck me...
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Looking Forward to Lent, Part 3: When in Doubt, Bring it Out
Looking Forward to Lent, Part 3: When in Doubt, Bring it Out
By Janet W. Butler
The beauty of total "transparency" in Confession.
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Trust Human Love, But Surrender to God’s Love
Trust Human Love, But Surrender to God’s Love
By Kevin J. Banet
Jesus taught us that in order to embrace the kingdom of heaven, we must become like little children. Explore, as fellow children of God, with our chat room members what it means to have childlike faith, and what that looks like in action.
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