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A Box of Chocolates
A Box of Chocolates
By Carol Monaco
Many of us likely remember the Forrest Gump movie line, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.” Well, we certainly will have our fill of chocolates on Easter Sunday. There is something about those yummy morsels that satisfies the taste buds and tops off a good meal in a sweet way that no other food can.
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Blessed to be here
Blessed to be here
By Troy Kroening
Yes, we are all blessed to be here, as in blessed to be alive. We have a Creator that loved us enough to create us and He showed that love by dying for us. But this is not what I mean.
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The Crisis of Our Age: The Loss of the Interior of Our Lives
The Crisis of Our Age: The Loss of the Interior of Our Lives
By BJ Gonzalvo
It is hard to believe that this quote is from the year 1078 when Saint Anselm wrote it in his Proslogion (in English, it translates: “Discourse on the Existence of God”):
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Pope St. John Paul II's Great Love for Medjugorje
Pope St. John Paul II's Great Love for Medjugorje
By Janet Moore
Pope St. John Paul II had a great love for Mejdugorje. To illustrate this, I wanted to share the amazing firsthand account of a meeting he had with the reported visionary, Mirjana Soldo, in July 1987.
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Unity for all humanity
Unity for all humanity
By George Calleja
There are many reasons why the world is not in unity.
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A PARADISE OF LIES - Why Do Catholics Leave the Church?
A PARADISE OF LIES - Why Do Catholics Leave the Church?
By Mar Camen
These are short stories of people who may have left the Catholic faith. Each one of them had their strong reasons to do it and when you get to know each one of these characters, you may relate to them. So, the question is: What made them leave their faith? Or stay in their faith despite difficulties? And you, dear reader, why have you not left your Catholic faith?
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Hail Mary
Hail Mary
By George Calleja
Some people might come up with the question, but who is Mary?
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Three More Weeks
Three More Weeks
By Elizabeth Thomas
Three more weeks of Lent, three more weeks of classes! Have our efforts done any good? In regards to classes, my heart hopes that what was taught over the 21 classes has been heard and has taken root into the spirits and hearts of those young people!
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Do you see Easter in your Lenten observance?
Do you see Easter in your Lenten observance?
By Troy Kroening
What we give up or possibly add as a Lenten observation often times weighs on us. It can be hard. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel, or a celebration at the end of the suffering in Easter. If we focus on the suffering, it may seem overwhelming. But what did Jesus do throughout His suffering? He was focused on Easter.
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Why Would God Send Anyone to Hell
Why Would God Send Anyone to Hell
By Lorrie McNickle
I find it curious that so many like to pose the question that I as well struggle with at times. the question is: Why would a loving God sent someone to Hell? I wonder though when confronted with this thought and worry, why do so many choose to jeopardize their salvation by rejecting God’s laws and love?
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Do we think in Abstract Terms as we walk to Calvary?
Do we think in Abstract Terms as we walk to Calvary?
By Ralph Hathaway
During Lent, we envisioned the suffering Jesus underwent on His way to Golgotha. We knelt at each of the 14 stations as He walked the Via Dolorosa, bleeding, living our pain, falling three times under our weight called sin. At the Cross He embraced, our hearts felt heavy.
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An Open Letter to NJ Gov. Murphy on the PAS Bill
An Open Letter to NJ Gov. Murphy on the PAS Bill
By Rose Cuervo
I am sure you want to stay alive but the physician-assisted suicide act would not help on that and, instead, harm you and many other New Jerseyites.
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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 2
A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 2
By Chick Todd
Today we pick up in the middle of a conversation between two buddies named Frank (F:) and Earnest (E: ) with some help from the Narrator (N:). We finished up where Frank had just asked Earnest about what would happen if he stopped taking his diabetes medication.
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Suffer Well and Become a True Servant of God
Suffer Well and Become a True Servant of God
By Kevin J. Banet
The nature of suffering is always a difficult topic, especially when we discuss the idea of “embracing suffering” as God’s will, or as pleasing to God. That is the topic at hand in a recent Visitation Spirit chat room conversation. Read on to explore this topic in its beauty and mystery and difficulty.
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The Unplanned Movie
The Unplanned Movie
By Nancy Marie Murray
Those who receive God’s gift of mercy often desire in their gratitude to pass it on to others. Abby Johnson is one such person. Once the clinic director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Bryan, Texas, Abby turned away from a lucrative career and has become a pro-life advocate, dedicated to helping workers leave the abortion industry.
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Me With You My Dear Jesus
Me With You My Dear Jesus
By Mar Camen
There is a song whose lyrics says, 'Me without you...' and it lists of how that person would feel without the loved one, but I say: 'Me with you ...' not me without you.
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How Can We Accept God's Will Above All Things?
How Can We Accept God's Will Above All Things?
By Kevin J. Banet
Saint Francis de Sales makes a fine distinction between indifference and resignation as it pertains to following God’s will. What do these terms mean?
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