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Make Me a Modern Channel of Your Peace: A Satire Story
Make Me a Modern Channel of Your Peace: A Satire Story
By E.M. McCarthy
The Speaker of the House checks her cell phone. Dressed in a Chanel suit, tan lines visible against the white top accessorized with black pearls, she pushes on the phone and holds it up to her ear.
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Devastating Decline in the Practice of the Faith Must be Fiercely Repelled
Devastating Decline in the Practice of the Faith Must be Fiercely Repelled
By Michael J. McCormick
Closing schools, merging parishes, dwindling vocations and Mass attendance at historic lows, are all current devastating trends within the Catholic Church in the United States. But far from being accepted as the new normal, these harsh realities must be fiercely repelled.
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"No Greater Love"
"No Greater Love"
By Elizabeth Thomas
Sometimes we hear words, can grasp what they say---but do not fully KNOW the real truth behind how they apply to our personal life. The same could be said about "take up your cross and follow me." Just what was Jesus really implying in that call. And just how do these two statements connect?
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Alligators Aside, You Might See More of This "New But Old" Religious Order
Alligators Aside, You Might See More of This "New But Old" Religious Order
By Kevin J. Banet
If you’re on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville on a sunny afternoon, you might see a few men clothed in white, horsing around for a photo op with the giant alligator statue that is the school’s mascot.
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When God Doesn't Give You the Cry of Your Heart
When God Doesn't Give You the Cry of Your Heart
By Katie Zalany
The cries of the heart. Our hearts bleed for what they desire and yearn for. Often the cry of my heart is placed right in front of me and yet out of reach.
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With Thanks to Sr Wendy Beckett
With Thanks to Sr Wendy Beckett
By David Torkington
This is the first year that I did not have a Christmas Card from Sr Wendy Beckett. Instead I had a little note from Sr Stephanie, the Prioress of the Carmelite monastery at Quidenham to say that her health was failing, but that she was happy and at peace. She died on 26th December 2019.
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Is God Superman?
Is God Superman?
By Victor S E Moubarak
Let us consider for a moment our relationship with God. Let's start with our prayer life. How do we view God?
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The Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I) Take a peek inside the Love that is the Holy Trinity
The Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I) Take a peek inside the Love that is the Holy Trinity
By Larry Peterson
I attended Christmas Day Mass at 8 a.m. in my church; Sacred Heart in Pinellas Park, FL. We have a Mercedarian priest, Father Mike Donovan, who has been with us for several months and he was the celebrant. Father used the Roman Canon in this Mass. (Canon is the word used that refers to the fundamental part of the Mass that occurs between the Offertory and before Communion).
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New Year---New Day!
New Year---New Day!
By Elizabeth Thomas
"This is the day that the Lord has made." Waking up everyday---sometimes I have to be reminded of this fact. This is the day that the LORD has made for me! Let us see what is in it.
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The Passion of Patience: Ordinary, Banal and Impossible... Alone
The Passion of Patience: Ordinary, Banal and Impossible... Alone
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
The phrase, “passion of patience” is not my own but instead is gleaned from the writings of Venerable Madeleine Debrel, former atheist turned Catholic apologist who lived and died during the last century. Her poem of the same begins with this searing line: The patiences, these little pieces of passion, whose job is to kill us slowly for your glory, to kill us without our glory...
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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal; widowed with four small children she founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (VHM) the first order to accept women of older age and those in poor health
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal; widowed with four small children she founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (VHM) the first order to accept women of older age and those in poor health
By Larry Peterson
Jane Frances de Chantal was born into an upper-class family in Dijon, France, in 1572. Her dad was the president of the Parliament of Burgundy, and the family was well connected. Jane’s mom died when she was only 18 months of age, and her upbringing was taken over by her dad.
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Be Still! And Know That I Am God!
Be Still! And Know That I Am God!
By Ralph Hathaway
Sitting in silence, holding the rosary beads in my hand, watching the flickering light from two wicks of a candle, and knowing that God’s Presence was all around me.
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Satan's Sinister Weapon—Dosage of Despair
Satan's Sinister Weapon—Dosage of Despair
By Matthew Chicoine
A few years ago, I discovered a “secret weapon” the Devil utilizes to lull Christians into a false security of security—the snooze button (see related links at end of article for more information!).
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Meet Augustine John Ukken and Antonietta Giugliano. They both now bear the title of Venerable, the second step on the journey to Sainthood.
Meet Augustine John Ukken and Antonietta Giugliano. They both now bear the title of Venerable, the second step on the journey to Sainthood.
By Larry Peterson
On Friday, December 22, 2018, Pope Francis, based on the recommendations from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, validated nine men and three women as people of “Heroic Virtue.”
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St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
By Larry Peterson
His name was quite unusual; it was Yvo. He was born in the year 1040 near Chartres, France, which is why he is called Yvo of Chartres. Not much is known about his family background and his adolescent life. The documented history of his life seems to begin when Yvo became a student in Paris and began studying at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy, a Benedictine Monastery.
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Give Him everything
Give Him everything
By George Calleja
Jesus. The Son of God. The Son who died on the cross. The cross that embraced all the sins. Through Jesus love the sins were embraced.
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What Was Your Theme of the Year?
What Was Your Theme of the Year?
By Katie Zalany
A few years ago I started a New Year's practice. Every New Year's Eve, I look at how God spoke to me throughout the year. I review items collected throughout the year, my journal, books I read, underlined Scripture in my prayer book, and insights from retreats. I sit down and reflect on all the ways God's moved in my life.
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