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Humility's Forgotten Gem: Confidence
Humility's Forgotten Gem: Confidence
By James Berkon
Humility. Is there any other word that is like kryptonite to the soul? I do not know about you, but if there is one virtue I avoid talking about or exemplifying, it has to be humility. No, I do not run around telling the world how great I am. On the same token, I do not consider a humble attitude to be my strong suit.
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Lent, Fasting, and Receiving Divine Light
Lent, Fasting, and Receiving Divine Light
By Deacon Frederick Bartels
Lent is a sacred season which helps us to make sense of life. Why is this the case? Precisely because through the sincere and ardent practice of the disciplines of Lent—prayer, fasting and almsgiving—our lives are reoriented to Christ, which means our lives have more meaning—divine light floods in, displacing darkness.
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Worry and Trust
Worry and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Imagine Jesus appearing to you and giving you a specific command to avoid something, and then restating that command five more times. You would certainly take that admonition seriously. This is exactly what Jesus did when he delivered a forceful sermon condemning worry as a sign of lack of trust in him.
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Hacksaw Ridge and The New Civil Discourse Part II
Hacksaw Ridge and The New Civil Discourse Part II
By James Berkon
I recently published part 1 of Hacksaw Ridge and The New Civil Discourse addressing the division our nation is experiencing 4 Solutions to Achieving Unity. Today I wish to share four solutions to achieving the unity all of us, no matter which side of the aisle we are on, are looking for.
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Cracks and Lent
Cracks and Lent
By Mariel Roersma
Right now, we're in the midst of Lent; a time to fix what is broken in our lives, in our relationship with God and maybe even with other people. And I got to thinking about something while walking around the other day and seeing cracks.
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Fear and Trust
Fear and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
The mythical story is as old as the messages on my answering machine, but it’s worth retelling. It has to do with a frustrated hiker who approached a chasm he couldn’t cross. He saw a daredevil acrobat crossing it on a tightrope above hundreds of feet of empty space while pushing a woman in a wheelbarrow.
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Driving IT Home: Educating Your Children
Driving IT Home: Educating Your Children
By Greg Schlueter
Our unsurpassed and all-defining identity, mission and purpose on this planet: Image the Trinity. Marriage and family are iconic of the Trinity. In our capacity to love, we literally participate in the life of the Trinity. We are called, literally, to make God, who is Love, known
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Stretching Beyond Our Limits? Catholics and Yoga
Stretching Beyond Our Limits? Catholics and Yoga
By Rob Agnelli
If you ever want to understand what it was like for St. Paul when he was preaching to the Corinthians about the dangers of meat sacrificed to idols, then you should try convincing another Christian not to practice yoga. Convincing people of the serious threat that yoga poses is often very difficult.
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Called To The Mystery Of Intercessory Prayer
Called To The Mystery Of Intercessory Prayer
By Bernice Pillart Dumitru
One night I awoke and felt a deep sadness. As I reflected on where this was coming from, I realized it was from the news items I had read the day before on the number of abortions that have been committed in the past 25 years around the world and the campaign at the U.N. to make abortion on demand a human right.
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Persecution and Trust
Persecution and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
On the rear of a battered car I saw a “bumper snicker” that managed to combine humor and arrogance: “If you don’t like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk.” In spite of its nuance of humor, it trenchantly articulated the “get-out-of-my-way” mentality that underlies much of the crime rampant in our society. And for every crime there’s a victim.
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Pope Saint Felix III
Pope Saint Felix III
By Debra Booton McCoy
Saint Felix can be said to be the first pope of the Dark Ages. The Western Roman Empire had fallen when the barbarians, under leadership of Odoacer of the Herouli tribe, had overcome the weak Roman emperor. So, starting in 476, the previously highly civilized, organized Italian peninsula was run by the relatively unschooled Germanic barbarians.
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The Carpenter's hands: A meditation for Lent
The Carpenter's hands: A meditation for Lent
By Denise Deverts
What do you think about during the Consecration? As odd as it may seem, my mind usually focuses on Jesus’ hands as they break the bread and offer the cup.
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Last Words Of Jesus From The Cross
Last Words Of Jesus From The Cross
By Kathy Lamb
“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34. Jesus spoke of forgiveness often. Even as Our Lord was dying on the Cross He spoke of forgiveness, an intercession to the Father for our sinfulness.
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Pressure and Trust
Pressure and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A few years ago in Virginia an explosion occurred in a most unusual location for such an incident: in a garbage truck! Nearby office buildings were evacuated and two firefighters hospitalized due to the release of a poisonous gas
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Deacon Roger & Helena Cartier--A Catholic Love Story for Us All to Honor
Deacon Roger & Helena Cartier--A Catholic Love Story for Us All to Honor
By Larry Peterson
St. John Paul II said, “Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.”
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The Transfiguration: A Prelude to the Resurrection
The Transfiguration: A Prelude to the Resurrection
By Ralph Hathaway
“He took Peter, James and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; His face shone like the sun and His clothes became as white as light.” Mt. 17: 1-2. No other event in all of the Bible displayed such drama and excitement as did this superb vision seen by Peter, James, and John, as they witnessed Jesus Christ in His Glorious Resurrected state.
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Tribulation and Trust
Tribulation and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
“In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me” (Ps 86:7). When God answers our call for his help in the midst of anguishing tribulations, we might find that his answer is really more, not less, than we ask for.
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