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Set your table: A reflection for the offertory
Set your table: A reflection for the offertory
By Elizabeth Hoyle
I don’t know about you, but it has always been difficult for me to focus during the offertory when I’m at Mass. Between the homily ending and the Eucharistic prayer beginning, it is incredibly tough for me to concentrate on what is taking place, since up to this point, I’ve been so focused on the readings and the homily.
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Does this soul need to be saved?
Does this soul need to be saved?
By Kathy Lamb
There I was in church on the first Friday of Lent for the Stations of the Cross. It’d been years since I went to the Stations of the Cross but for the new me, this was a must. Participation was sparse. I felt bad about that. I was in a pew by myself. The man in front of me was in the pew by himself.
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How Do You Live in a Season of Waiting?
How Do You Live in a Season of Waiting?
By Katie Zalany
Our faith lives consist of quite a bit of waiting. Waiting for the next step to become clear. Waiting for God to answer a prayer. Waiting for our path and vocation to be revealed. Waiting to understand God’s purpose and hand in our life circumstances. Waiting to find happiness and fulfillment.
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Dear Unbeliever
Dear Unbeliever
By Crysaly Aviles
You are loved. Thousands of believers around the world pray for your salvation probably without your knowing. As a body of Christ we care where you end up for all eternity. I want you to know that I pray for the right message that might reach your heart and pierce your soul.
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Oh No--Termite Infestation!!
Oh No--Termite Infestation!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Most everyone knows the horror of realizing that there home has termites. For we know what great damage they can do if left unchecked. There are over 3000 species—but thank God only 183 of these can cause the damage that they do.
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(not so) Satisfied
(not so) Satisfied
By Janice Bostic
Last weekend's gospel came from Saint Luke, and it has been on my mind all week long. It's a familiar reading. Even as a Protestant, I heard it over and over. I dare say even the non-religious type knows the story of the loaves and fishes. Jesus feeds the five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish.
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God Loves that Guy
God Loves that Guy
By Victoria Pangia
I was in church during Adoration not too long ago and there was praise and worship music playing in the background. There was a song talking about a man strapping homemade bombs to his chest. I was thoroughly confused,
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Joy vs.Happiness
Joy vs.Happiness
By Marie Murphy Duess
At a weekend retreat I attended with my husband, the director of the retreat, a young priest, used the theme of joy for his conferences. He began by comparing joy to happiness, and explained that happiness is something that we experience based on conditions—I’m happy because the weather is nice (if it wasn’t, I’d be as gloomy as the weather), I’m happy because it’s my birthday
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Love Makes the Word Go Round
Love Makes the Word Go Round
By Linda Kracht
After sitting down to write this article I googled: number of couples still married after forty years. Some interesting references popped up but the one that caught my eye was titled 40 Lessons from Forty Years of Marriage by Dennis Rainey. I shouldn’t have read it! Not because I didn’t agree with him but because I did. Rainey perfectly captured points I planned to write about.
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Building Memories
Building Memories
By Mary Rivers
In old age, one often closes their eyes to reflect upon the past, a past composed of people- like stepping stones in a babbling brook. One remembers children, their birth and antics; loves, some whom have passed on. Happy memories keep one attached to other people; things and places aren’t sentient beings.
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Reality Check: Does Having Judeo-Christian Values Make You a Candidate for Genocide?
Reality Check: Does Having Judeo-Christian Values Make You a Candidate for Genocide?
By Larry Peterson
The words--annihilation, extermination, carnage, and slaughter, to name a few, are synonyms for the word "Holocaust". The word "genocide"not invented until 1941, fits right in there. But none of those words bring us to the core of what those words truly represent. They are the by-product of the malevolent, hideous, and hate filled evil that consumes and takes control of certain human beings.
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The Sweetness of Humility
The Sweetness of Humility
By Kathy Lamb
Humility is the virtue from which all other virtues flow making it most important. When we’re baptized we become children of God. Jesus Christ, God’s Son, was the perfect model of humility. He emptied Himself to do God’s will. As children of God it should be natural for us to follow the example of Jesus our Divine brother.
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Prayer Journal
Prayer Journal
By Viki Doyle Heagy
What do we pray for - family, friends, health issues, employment, patience, strength, or peace in the world? Have you ever thought about your prayer life? Are you a prayer warrior or are you lukewarm in your prayer efforts?
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Trinity Baseball
Trinity Baseball
By Michelle Nicholl
Last Sunday marked the ‘Feast of the Blessed Holy Trinity’. Everyone knows from the time you start learning about the faith there's just no comprehending the Blessed Trinity.
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Doing God's Will for the Wrong Reasons
Doing God's Will for the Wrong Reasons
By none
It may seem a somewhat irreverent place in which to pray, but I have more genuine prayers and conversations with God in my car when I’m driving to and from work. I drive through a vast expanse of farmland, forest, and countryside during this time which provides for peaceful, thoughtful moments. One morning as I was driving, I was also reflecting on my life.
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Jesus always knew he was Divine
Jesus always knew he was Divine
By Kathy Lamb
These comments, in our missalette, from today’s gospel, Matthew 15: 21-28, bothered me. I might have just wondered about it and let it go but because of a discussion I had with my sister, Helen, I wanted to explore this more.
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God Speaks
God Speaks
By Mariel Roersma
Last Wednesday, I started the day off with Mass. And a part of the first reading really spoke to me. The verse from the Book of James says “So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin.”
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