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Happenings at Medjugorje!
Happenings at Medjugorje!
By Kathy Lamb
Dear Professor Allen, I’m writing this to you from Sarajevo Airport on my way home from a pilgrimage to the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina. To get to Medjugorje, our group took a 3 hour bus ride in the dark of night on twisty, windy roads through the Croatian countryside.
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The Magnificat and the Harm of Societal Distraction
The Magnificat and the Harm of Societal Distraction
By John Mayer
The Magnificat of the Blessed Mother as found in Luke 1:46-55 is a beautiful prayer that has been recited throughout the ages. It has been read at Mass, said in private prayer and sung at the many Marian devotions of the Church. Particularly during the month of May,
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Come, Holy Spirit - a meditation
Come, Holy Spirit - a meditation
By De Maria
Come, Holy Spirit, You are the love which proceeds from the Father and the Son
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Pentecost; in Sinai and Jerusalem
Pentecost; in Sinai and Jerusalem
By Charlie Johnston
The story of Pentecost is well known, but like every story in the Bible there is more here than meets the eye. Acts chapter 2 starts out with the apostles receiving the Holy Spirit and then proceeding to preach in the streets with a newfound boldness.
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Ory Meets Sheen: The Rest Is Church History
Ory Meets Sheen: The Rest Is Church History
By Andree Ory
I was going to write about the connection between charity and its fruits: joy, peace, and mercy, but in mass this evening, the name Fulton popped into my head.
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A Period of Forty Days
A Period of Forty Days
By Mary Rivers
Christ, the Resurrected Lord, seen by many - To Mary Magdalen and Apostles too; Seen as one transfigured, human;
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How Can Personal Holiness Protect the Unborn?
How Can Personal Holiness Protect the Unborn?
By Andree Ory
If I had been alive during the Holocaust, what would I have done to help the Jews and other minorities who were victims of the Nazis?
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I'm Not Sure I Want to Be Catholic Anymore
I'm Not Sure I Want to Be Catholic Anymore
By E.M. Wilson
Don't worry, I'm still as sure as ever that I want to be Catholic but I'm sad to say that it was not always so. I think there comes a time in the life of every religious person where they question whether or not they want to continue practicing their religion and this article is written for the person who finds himself or herself on that lonely boat.
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Bringing Back the Godly in Godparents
Bringing Back the Godly in Godparents
By Andree Ory
He gave me a book with a girl that had red curly hair in it. That wasn’t special. The music box that came with the book was. He gave me a wooden jewelry box, hand-carved. That wasn’t special. The secret compartment in it was. I wrote him letters starting with the address, “Dear Uncle Nowell…” That wasn’t special. The hand-written note I would get in response was.
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An Infusion of Grace
An Infusion of Grace
By Susan Skinner
In the weeks and months following Veronica’s murder, I was in constant prayer. Constant conversation with God. God showed me my own soul. I was ashamed at how loosely I applied the law to myself all the while applying it very strictly to others. I had everything backwards. My soul was illuminated, so to speak. I began to pull the planks out of my own eyes.
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Finding God's will in the novena
Finding God's will in the novena
By Ginny Kochis
The first time I prayed a novena I was 24 and on my way to work. My father was in the hospital, a semi-annual occurrence for a heart patient with a medical history longer than the Mississippi and twice as wide. One week prior, I had driven past the entrance to my parents’ neighborhood, only to come upon an ambulance on the side of the road.
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Church Ladies: We Put the Church in the Lady and the Lady in the Church
Church Ladies: We Put the Church in the Lady and the Lady in the Church
By Andree Ory
These words of the Apostle’s Creed never meant so much to me as they do now. I would like to focus on the words, “I believe in the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints,” and pause there for a moment. During this past year, with the passing of a local saint and the birth of the “church lady” group, I have been able to reflect on this theme in a special way.
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Finding the real Soul of the Apostolate
Finding the real Soul of the Apostolate
By Norman Fulkerson
The present scandals in the Church have many people looking for positive solutions to the multifaceted problems which beset the Bride of Christ, not realizing that the true solution will only come from Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, His life within us and fidelity to His teachings.
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The Power of Three
The Power of Three
By Joseph P. Thomas
Lucy, Francis and Jacinta – three children who saw a vision of Mary and were compelled to change the world. It is fitting in this month of our Blessed Mother that we remember and recall what brought us to the modern age of the rosary. Never before has something like this altered our perceptions and our belief in the very system of prayer we now hold so very dear.
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Be Small
Be Small
By Susan Skinner
There is nothing so small as a child in the womb and a newborn child. A newborn child doesn’t know the world yet. They are completely helpless and all control is placed in another’s hands.
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Holy Spirit Makes Us God's Children
Holy Spirit Makes Us God's Children
By Bill Dunn
This weekend we celebrate Pentecost, the feast that marks the birthday of the Church. On the first Pentecost, 50 days after Jesus’ Resurrection, The Holy Spirit came upon the small, frightened band of believers in a spectacular and powerful way. We hear about this amazing event in the first reading, from the Acts of the Apostles.
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The Empty Sky
The Empty Sky
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
The 11 men stood staring at the now empty sky long after they had watched the resurrected Jesus ascend above their heads.
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