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Call No Man Your Father on Earth
Call No Man Your Father on Earth
By Kevin Noles
Don’t you know that the Bible tells us not to call any man Father? Why are Catholics so persistent in their unbiblical practices of calling Priests Father? It has been awhile since I have heard these statements, but I am sure I will hear them again at some point in my lifetime. Occasionally I have heard “Why do Catholics call their Priests Father?”
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The Confession
The Confession
By Linda Kracht
What do John the Baptist, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Baptist chaplain for AA, and a Catholic priest have in common? They all believed in the power [grace] of confessing one’s sins to provide palpable closure, healing, and forgiveness regardless of the era and/or their religious denomination in their lifetimes.
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Mercy Has No Limits
Mercy Has No Limits
By James M. Littleton
Mercy and forgiveness go both ways, God toward us, and us toward others. As concerns others forgiving us, we cannot control that. It is a futile waste of time and energy to try to control others. We can only control, with the help of God’s grace, our own attitudes and actions.
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The Force Awakens: Ultimate Episode
The Force Awakens: Ultimate Episode
By Greg Schlueter
Anticipation has been building. This Friday the newest installment of Star Wars Episode VII: "The Force Awakens" hits screens around the world, promising to set box office records and define popular culture for the foreseeable future. What might that mean for Christmas? To Christians? In this Year of Mercy? In our present cultural circumstances?
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Give and Receive Presence for Chistmas
Give and Receive Presence for Chistmas
By Greg Schlueter
Observing the increasing emptiness in pews. Aware of the increasing emptiness in hearts. God became flesh. The days of relationship-less ritual and religion are gone. As are the people not convinced leaders are in a real relationship with Jesus Christ.
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AT the Cross, On the Cross--Sickness a Cross In Itself
AT the Cross, On the Cross--Sickness a Cross In Itself
By Elizabeth Thomas
When you are ill, for just a few days, or chronically, or terminally ill: the first thing that you may wonder daily---is “how long are we on this Cross for, Lord?” It matters not if it is for a few days, a few weeks, or until death, --or rather it is one you strive to live with for years---slowly but surely---illness is very taxing and a cross to bear.
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Lambs, Hips, and Green Pastures
Lambs, Hips, and Green Pastures
By Ross Decker
I was on a gurney being rolled into the operating room. Years of hip pain were now about to end as I was on my way in to get a total hip replacement. I knew it was too late to back out, but I was a little bit nervous. "Does anyone here know the 23rd psalm?" I asked. No one did. A nurse asked if I had written it down. She'd be glad to read it to me. "That's ok", I said. "I know it. I'll just say it
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Christmas shopping? Consider BUYcotting--if you must buy!
Christmas shopping? Consider BUYcotting--if you must buy!
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
Given a myriad of options for how and where to spend our hard-earned dollars this holiday buying season—and all year, actually-- a recent televised news story about this group’s goal to identify and to encourage support for Faith-friendly companies made a lot of sense to me. I hope it makes sense to you, too!
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Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 6: Sanctity
Evidence for the Existence of God from Experience, Part 6: Sanctity
By Bob Hunt
The great majority of people over the many millennia of the human community have held for the existence of a Supreme Being. Many people, as well, have encountered God by way of a variety of religious experiences, mostly personal, though some involving groups or even multitudes.
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Reflections of Faith: Part One
Reflections of Faith: Part One
By Allison Brown
Faith is not always something that is easy to explain let alone describe. You know it is there, even if you cannot see it. You can just feel it. Like the cool night air, you cannot see it, but feel it around you.
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God´s Project for my Life
God´s Project for my Life
By Flávia Ghelardi
Everybody, at some point of his existence, ends up asking some questions: for what do I exist? What should I do with my life? Where should I go? In our society there is a big existential void, people can´t make a sense of their lives and this causes many problems, such as the escape to alcoholism, to drugs and even suicide.
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Mercy Door
Mercy Door
By Jen Schlameuss-Perry
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has called upon the Church to be a witness of God’s mercy to the world. Mercy is kindness that isn’t deserved. It’s forgiveness unearned. That’s what God’s love is all about. While on the cross, Jesus asked the Father to “forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Lk 23:34)
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Mother of My Lord
Mother of My Lord
By De Maria
One of the things which always astounded me. Astounds me to this day, really, is the fact that a Protestant and a Catholic can look at the same verse and come up with two radically different understandings of that verse.
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The crib for baby Jesus
The crib for baby Jesus
By George Calleja
Christmas is once again with us. The joy that baby Jesus was born.......and through Him Salvation was possible. This month we should make an extra effort to really let Jesus be in us, live in us, live in others. The crib for baby Jesus is that He lives in our hearts.
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ASAP (always say a prayer)
ASAP (always say a prayer)
By Monica Therese
“Prayer is to Christians as breathing is to humans.” When I heard those words it brought prayer to a whole new level for me. If that is truly what prayer is then that means I need prayer to survive. Prayer isn’t just for the monks and cloistered nuns but for you and me.
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Keeping a Mercy Calendar - Part Two
Keeping a Mercy Calendar - Part Two
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
In “Keeping a Mercy Calendar, Part Two,” we’ll reflect on keeping a Personal Mercy Calendar in order to see and appreciate God’s Mercy in our lives, so that we can get better at receiving mercy—as individual children of God and as members of the Church, the Communion of Saints.
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