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If Mass is not your Priority, then Heaven probably isn't Etiher
If Mass is not your Priority, then Heaven probably isn't Etiher
By Lorrie McNickle
I am currently leading a book discussion at my Parish. The book is “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist”, by Doctor Brant Pitre. That is right, a Doctor of Scripture and theology, someone who is an expert, or as close to one as any of us will ever get on the subject of Scripture, the Bible and Faith.
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Striving for Stress-Free Prayer
Striving for Stress-Free Prayer
By AnneMarie Miller
Like many Catholics, prayer has often been a part of my life. From Mass and the Sacraments to novenas and Rosaries, the routine recitation of various prayers comes quite natural to me. Prayer often brings peace to my soul and to other people, but at times, it has done the opposite: I have actually found myself adding to stress through my prayers. I’ll petition God, place my intentions before Him,
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Truth
Truth
By Robert LaFleur
What I am about to say here is something that I really believe that is not said to people these days. So forgive me if I offend and if you really believe that I am wrong in saying this, then I ask for your prayers not your criticism.
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What is it you want me to do for you?
What is it you want me to do for you?
By Mary Rivers
“What is it you want me to do for you?” Both Bartimaeus, and James and John, the sons of Zebedee, ask Jesus for gifts of His power. Bartimaeus asks for the gift of seeing, if it is within Christ's mercy. James and John ask for the power and glory to sit at Christ's side, to obtain reflective power and glory of Christ in his moments of glory.
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The Religion Crisis
The Religion Crisis
By E.M. Wilson
So this post is about the religion crisis. And it's not quite the same religion crisis the media or even the religious press gets all jazzed about.
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Praying the Rosary Helps
Praying the Rosary Helps
By Crysaly Aviles
Praying the Rosary helps. I dare suggest that praying the rosary is more about building my faith than having my prayers answered - after all God already knows my needs: "So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him,” (Matt. 6:8). I began to notice that my faith in Christ was increased as I prayed the rosary.
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An Exegeses of the Sacrament of Baptism Part II
An Exegeses of the Sacrament of Baptism Part II
By Chris Boyer
So what, then, do we gain from our baptism? In addition to the sacrament being the “washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit” (CCC #1215), the Church teaches us that Baptism is a beautiful and glorious gift from God that conveys grace (even unto the guilty), anoints us into the common priesthood of believers, and seals us into Christ’s church (CCC #1216).
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Repentance The Forgotten Doctrine of Salvation
Repentance The Forgotten Doctrine of Salvation
By Robert LaFleur
Even a casual reader of the Bible soon discovers that repentance is a major biblical topic. All the prophets mention it in one way or another. Isaiah called Israel to repent, as did Jeremiah and Ezekiel and Hosea and Micah and Malachi. A survey of the New Testament shows that the words “repent” and “repentance” are used in various forms 55 times.
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Bullying - Just for Kids?
Bullying - Just for Kids?
By Linda Kracht
The statement from the CDC implies that bullying is negative behavior limited to youths who are in no way related to or in relationship with the person they are bullying. Is that true?
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The Stigma of Abortion?
The Stigma of Abortion?
By E.M. Wilson
Roughly six months ago I started using Twitter as a way to promote my writing. As a social media avenue, I find it both a bit mindless and incredibly interesting simultaneously. Mindless because of the sheer capacity of things people Tweet (for better or worse) and interesting because when things trend it's an almost instant way to take the pulse of how people feel about a certain situation.
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Shedding God's Light on the Mystery of the Real Presence
Shedding God's Light on the Mystery of the Real Presence
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
Are you surprised that starting right from the beginning of Sacred Scripture—right there in the first chapter of the first book of the Bible, in Genesis 1:3, using just a few words, the Lord has provided one of the most compelling apologetic arguments for defending His Real Presence in the Eucharist?
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An Exegeses of the Sacrament of Baptism Part I
An Exegeses of the Sacrament of Baptism Part I
By Chris Boyer
As the first of two posts on the Sacrament of Baptism, this post will serve to explore the theological foundation for the Sacrament of Baptism. The second post will explore the gifts received from the Sacrament.
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A Step Beyond Faith Part 3
A Step Beyond Faith Part 3
By Robert LaFleur
How can we even think we shouldn’t strive for holiness or can’t become holy? So many places in the Bible, we are called to holiness. Is not the Bible the word of truth? The Word as given by God? Then who are we to say we can’t be holy?
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Hush.It Will be Alright
Hush.It Will be Alright
By Richard Maffeo
I heard her before I jogged around the corner. A long, slow, desolate cry. Blonde pig-tails, blue jeans, a long sleeve pullover shirt. She couldn’t have been older than four. She sulked in her driveway as Dad unloaded groceries from the van. He called gently for her to come inside.
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A Step Beyond Faith Part 2
A Step Beyond Faith Part 2
By Robert LaFleur
A relationship that goes far beyond just faith is Love, with a love where you love so much your happiness is only doing what is pleasing to Him. A love so deep you are willing to sacrifice your human will daily (banish) so that you desire to only walk in His will.
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Uniformity with God's Will
Uniformity with God's Will
By Will Campbell
I am currently re-reading St Alphonsus Maria de Liguori's great work "Uniformity with God's Will". This is such a beautiful reflection and teaching on the importance of uniting ourselves entirely to the will of God.
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A Veteran's Lament
A Veteran's Lament
By Mary Rivers
The morning mail brought a prayer card for those carrying their cross today. Mass would be said for all whose names I requested. I quickly filled the spaces with names too numerous for the sheet of paper provided. From memory of my youth came the following, quickly written, as if someone else was guiding the pen.
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