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Awakening Pop Culture's Great Belief
Awakening Pop Culture's Great Belief
By Greg Schlueter
In a recent episode of Blue Bloods, NYC Police Commissioner and patriarch of New York City's police family, Frank Reagan (played by Tom Selleck), suggests his beloved Catholic Church needs to "get with the times" where it concerns gay “marriage.”
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Why I Love the Church
Why I Love the Church
By Mike Bugal
Ever since I first set foot back in a Catholic Church in January 2011, months before my reversion, I started looking at the Church through new eyes. Many of the things of Catholic life that had been pretty much meaningless as a child had new meaning. In the time leading up to my reversion and in the years since I have come to love many aspects of the Church.
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What Scripture does not say
What Scripture does not say
By De Maria
There’s an interesting discussion going on in the comments to the Paradigm article. Thanks to all who are participating there. The idea that is surfacing is that Protestants make up doctrine according to what they claim, “Scripture does not say”.
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Are You An Amusing Catholic?
Are You An Amusing Catholic?
By Greg Schlueter
It was Dominic’s inaugural ride at Cedar Point. As the Millennium Force clicked it’s way up, higher and higher, scenes of his 9 years of life must have been flashing before his eyes. Just before the dramatic descent, all surrounding counties surely heard a little boy shouting from the top of his lungs, “Oh, my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee…”
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Is The Church the Woman of Revelation 18?
Is The Church the Woman of Revelation 18?
By Mike Bugal
One of the favorite hobbies of non-Catholic Christians, especially in the last 75 years, is trying to interpret Bible prophesies about the End Times to come up with a “times and season” if not an exact date for the Second Coming of Christ.
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An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 3
An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 3
By Bob Hunt
In the last article, I discussed St. Thomas Aquinas’ answers to objections to the claim that the existence of God can be demonstrated. Thomas shows that the existence of God canbe demonstrated by observing the effects of God and moving back to the cause: God Himself.
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Fires and The Cross
Fires and The Cross
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Fires in the west. Back when I lived on the east coast or during the twenty-three years I lived in Houston, hearing about the fires in the west would provoke a momentary ' How awful' but since I was far away, within seconds the horrors of distant folks were replaced by more pressing matters affecting me or my family.
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Feeling the Pressure?
Feeling the Pressure?
By Ana R. Plumlee
Are you feeling pressure from your family and friends to make a choice about what you’re going to do with your life? It happens to all of us. I’m going through it now, as are my college age friends. I took to social media (Facebook) and asked them how they cope with the pressure of finding their calling.
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Pope Francis: Pride, Humility and the Gospel of the Day After
Pope Francis: Pride, Humility and the Gospel of the Day After
By Larry Peterson
Pope Francis has gone back to Rome. Sigh--I miss him. I live in central Florida so the closest he ever got to me was probably about 330 miles away and that was in a foreign country, Cuba. The closest I got to him in the United States was when he traveled to Washington, D.C. which is over 900 miles away. No matter, I do miss him. His gentle, kind and loving face was all over the TV screen since l
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Living the retreat experience
Living the retreat experience
By Paul Couturier
In the 1960’s through at least the 1990’s (and beyond in some places), weekend retreat experiences and their follow-up programs became popular in many Catholic parishes, and were a tremendous source of spiritual growth for many Catholic adults.
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What Role Do Works Play In Our Salvation?
What Role Do Works Play In Our Salvation?
By De Maria
Jesus is pretty clear about it. Let’s look at the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats. When Jesus comes to judge the world, He shall first separate the good from the wicked. The sheep are the good. The goats are the wicked. Then, He addresses the sheep and He tells them that they are going to heaven.
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What Does A Black Crow Have To Do With The Movie Tomorrowland?
What Does A Black Crow Have To Do With The Movie Tomorrowland?
By Peggy O'Flaherty
Have you had a chance to see the movie Tomorrowland? In it, the main character, a young heroine, repeats a story back to her father, in his moment of defeat, a story he told her during her childhood. In the story there are two wolves: one is darkness and one is light. “Which one wins?” she questions him. After a pause she continues, “The one you feed the most.”
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Powerful Prayers
Powerful Prayers
By Catholic365
"Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee, especially the Masons and the enemies of the Church and for those recommended to thee." Saint Maximilian Kolbe
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Stop Trying to Kill Me!
Stop Trying to Kill Me!
By Elizabeth Thomas
I am experiencing one more time—someone having to counsel me about – don’t be too loud, slow down and be more careful. One more time then, this anger, hurt and resentment rises up. Why do I react this way Lord? After a few days of going through the back and forth of trying to understand, trying to just say ‘let it be;’
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Whose Mold?
Whose Mold?
By Richard Maffeo
As I read again through 1 Peter, I stopped at the first verses of chapter 2 and reflected on the apostle’s counsel: Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation.
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Lilacs, Rwanda, Immacule and Women's Inner Strength
Lilacs, Rwanda, Immacule and Women's Inner Strength
By Peggy O'Flaherty
Have you noticed the lilac bushes are in bloom? In the Midwest every spring in early May the streets and yards are lined with beautiful purple fragrant lilacs. Perhaps you grew up with a Common lilac, Persian lilac, Dwarf Korean variety, Himalayan, Chinese lilac or even a lilac tree.
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Becoming What We Receive
Becoming What We Receive
By Mariel Roersma
I think sometimes it's easy to take things for granted. We as Catholic's go to Mass each week. And most probably don't think much of what happens when we receieve Jesus' body and blood. Jesus gave us His own body and blood. He says, "Take and eat, this is my body."
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