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If it weren't for the hypocrisy of Christians.
If it weren't for the hypocrisy of Christians.
By The Reluctant Seeker
Christians are hypocrites. They go to church on Sunday and say they love God and neighbor but every other day of the week they act exactly the opposite! If it weren't for Christians, I could be Christian!" I heard this during some spirited and enjoyable conversations with family and friends this past Saturday at my youngest son's birthday party.
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Analysis of a Conversion - Why I left the Catholic Church, other Catholics
Analysis of a Conversion - Why I left the Catholic Church, other Catholics
By De Maria
I've heard this one before from Protestants. Many of us don't give a very good example of Christian living. Look at the Kennedys. Our beloved President, John F. Kennedy, flaunted his affairs before the whole world. Our Supreme Court is mostly Catholic. Have they overturned Rowe vs Wade? No. If anything, they've solidified it.
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14,000 Rally Captains Prepare for the 2015 Public Square Rosary Crusade
14,000 Rally Captains Prepare for the 2015 Public Square Rosary Crusade
By Robert E. Ritchie
The 2015 Public Square Rosary Rallies on October 10th are just around the corner. History may someday recognize their importance. For now, the hundreds of thousands of participants at rosary rallies, such as were held in Austria after World War II, have not yet received proportional attention
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Do You Carry an Assault Weapon?
Do You Carry an Assault Weapon?
By Michael Palaich
It was a question asked recently by Fr. William Casey at the 2015 Marian Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Clearly, it got the attention of attendees. Father William Casey, from the Fathers of Mercy Congregation in Auburn, Kentucky, is a fiery speaker often seen on EWTN during the Lenten Season, who has the uncanny ability to convey Catholic teachings in a tremendously charismatic way.
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Creative Ways to Manage Household Finances and Rely on Faith
Creative Ways to Manage Household Finances and Rely on Faith
By Peggy O'Flaherty
Each month as the household bills come rolling in and we watch the scale tip; too much money going out and not enough coming in – it can be a hard pill to swallow. It is emotionally draining, pounding on the ego, frustrating and very easy to become envious of what others have and doubting of decisions that brought us to this point.
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Your Presence is Requested
Your Presence is Requested
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Recent medical research has shown, statistically, that post-operative hospital patients who experience frequent or prolonged visits from concerned family members or friends (even in compassionate silence) will recuperate far more rapidly than patients with few or no visitors during their convalescence.
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Celebrating Our Roots
Celebrating Our Roots
By Denisea Kampe
Grandparents Day is a fairly new secular holiday, only having been on the calendar since 1978, celebrated in the U.S. during the month of September set aside to recognize some very special folks who help shape our lives. This year this day was a little bittersweet for me. My own Grandmas and Grandpas have all now gone to their eternal rest.
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Knowing God
Knowing God
By Crysaly Aviles
He loved me first. That’s a remarkable statement considering I’m a sinner. God loved me first. He chose me first before I even knew Him. I know this to be true because my soul affirms it and scripture attests to it: “We love because he first loved us,” (1 John 4:19). I was known by God before I knew about Him. He chose me as His child to love and to care for.
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Scriptural Illiteracy
Scriptural Illiteracy
By Brett M Petillo
There is a saying that I love. “Just because you are standing in a garage, that doesn’t make you a car.” You can go to church every Sunday, check off all the boxes that a good Christian is supposed to and yet still be no closer to heaven than the atheist next door.
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The War Room
The War Room
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Prayer as war: the correlation of combat with happiness has long been one which applies to my life. Therefore, a movie about prayer and war was a film I wanted to see when my sister Lee told me about it. Fitting, because the spiritual life is fundamentally a battle.
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God's Creation (and How It Reveals Him Fully)
God's Creation (and How It Reveals Him Fully)
By Shawn Roche
So many will insist that light and dark are merely partners in a never-ending dance. However, how do you dive darkness out of a room? By bringing light into it. One will always dominate where the other is not present. Even the night, believed to be a tie of darkness, is not so bleak.
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At All Times Give Thanks
At All Times Give Thanks
By Charlie Johnston
One of my favorite family traditions is on Thanksgiving my parents would have me write a list of all the things I was grateful for that year, it's a tradition I've carried on with my own children. We are commanded in Scripture to be thankful, and that comes easily enough in the good times, but thanking God in the hard times is a real key to spiritual growth.
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My Sleeping Saint Joseph Statue
My Sleeping Saint Joseph Statue
By Pam Spano
This past March I came across this article about Pope Francis’ Sleeping Saint Joseph statue. I posted the picture and article on my Being Catholic ... Really Facebook page and everyone just about lost their minds! “Where do I get one?,” everyone asked. So the search was on and I contacted several Catholic gift stores.
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Going Deeper Into Prayer
Going Deeper Into Prayer
By Carol Ann Chybowski
I learned a lot from the course I took on the writings of St. Teresa of Avila from the School of Spiritual Formation at the Avila Institute online. Previously I shared one of the insights I received on the deep meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. Today I’d like to share a little bit of what I learned about prayer.
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A Sermon Without Words
A Sermon Without Words
By Mary Rivers
God gives one faith- trust in Him and in the words of His Son, Jesus Christ. He gives His grace to believe to us, and this grace of faith comes not from self but from God- a gift free, not quid pro quo, (You give me something and I will give you something.)
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Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement
By Richard Maffeo
At sunset this month on September 22, many Jews will observe the most holy day in Jewish faith. Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement – dates back to the days of Moses when God instituted the observance so that, through repentance and blood sacrifice, the sins of the people could be forgiven. You’ll find reference to Yom Kippur in Leviticus, chapters 16, 17, and 23.
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Amazing Story. Pope Francis, Fr. Larry Richards, Justin Fatica and Us.
Amazing Story. Pope Francis, Fr. Larry Richards, Justin Fatica and Us.
By Greg Schlueter
This week Pope Francis will be on the world's center stage. More important is his purpose: God's design for marriage and family. As Catholics, we are very conceptual. We run the risk of merely spectating. Cheering from the sidelines. Yet our affirmation of the truth is not the same as living it. As someone said, even Satan knows the truth.
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