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Knowledge and Experience of God
Knowledge and Experience of God
By Elizabeth A. McGuirk
I am lucky enough to be the rare Catholic who was raised with extensive catechesis and a thorough knowledge of my faith. I memorized questions from the Baltimore Catechism that I can still rattle off today. My education stood in stark contrast to the vapid, content-less fluff that pervaded catechesis at the time, which is why my parents so greatly emphasized learning the doctrine.
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When Life Hurts
When Life Hurts
By Deacon Vernon Dobelmann
You have cancer. Hearing those words from a doctor can send chills down your spine. Although it has been twenty-nine years since my first diagnosis I can still recall the range of emotions that I felt upon hearing those words just like it was yesterday. I remember thinking, “How could this be happening to me? I am only twenty-five years old. This is something that happens to other people.”
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Why I Came Back to My Catholic Faith
Why I Came Back to My Catholic Faith
By Tess Shore
There is always a point in our lives were we question our faith. It is always easier to say at one point that I am rebelling against my family and not going to church. Then, that earth shattering event happens, and it is always easier to say God did this to me.
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Mother Mary (Mama Mary) and My Little Joan
Mother Mary (Mama Mary) and My Little Joan
By Sharla Ynostrosa
Good Morning, Y'all! I was listening to our Catholic radio station recently, 91.5 FM KPDE on my way home from the noon Mass. The program was, Called to Communion, with Dr. David Anders. A Protestant called in and asked why we worship Mother Mary. I just want to share my thoughts on this much asked question. I was raised Methodist, and one day I met the most wonderful, Catholic man ...
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A Restless Heart
A Restless Heart
By Erika Wehrly
I am the kind of person that likes to keep busy. When I'm at work, my best days are the one filled with so many tasks I may not complete them all by the end of the day. At home, I tend to keep busy with must do tasks, such as buying groceries or doing the dishes. If no must do tasks are available I will usually go to entertainment.
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Grateful For My Daughter's Health And A Special Moment
Grateful For My Daughter's Health And A Special Moment
By Rebecca Johnasen
In April, we had a scare with my 8 month old daughter. On Easter Sunday, I noticed a large lump growing on the side of her neck. My husband took her to the pediatrician. He was told to bring her back in two weeks.
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Another Secularist "Triumph": Say Good-Bye to Laura---She says, "Life is Not for ME"
Another Secularist "Triumph": Say Good-Bye to Laura---She says, "Life is Not for ME"
By Larry Peterson
Her name is Laura and she is 24 years old. She is a healthy woman who lives in Belgium. She wants to die. Why does she want to die? Because, as she says, "Life, that's not for me."
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A Life of Love
A Life of Love
By Marie Kelly
I grew up in a culture of divorce. My classmates witnessed the pain of divorce and some of them lived through the experience of their parents’ divorce. I often heard the expression thrown around, “we fell out of love.” This gave me the impression that love was fragile, fickle and fleeting. As a result, I got the impression there were limits to love. After many years of living a chaste lifestyle,
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Sand, Sand, Sand and What It Has Taught Me About God
Sand, Sand, Sand and What It Has Taught Me About God
By Jennifer Elia
We are in the first weeks of swim season, which should be more aptly named sand season. We are blessed to live on a beautiful lake with a lovely beach. My children take swim lessons five to six days a week, but more important than the lessons is the fun and friendships they have at the beach. However, the sand!!!
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Take a Deep Breath
Take a Deep Breath
By Joni Johnson
Whenever they are facing a new or difficult situation, I tell my children, “Stop. Take a deep breath. Relax.” We have survived many doctor visits and school situations with these words as our guide. I have often found these instructions helpful in my own stress-filled moments. We can all benefit from a moment of reassessment and peace, can’t we?
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What Do Twilight, Fifty Shades, and Leviticus Have in Common?
What Do Twilight, Fifty Shades, and Leviticus Have in Common?
By Sonja Corbitt
Most who discuss them agree that the Twilight and Fifty Shades fiction series are the same basic story line with different characters. What seems to differ among those discussing the two, however, is why they are so popular that they developed a cult following. I have a suggestion along that line: What if the wild fascination with the two series stems from a root common,
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It's in the Stars?
It's in the Stars?
By Karl Erickson
Is there such a thing as a harmless preoccupation with the occult? Do astrology and pseudo-religions really pose a spiritual danger to the believer?
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Relativism: The Bermuda Triangle to the Moral Compass
Relativism: The Bermuda Triangle to the Moral Compass
By Jeff Sokol
Every generation has a time when they become a little bit rattled, a little uneasy, and somehow things seem be just different than it used to be. We start getting a bit more relaxed, a little more worldly, and society slowly but surely, keeps on changing.
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Prayer Strategy Number Two: Acrostics
Prayer Strategy Number Two: Acrostics
By Richard Maffeo
In addressing the battle of prayer, the Church offers another bit of advice: "Finally, our battle has to confront what we experience as failure in prayer
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Strategies for Prayer -- The First in a Series of Twelve Helps
Strategies for Prayer -- The First in a Series of Twelve Helps
By Richard Maffeo
Thereupon the Lord Jesus gave His disciples – and all the Church – the model prayer known as the “Our Father,” or “The Lord’s Prayer” (Matthew 6 contains the fuller version). And for most of my Christian life, I spent about as much time in prayer is it takes to say those few verses. Yet, I knew intuitively there was more to prayer than my experience to that point.
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Be The TREE!!
Be The TREE!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
We have been having some very powerful awesome readings at Mass in the last two days. Yesterday, we were given the image of the tree being home to all, big and majestic, protecting and welcoming. Today as I admired the trees in my yard, and the one outside Church—it hit me as I sat trying to be still---BE THE TREE.
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A Faithful Community
A Faithful Community
By Jennifer Elia
Before our current parish, we belonged to a small, traditional, country parish. The priest was very devote and devoted, and known for well developed, lengthy, serious homilies. His homilies contained a good deal of catechism but we're sprinkled with stories to drive the point home. Decades later, there are stories that my husband and I still repeat and reference.
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