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Joy and Concrete
Joy and Concrete
By Matthew Newsome
A few days ago I was shopping at Lowe's. I was picking up some bags of concrete to set some fence posts in our pasture. But I also needed a few things from the garden center, so I ended up checking out there, on the opposite side of the store from where I picked up the concrete.
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Awakening to Share the Gift of Life
Awakening to Share the Gift of Life
By Lora Wilson
I've always slept deep and long. As a baby, I would sleep nearly 20 hours a day. Mom used to check repeatedly to make sure I was still breathing. She was a legendary worrier and a fitful sleeper herself.
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When Your Parish Is No Longer Your Home
When Your Parish Is No Longer Your Home
By Jen Schlameuss-Perry
Many different circumstances can lead to the need to leave the parish that was your spiritual home—moving, parishes closing or merging, a change in schedule that makes it impossible to attend Mass or Religious Ed, or whatever your need is. Regardless of how it happens, having to leave your parish family can be profoundly painful.
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A Vocation Story
A Vocation Story
By Grace Mazza Urbanski
I spent most of high school and college assuming I would never marry or have children. God had set me on fire with faith, and I wanted to give him my absolute best. In Catholic terms, as far as I knew, that meant entering religious life. For a couple of years I attended campus ministry meetings for wanna-be nuns and priests, and my weekends were often scheduled with "come and see" retreats at var
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Living a Holy Life is Child's Play
Living a Holy Life is Child's Play
By Melanie Jean Juneau
God has called me to live out a childlike spirituality of joy which is not an east path for a modern adult who is told to be independent and self-sufficient. This spirituality was not of my choosing. I craved the life of an intense regime of self-sacrifice as a consecrated, contemplative religious.
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5 Useful Ways Catholics Can Deal With Suffering and Grief
5 Useful Ways Catholics Can Deal With Suffering and Grief
By Jen Schlameuss-Perry
As the reader looks at the list below, they will notice immediately that not all of these things are absolutely unique to Catholics. But, they are useful ways that Catholics can experience grief and suffering. I would have added to this list “take a break” and “find humor where humor can be found,”
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The Sacred Heart of Christ
The Sacred Heart of Christ
By Crysaly Aviles
Did you know we’re celebrating the sacred heart of Christ? I sure didn’t! I ran across a wonderful article that moved me to do a little research to become acquainted with the nine month celebration.
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The Rest of the Story
The Rest of the Story
By Lori Conklin
On the fateful day that sin entered the world, mankind lost more than our unobstructed relationship with God, we lost the ability to eat from the tree of life and live forever. Because Adam and Eve ate from the tree of Knowledge and have become like God, with knowledge of good and evil, they were not allowed to eat the fruit from the tree of life and live forever.
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Baptized with vinegar
Baptized with vinegar
By LaJuan Tallo
A while back I heard Mark Hart, the Bible Geek on the radio and one of the things he said made me laugh, but it stuck with me. He was talking about Christian joy (or the lack thereof) and he said, “Some people look like they were baptized with vinegar.”
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Be a Hero: Become a Saint
Be a Hero: Become a Saint
By Traditional Catholic Guy
There is something about heroism that is awe inspiring. Whether it is the video of someone risking life and limb to pull someone out of a burning car, to the actions of a soldier carrying his wounded comrade out of heavy fire, heroic actions fill us with a sense of admiration. You know the feeling.
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Faith from a Caterpillar
Faith from a Caterpillar
By Erika Wehrly
The other morning I was out on my usual morning walk. As I was walking next to the canal on the cement walking trail that runs alongside it I happened to look down and spot a stranded caterpillar. From his perspective he must have been lost in this barren wasteland. The sun beat down upon him making the unending desert of cement unbearably hot to his tiny caterpillar feet.
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Fully Equipped Catholics
Fully Equipped Catholics
By Deacon Vernon Dobelmann
Put on the armor of God! How many of us actually do that? If you were to look out over the congregation in your parish what would you see? Would you see people well-prepared and equipped for spiritual battle? Does the level of training that parishioners receive reflect the seriousness of the battle?
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We're not Crazy, we're just Catholic
We're not Crazy, we're just Catholic
By Al Vargo
Reasons why people think we're "crazy" - We like to keep Mass interesting. We seem to sit, stand and kneel, in no particular order. Probably just to keep the blood flowing.
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Music Ministry in Today's Parishes
Music Ministry in Today's Parishes
By Pat McDermott
When we leave Mass on Sundays there are usually two things that we comment on: the homily and the music. Yes, we care about the readings, and the prayers, and receiving the Eucharist, but the music and homily seem to make or break a big piece of our experience. I would like to share some thoughts on music as a ministry.
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A Veiled Threat
A Veiled Threat
By Joni Johnson
I have been choosing to wear a veil at Mass for the past several months. I began on the first Sunday of Advent, and haven’t stopped since that day. As time has passed, what was very intimidating has become a part of who I am and how I worship God.
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The Messages of Our Heavenly Mother, When Will We Ever Listen?
The Messages of Our Heavenly Mother, When Will We Ever Listen?
By Catholic365
June 12, 1973, a month after 42 year old convert from Buddhism, and totally incurably deaf, Sr. Agnes Sasagawa arrived at the Institute of the Handmaids of the Holy Eucharist in Yuzawadai just outside of Akita and when she opened the tabernacle for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a very strong light came from it and filled the entire chapel
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Why Catholics Don't Wait Until Adulthood To Baptize
Why Catholics Don't Wait Until Adulthood To Baptize
By Casey Truelove
Why do some Protestants wait until they are adults to get baptized? The difference in our practices stems from the difference in our understandings of Baptism. Since the beginning of the Church, we have understood that Baptism actually affects us.
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