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The Upside Down World of Scouting: How It Affects Family
The Upside Down World of Scouting: How It Affects Family
By Birgit Jones
Today’s world of scouting certainly isn’t that of your parents’ day! The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) are in cahoots with abortion giant Planned Parenthood, and there is a push within the Boy Scouts of America (GSA) for openly homosexual leaders. As it is, they already accept openly gay scouts into the fold.
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Me, Defiant?
Me, Defiant?
By Elizabeth Thomas
After dealing with illness, incidents, accidents and stumbling around in dry desert type life for a month—and no deliverance int at times. Resistin sight—finally in obedience, I sat down and said, "Okay Lord, what word do you have for me?” Usually I am given a Scripture—but today, a word enters into my mind. “DEFIANT”
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Possessing Christian Joy, Always?
Possessing Christian Joy, Always?
By Lorrie McNickle
I don’t know about you but this seems unrealistic to me. I mean, how can one be joyful all the time? That would probably actually even get on people’s nerves. I am choosing to write about this today because I myself have been fighting some feelings of sadness and gloominess. So, this notion of Christian Joyfulness I am finding a bit perplexing.
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A Mother's Prayer
A Mother's Prayer
By Amanda Knapp
Dear Lord, Please let me see these babies with your eyes. Let me see their beauty and their perfection and the immense gift of their presence through your all merciful gaze.
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When I Lose, God Wins
When I Lose, God Wins
By Caroline Godin
In college, I wanted to go to this Christian music festival but, being in college, I had no money. Volunteering full time meant free entry. “If it’s free, it’s for me!” Off I went to the Inside Out Soul Festival, now simply called Soulfest.
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Tribute to an American Catholic Hero
Tribute to an American Catholic Hero
By Justin Soutar
February 23, 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, the most famous photograph in U.S. military history and one of the greatest photographs of all time. As is generally known, it was taken by Joseph Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, on February 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, a key turning point in World War II.
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The Great Romance
The Great Romance
By Nancy Marie Murray
In the beginning, God spoke one Word into the eternal silence and thus all creation came into being. In all the vastness of creation, only man was created in God’s image. The first man, Adam, given authority to name the animals and finding none among them like himself, became deeply aware of his solitude.
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Sunday Mass - What's In It For Me?
Sunday Mass - What's In It For Me?
By Trish Stukbauer
It’s time to delve into that third commandment: Remember to keep holy the Sabbath, as long as the service is entertaining. What do you mean, “that’s not what Deuteronomy says…”
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GLTB and all the rest of the ABCs
GLTB and all the rest of the ABCs
By Elizabeth Thomas
GLTB---you are seeing these 4 letters everywhere—and if you have not figured it out yet or had it explained—it stands for Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Bi-sexual. This sexual orientation preference and demands for equal rights and acceptance has created a hot topic in many areas---especially CHURCH, and more specifically, the Catholic Church.
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Thy Kingdom Come
Thy Kingdom Come
By Carol Ann Chybowski
I recently had the opportunity to study a small portion of St. Teresa of Avila’s writings on the Lord’s Prayer. I learned many things from this study that I’ve been meditating on for the last few weeks, but there is one line that I return to a bit more often than others: thy kingdom come…
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Marian Worship???
Marian Worship???
By Brian Van Putten
As the month of May is dedicated to Mary, our Blessed Mother, I write this to just skim the surface of Mariology. There has been so much written and spoken on this subject. Each of these paragraphs do not justify the deep richness of the Church’s teaching on Mary, but I hope they are a starting point to make aware of the importance of the Blessed Virgin Mary in our Salvation history.
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Why I Write: A Visitation Experience
Why I Write: A Visitation Experience
By Bernice Pillart Dumitru
We are part of God’s communication system. We don’t have a choice! It is part of our job description given at Baptism. Jeremiah tried to keep quiet and the words of God burned within him and he had to speak. Whenever God communicates anything to us it is not for ourselves alone. The Spirit is guiding the Church by inspiring the Church! That’s us!!
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The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same
By John C Prejean Sr.
Tonight at Mass (Saturday Vigil Mass), I was giving a very short presentation about the men's group in our area (The King’s Men) and the retreat that we will be having in June (Into the Wild) in Show Low, AZ when I noticed the almighty mass exodus…those who leave before communion or right after or during my presentation. I thought to myself “and the race is on.”
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Are You Wearing Dung-Colored Glasses?
Are You Wearing Dung-Colored Glasses?
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Ah, we love to make fun of those in love, the young and the naive who view the world through rose-colored glasses. But what about the rest of us, those of us who wear dung-colored glasses? We should chuckle just as loudly when we realize this tendency to see darkly. When I am miserable, nothing—not riches, nor prestige, or a change in circumstances—nothing can change my interior unhappiness.
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Do We Trust More in the Power of God or the Devil?
Do We Trust More in the Power of God or the Devil?
By Melanie Jean Juneau
As Catholics, we are often leery of personal revelation because we are afraid of the being deceived, but really, do we trust more in the power of God or the devil?
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A Coherency of Merit and Salvation
A Coherency of Merit and Salvation
By Kevin Noles
Bill Dunn wrote an article the other day called, ‘How Come You Catholics Try To Earn Your Way Into Heaven?' (go read it!). I rather enjoyed it but kept feeling like there was something that could be expanded on.
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Forgiveness YES Reconciliation NO
Forgiveness YES Reconciliation NO
By Victor S E Moubarak
“Father … I have a problem with forgiving” said Sonia as she folded the last of the vestments and put them away in their cupboard in the Sacristy. “What do you mean? A problem with forgiving …”
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