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What Will We Do in the Dark?
What Will We Do in the Dark?
By Elizabeth Thomas
The other day when the temps soared above 100 degrees, I was putting things into the ‘garage’ of the RV and thinking about the hot sun and how we may gripe about the heat but what would WE do if there were three days of darkness as prophesied by some saints and the Blessed Mother. The type of darkness one might see as an aftermath of a huge volcano, how would people cope?
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Living Sanctuary
Living Sanctuary
By Lori Conklin
The Host has been consecrated, the Priest lifts Jesus up and we reply: Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, but only say the Word and my soul shall be healed. Immediately our new organist begins to play softly, then she sings these words;
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Christendom the Revelation
Christendom the Revelation
By Nathan James Rawlins
A shared revelation is a shared reality. Christendom as revelation connects the individual to the community and the communities of believers to each other. Encountering Christ in the collective knowledge of community embodies the very purpose of community formation, we must build the Church!
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Jesus Is Not Our Model
Jesus Is Not Our Model
By Lucrezia Esteban
This morning I was reading from a transcript of a talk by Br. Philip Neri, O.P. and the following few sentences spoke to my heart. They called me to go deeper with the Lord and I thought I would share these words and my thoughts so they may inspire you to go a little deeper as well.
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Time To Emphasize Sunday Obligation
Time To Emphasize Sunday Obligation
By Bill Dunn
A couple months ago we had unexpected freezing rain on Sunday morning. On the way to Mass I saw a car that had slid off the side of the road. When I arrived at church, I pressed the brake pedal and my car just kept going, gliding down the icy road right past the entrance to the parking lot
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Don't Judge
Don't Judge
By Crysaly Aviles
We don't talk about suicide, we whisper about it. Suicide is the ultimate of sins committed against God. While no doubt taking our life which is not our own to begin with is an affront towards God, it is the process that leads to suicide that is not sinful.
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What Happened?!!!
What Happened?!!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
If I was a witness to a happening, and questions were being asked concerning what happened--my reply would be something like this. "Let me see, where to begin--Oh yes, yesterday happened. Where would you like for me to begin?
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What Would Have been the Fate of Dutch Schultz if God Used a Zero-Tolerance Policy?
What Would Have been the Fate of Dutch Schultz if God Used a Zero-Tolerance Policy?
By Larry Peterson
This past Sunday two of my grand kids made their First Confession. It is always a beautiful thing when children receive their first Sacraments. Invariably, they never forget those moments. I was seven years old when I made my First Confession and I can still vividly remember that day.
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Don't Worry, God's Got This
Don't Worry, God's Got This
By Caroline Godin
I’m a control freak. Let’s get that out there. Go figure, I got into youth ministry, which is the poster child of fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants jobs. Seriously, I have anxiety when I don’t know the schedule or when no one emails me back within 24 hours. I know; I need to relax.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Augustine: My Spiritual Brothers
Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Augustine: My Spiritual Brothers
By Alex Brittain
Why do Catholics honor and venerate the Saints? They are the heroes of our Faith that strived to become holy and many of them devoted their entire lives, even to the point of death, to God and His Church.
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A Spiritual Check-Up
A Spiritual Check-Up
By Bernice Pillart Dumitru
During his talk to the Curia before Christmas, our Dear Holy Father Francis, in the spirit of the Desert Fathers, gave the Roman Curia and the whole Church a catalogue of spiritual illnesses that may afflict us. Like the seven ‘deadly’ sins they can be a source of real disorder in our spiritual life if not attended to.
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How to Make a Priest
How to Make a Priest
By Daria Winker
As the mother of a priest, I occasionally hear comments about “thank you for your son” or “how blessed we are for our son.” I also get asked what we did to have a priestly son. I can honestly say other than having a male child, it was totally the Holy Spirit that made my son a priest.
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I'm nothing... I'm so very nothing without...
I'm nothing... I'm so very nothing without...
By Melanie R. Cameron
Just as Lent approached, I had a proverbial smack in the face from a friend about my lack of friendship. I asked, "Who am I?" On Fat Tuesday, my husband and I, realizing a lack of empathy in our marriage, both sighed, "Who are we? We need Lent."
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Why Heaven Won't Be Boring: What Seeing God Face To Face For The Rest Of Forever Means
Why Heaven Won't Be Boring: What Seeing God Face To Face For The Rest Of Forever Means
By Nate Lauer
What is the goal of our life? What is the final end which God wills for us? It is nothing other than the Beatific Vision, the face to face gazing at God. But if the very point of our existence, the very reason that God created us, was so that we could experience the Beatific Vision for the rest of forever when this earthly life has come to a conclusion
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If Only I Knew
If Only I Knew
By Elizabeth Thomas
A story of someone. He was at weekday Masses, two pews behind me usually. We always shared a smile and sometimes an occasional word. My sister knew him better than I as she lived there for over 30 years and I only two. I should have asked more about him from her. I wondered was he married?
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Calvary
Calvary
By Timothy Neboyskey
Hasten ye reversion or nay unfetter thy perception for all about Calvary reigns
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The Gift of Presence
The Gift of Presence
By Elizabeth A. McGuirk
It's another Sunday morning at Mass and every fiber of my is being directed towards my one purpose. No, I don't mean spiritual union with Christ -- I mean keeping my kids quiet and in place.
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