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One Method of Forgiveness
One Method of Forgiveness
By Nancy Ristuccia
One of the greatest and ongoing tasks of the spiritual life is forgiveness. Many is the night that I have wrestled wit sleep, anticipating the next act of someone with whom I have to deal who has done or said something that has hurt or offended me. h
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Do You Celebrate Christ
Do You Celebrate Christ
By Annie Chester
I know that as Catholics sometimes we can get caught up in rituals of the Mass, especially if you are one that attends daily Mass. Yes it is beautiful, and meaningful but for those of you that are cradle Catholics and have witnessed the same event every Sunday or daily, you can have a tendency to lose the spark of what it all means.
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Protestant Questions, Catholic Answers
Protestant Questions, Catholic Answers
By Kelly Bailey Garner
As a Roman Catholic living in a predominately Protestant city, I get some interesting reactions to the way I practice my faith. I live in Abilene, Texas and I really do love this city. It's a west Texas town filled with nice people, good, old fashioned values and many, many churches.
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How Pope Francis is Ending Religion: Part Deux
How Pope Francis is Ending Religion: Part Deux
By Jeffrey Battiston
My previous article, How Pope Francis is Ending Religion, was received well but created some controversy. Many of the more articulate responses questioned my definition of religion. One gentleman thoughtfully responded:
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Grieving with Grace
Grieving with Grace
By Dawn Wright
In a worldly sense, nothing about grief is graceful. It’s messy, and convoluted, and sometimes terribly ugly. It’s hard for other people to be around. It’s not a steadily upward climb, and it’s not brave. Grief is raw. It’s suffering complicated by deep longing and deeper love.
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Taking out the trash (and other chores...)
Taking out the trash (and other chores...)
By Catherine Garrett
Wednesday is trash day for us. All day Tuesday when I pass a trashcan I think "I have to take the trash out BEFORE its dark!" But inevitably, something else comes up. My five month old cries or needs a diaper, my four year old stubs her toe or my almost three year old brings me a treasure.
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The Reluctant Roman: or Why I Converted to the Catholic Church, Part II: Worship and the Physical Man
The Reluctant Roman: or Why I Converted to the Catholic Church, Part II: Worship and the Physical Man
By Randal Schmidt
As I have previously mentioned in the first part, I plan to outline three major ideas that finally convinced me to convert to Catholicism. None of these was the single deciding factor in my conversion, and these three reasons are by no means the only things that influenced me in my decision. But these big three insights that God led me to changed the way I viewed Christianity and by extension,
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A Voice Cries Out
A Voice Cries Out
By Elizabeth Thomas
Many may be the times we will wonder, “Does anyone hear the words I share? Words we speak of comfort, reassurance, advice, encouragement; words that counsel or words to alert or warn in hopes to prevent further disasters in another’s life. Or perhaps the words we hesitently share that speak of personal pain, inner struggles.
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Jesus' Recipe to Cure Worry
Jesus' Recipe to Cure Worry
By Nina Rizzo
My first thought is that Jesus isn’t being very fair to Martha. Jesus is a guest in the home of two sisters, Mary and Martha. While Mary sits at Jesus’ feet, Martha is busy doing all the work. For goodness sake, somebody needs to serve the food and refresh the drinks, especially when that guest is Jesus! Martha is running around like a chicken without a head worried about a thousand little details
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Be A Living Rosary
Be A Living Rosary
By Lisa Ponchak
I believe God calls us to the vocation that is going to best help us encounter him and help us grow in holiness. The more we encounter him and grow in holiness, the more joy we will have. For me, that vocation is Motherhood.
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Now is the Time of Mercy
Now is the Time of Mercy
By Nancy Marie Murray
"Santo Subito! Sainthood now!" This cry, which rang out from the crowds from the moment of Pope John Paul II's death, became reality when John Paul was declared a saint last year on the Feast of Divine Mercy.
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I am the Woman at the Well- A Walk Through the Scrutinies
I am the Woman at the Well- A Walk Through the Scrutinies
By Susan Skinner
During the third, fourth, and fifth weeks of Lent people who are in RCIA walk through the Scrutinies in the Gospels from year A. According to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults book paragraph 141; “The scrutinies…are rites of self-searching and repentance and have above all a spiritual purpose.
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Hanging with Jesus
Hanging with Jesus
By Kelly Richardson
On the Cross. Lectio Divina with Luke 23: 32-43… yes I put myself, crucified myself, next to Him on the Cross. I am the penitent thief; the one Jesus tells will be with Him in paradise.
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Communication Breakdown
Communication Breakdown
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
If I take a trip to Italy and I only speak English, absent a translator, I may have a very difficult time communicating. The lack of my ability to communicate can cause severe problems. The root problem is two languages are being spoken and neither individual understands the other one’s language.
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What is the Deal with Intercession by Saints?
What is the Deal with Intercession by Saints?
By David R. Myers
Recently, I was called to serve on a jury in a criminal case here in Austin, Texas. The accused in this case made an extraordinary tactical blunder: even though he was offered legal counsel free of charge by the court, he chose to represent himself.
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The Dynamics of Forgiveness
The Dynamics of Forgiveness
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Forgiveness consists of more than you seeking forgiveness from God from your sins and God granting it. There is a level, a dynamic, to forgiveness which eats at many like termites on wood. It is the crippling, yet very sinful, idolatry of unforgiveness. Pope Francis recently addressed unforgiveness, referencing Matthew 18 where Jesus instructs His disciples to forgive others ‘seventy times seven’
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God of the Superheroes
God of the Superheroes
By Elizabeth A. McGuirk
I wish I had a spiritual life like that of my four-year-old son. Like many boys his age, he has in the past year become fascinated with superheroes and all their extraordinary powers. For him, however, this has also coincided with a period of great new awareness of the presence and nature of God.
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