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10 ways to take advantage of quarantine with your teenager
10 ways to take advantage of quarantine with your teenager
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
The thought of quarantine with your teenager can be daunting. If we are all honest, quarantine with a teenager will result in one of two ways: World War III or a stronger family. Your actions will be the guide that determines the ending point. Here are a few suggestions for making the coronavirus quarantine your friend and not your foe:
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Our Darkest Moments, Converted by Mercy
Our Darkest Moments, Converted by Mercy
By Nancy Marie Murray
The meeting of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:5-42) is a favorite of mine, filled with hope for those who have strayed far from the Lord. Each of us, like this woman, is loved and called by Jesus, who offers us endless mercy.
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Supernatural Grace in Dark Times
Supernatural Grace in Dark Times
By Katie Zalany
Ever since coronavirus hit, I’ve felt this supernatural grace consuming me most days despite not being able to receive the sacraments. There’s a nourishment, shielding of sin, spiritual communion with God, deeper prayerfulness, sense of God’s presence, and ability to be peaceful inside that I can’t explain.
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What God Promises --He Does!
What God Promises --He Does!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Going into Revelation Chapter 3---Oh what comfort we shall find.
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Meet The Pandemic Saints—The Church's alternative to the CDC
Meet The Pandemic Saints—The Church's alternative to the CDC
By Larry Peterson
The Catholic Church has patron saints for many causes. There are so many they even had to be alphabetized. Under the letter A, there are 23 named saints such as St. Agatha, the Patroness of bakers and nurses, and the great Augustine of Hippo, the patron saint of printers and brewmasters.
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We've Lost Jesus!
We've Lost Jesus!
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
It is terribly difficult for us to admit—even, or perhaps especially- for those of us with faith. We are Catholics or Christians, after all, and we trust Jesus, we have faith in God the Father. We know not to fear. Argue with ourselves when we are afraid.
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Light in the Darkness
Light in the Darkness
By Nancy Marie Murray
Times seem especially dark right now. For the first time in the 2000 years of the Catholic Church, public Masses have ceased in Rome. Churches have closed their doors. In many dioceses, Masses have been cancelled - perhaps for the remainder of Lent, for Good Friday, for Easter Sunday. Many people around the world are already suffering from the Coronavirus, while the rest of us dread its possible i
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This Portuguese Jesuit was a poet, dramatist, and scholar. He also converted more than one million native Brazilians
This Portuguese Jesuit was a poet, dramatist, and scholar. He also converted more than one million native Brazilians
By Larry Peterson
Joseph de Anchieta was born on March 19, 1534, in San Cristobal de La Laguna in a city called Tenerife which was in the Canary Islands. Joseph’s dad was a wealthy landowner who had escaped to Tenerife after participating in a plot to overthrow King Charles V.
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God in the Quarantine
God in the Quarantine
By Charles Fraune
As is evident in the social media posts and ventings and ponderings that appear on a daily basis as everyone hunkers down in some sort of quarantine mode, people are wrestling with the implications of the government reactions to the virus, the international economic downturn, and the potential destabilization of society as we have known it for the past many decades.
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Living The Worthy Life: Doing The Right Thing, Living The Right Thing, And At The Right Time
Living The Worthy Life: Doing The Right Thing, Living The Right Thing, And At The Right Time
By Michael Cunningham
There were two significant things that happened to the Church in December of 2019. Both of these have played and will play important roles in the Church for years to come but neither have been put together as one until this article. Could it possibly be the case?
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Quarantine Rosary
Quarantine Rosary
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Many saints throughout the ages have often recited the rosary in times of distress and trials. There is no time in recent history that the power of the faithful praying the rosary is needed more than now.
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"I Know You"
"I Know You"
By Elizabeth Thomas
From Revelation Chapter 2 v2 “I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors.*
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It is okay to miss your home parish
It is okay to miss your home parish
By Tess Shore
The first weekend with no public mass for most Catholic Churches in the United States seems to still hit one hard. However, while searching the internet looking for a Mass, I was bummed that I was not able to connect to my home parish.
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Pandemics and Eternal Perspective
Pandemics and Eternal Perspective
By Mark C. McCann
The other day I went for a walk around my neighborhood. The temperature was up, the sun was shining, and the scent of spring was in the air.
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God, Graciously Hear Us
God, Graciously Hear Us
By Carol Monaco
When we long for the simple days of yesteryear; when we find ourselves overstressed; let us step back from the challenges we fear, and pray to God who knows what's best
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The Devil in the Quarantine
The Devil in the Quarantine
By Charles Fraune
As we enter into this Quarantine, we must remember that the devil will not let this opportunity pass him by without seizing it for our spiritual destruction.
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Saint Roch Patron of Plagues and Corona Virus
Saint Roch Patron of Plagues and Corona Virus
By Joseph Freyaldenhoven
Family, the Lord works in powerful ways. What a time for St. Roch to come back into our lives than now, when the world is in the midst of an epidemic, the Corona Virus. St. Roch is the patron saint of plagues and epidemics, among other things.
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