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Saint Maria Goretti: Forgiveness Eluding You?
By Christina M. Sorrentino
The virtue of forgiveness is challenging for many of us. When someone confronts us with wrongdoing and causes us distress and misery the pain that we endure from such torment can blind us from having the ability to seek peace and love.
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Special kinds of love: clarifying common misconceptions about Catholic devotions
By Elizabeth Hoyle
“Why do Catholics love and worship Mary?” “Why does the Church love the saints?” “Aren’t we supposed to love God and God alone?” Nearly every Catholic encounters questions like these at some point in their lives.
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Praying for the Intercession of Moses? - Can Catholics ask for the prayers of those who lived before Christ?
By John Mayer
I do not mean for this question to come across as blasphemous. But from a brief skim of the Old Testament, I would answer this question in the title of this article in the affirmative: yes.
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Venerable Maria Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri Fernandez de Heredia---Her Beatification will take place in 2018
By Larry Peterson
On December 12, 1916, in Madrid, Spain, the fourth child and only daughter of Manuel Ortiz Landazuri and Eulogia Fernandez-Heredia, was born. Since it was the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, her parents named her Maria Guadalupe, bestowing a great blessing on their child.
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Our Lady of Knock---The Silent Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
By Larry Peterson
On the northwestern coast of Ireland sits County Mayo, and within that green, lush county lies what was once the Knock Parish Church. Today the name of this place has been elevated; it is now known as The Shrine of Our Lady of Knock for it was here that The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared on the night of August 21, 1879.
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Don't Worry, Be Faithful
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading, a synagogue official named Jairus approached Jesus and begged Him to heal his 12-year-old daughter who was at the point of death.
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St. Eustace the Hunter and the Magnificent "Stag"
By Larry Peterson
At the beginning of the second century there lived in Rome man named Placidus. Placidus was the commanding general of the Roman army under Emperor Trajan.
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Called by Name to Fulfill God's Plan
By Nancy Marie Murray
On June 24th, we celebrate the Birth of St. John the Baptist, of whom Jesus said, “Among those born of women there has been none greater” (Mt. 11:11).
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John the Baptist's Humble Passion
By Bill Dunn
This weekend the Church celebrates the birth of John the Baptist. Few people in the Bible were as colorful and controversial—and passionate—as John the Baptist.
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Patience - I Need It Now!
By Birgit Jones
Patience is not one of my strong suits. Considering that one of my mother’s favorite sayings was, “Dear Lord, give me patience – and I want it right now", there might be a correlation.
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The Road
By E.M. McCarthy
Around a bend in the road two brothers met. The older brother, Ben, had a long and thin build, with wisps of gray throughout his black hair. His serious nature made him study many fields and he knew many things.
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Father's Day
By Charlie Johnston
I originally intended to write a short post to wish all the fathers out there a happy Father’s Day, but it ended up becoming something completely different.
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What Does the Church REALLY Teach About Contraception?
By Arnold Scott
I have noticed that there is a certain topic of moral teaching from the Church which, although deeply relevant to every married couple and to the common good, is never spoken of at Mass. That's peculiar, isn't it?
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What Marks Us As Christians?
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
“What marks us? Most of the major traditions of the world have something- a hat, turban, mark, specific dress to announce their religious belief.
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Our Lady of Walsingham---the site of England's, Nazareth
By Larry Peterson
The story begins in 1061, more than a thousand years after the birth of Our Lord. It was during the reign of Edward the Confessor that a woman of noble heritage, Richeldis de Faverches, had been praying for guidance to fulfill her need to honor the Blessed Mother.
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Brother Marcel (Nguyen Tan) Van had a spiritual sister who actually visited him; Her name was St.Therese of Lisieux
By Larry Peterson
Marcel Van was born in 1928 in a small village in Northern Vietnam. It was a predominantly Catholic village, and Marcel’s mom was not only an extremely faithful woman she was also well versed in the tenets of the faith. When Marcel was barely three years old, his growing faith was already obvious.
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The "Angel of Auschwitz"-- Venerable Angela Maria of the Heart of Jesus
By Larry Peterson
Maria Cacilia Autsch was born in Rollecken, Germany, on March 26,1900. She was the fifth of seven children and her dad, August, worked very hard as a machinist to keep his family fed.
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