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St. Michael, Defend Us in Battle
St. Michael, Defend Us in Battle
By Bill Dunn
Have you ever heard of the “Prayer to Saint Michael”? Many generations of Catholics recited this prayer at the end of every Mass. But beginning in the 1960s we stopped saying the prayer. (Hmm, we stopped doing a lot of holy and beneficial things beginning in the 1960s. Just sayin’.)
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How I came to know about the Divine Mercy Devotion...with twists and turns...
How I came to know about the Divine Mercy Devotion...with twists and turns...
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
Here’s how those two Scripture verses played out in my life with regard to the Divine Mercy Devotion. I share this series of “twist and turn” experiences so that if you are facing “tough times,” you may have hope that inasmuch as God always is faithful to His promises, in the end, if you cooperate with His Grace, things will be more than okay!
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Blessed Gonzalo and a Bottle of Chianti
Blessed Gonzalo and a Bottle of Chianti
By Christy Breedlove
This week’s obscure holy person is Blessed Gonzalo de Amarante. Gonzalo lived in the 15th or 16th century and was from Portugal. He was a Dominican hermit whose feast day is January 7.
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Thank you for being you
Thank you for being you
By David Torkington
Instead of ‘Christmas crackers’, the parish priest had bought ‘Christian crackers’ for the parish party. So instead of wearing paper hats, everyone wore paper halos instead and received miniature plastic saints, and instead of side-splitting jokes, they had to meditate on mind-bending religious epigrams.
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Debate: Is Purgatory Scriptural? Part 3 Closing Arguments
Debate: Is Purgatory Scriptural? Part 3 Closing Arguments
By Kevin Noles
This is Part 3 of a debate between Jim Drickamer and myself on the topic of purgatory.
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Yeah, we're swimming the Tiber
Yeah, we're swimming the Tiber
By De Maria
(Loading your car with groceries at the supermarket, you hear a friendly and familiar voice.) Hi Joe! Hi Jack. I didn’t see you there. How’ve you been?
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Debate: Is Purgatory Scriptural? Part 2 Rebuttals
Debate: Is Purgatory Scriptural? Part 2 Rebuttals
By Kevin Noles
This is Part 2 of a debate between Jim Drickamer and myself on the topic of purgatory.
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The Justification of Abraham
The Justification of Abraham
By De Maria
I want to walk you through Abraham’s justification in order to illustrate the difference between the Catholic Doctrine of justification by faith and works through the Sacraments and the Protestant doctrine of a one time proclamation of faith.
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On the March
On the March
By Shaun Johnson
As many youth and adults take to the streets of our Nation’s Capital and many of our Nation’s cities, and many of us raise our thoughts and prayers toward those who are able to do so from the comfort of our own homes or offices, I would like to raise awareness about a particular article I came across in Crisis Magazine.
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Debate: Is Purgatory Scriptural? Part 1 Opening Statements
Debate: Is Purgatory Scriptural? Part 1 Opening Statements
By Kevin Noles
This is a debate between Jim Drickamer and myself on the topic of purgatory.
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In the Bible, what is the difference between a Hebrew, an Israelite and a Jew?
In the Bible, what is the difference between a Hebrew, an Israelite and a Jew?
By De Maria
As you know, I like to trace words through their etymologies. And these three words were a bit confusing to me. Most of the time, people use them interchangeably. And, I suppose, they have evolved in a way that they are interchangeable, depending on the context.
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Parenting a Teen: Lessons in Humility
Parenting a Teen: Lessons in Humility
By Brigid Vacca
Humility is not a virtue that I thought I struggled with. I don't think anyone would say that I brag or try to draw attention to myself. Actually, I thought that I had more of a struggle with the opposite--like many women, I've had low self-esteem for much of my life.
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The Storeroom of Christ, the Catholic Church
The Storeroom of Christ, the Catholic Church
By De Maria
A storeroom is sort of like a closet. A place where people keep all sorts of stuff that they want or need. Some of it is new, like my new boots that I’ve been wanting to wear, but its been too wet and I don’t want to get them messed up.
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Christ is Our Hope for this Extraordinary Year of Mercy
Christ is Our Hope for this Extraordinary Year of Mercy
By Janet Moore
When we become fearful and discouraged, we must remember that Satan was at his strongest when he "killed God". Satan must have laughed when he saw Jesus die on the Cross, and thought in pride that all of humanity and the world had been won for himself. Yet, Satan's 'ultimate victory' in Christ's death, became the everlasting and eternal victory of God - and Satan's eternal and everlasting defeat.
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Down with authority or down with acting?
Down with authority or down with acting?
By Tony Jesse
Most people tend to think that Jesus doesn’t like authority and that he came to take down the authority of traditional religion. After all look how Jesus treated the Jewish authority of the day – the Pharisees and Scribes. But, let’s look closer at what is going on here in order to see what Jesus is doing.
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A Legacy from my Recusant Past
A Legacy from my Recusant Past
By David Torkington
On the day when Pope Benedict first used the Internet ‘to tweet’, he was asked by one of his respondents, how can married people, living such busy lives, find time for prayer? He replied –“By offering everything that is said and done each day to God.” First thoughts on waking each morning he said should be to offer the forthcoming day to him.
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No Down Time for Filipino Catholics
No Down Time for Filipino Catholics
By Mike Bugal
As I write this we have just celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany and the official end of the Christmas season on January 6th. For most non-Catholics, and even for many Catholics as well, there is a big down time between Christmas and Easter when there are no big holidays. But that’s not the case here in the Philippines.
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