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An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 11
An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 11
By Bob Hunt
We all recognize that there are things in nature that lack intelligence that, even still, act always or almost always toward the same result, or final end. Planets follow orbits. Cells convert sugar into energy. Flowers produce nectar that hummingbirds then eat.
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An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 10
An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 10
By Bob Hunt
All things that are good, noble or true participate in the perfections of goodness, nobility or truth. The degree to which they participate in these perfections is what determines whether they are more or less good, more or less noble, more or less true. This is how the greatest degree of perfection is the cause of all perfections.
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How do you know that St. Francis didn't say it?
How do you know that St. Francis didn't say it?
By De Maria
Recently, I was on the internet looking up an old adage. It goes as follows: Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words
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Why do you Pray to Dead People?
Why do you Pray to Dead People?
By Trish Stukbauer
It’s one of the topics that seems to be the most misunderstood – and sometimes among the most deliberately and maliciously twisted – about our Catholic faith: our close relationship to the saints.
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An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 9
An Introduction to the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part 9
By Bob Hunt
We know from experience that there are things that come into existence and go out of existence. These are called contingent beings. This simply means that they didn’t have to be. Their existence is dependent on something else that already exists.
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Identifying with the Communion of Saints
Identifying with the Communion of Saints
By Bobbie Ann Taylor
As if it happened last week, I remember once, when I was about five or six, waiting with my mother on a neighborhood street corner when, by chance, we encountered an acquaintance of hers--a woman, her age, that I had never seen before, who arrived (unfortunately) before the bus did.
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Where do Catholics learn about the Word of God?
Where do Catholics learn about the Word of God?
By De Maria
Catholics approach the Word of God (that includes the Bible) in a manner fundamentally different than Protestants. We approach the Word of God in the manner which Scripture recommends.
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Where is the Mass in the Bible?
Where is the Mass in the Bible?
By De Maria
As usual, the word “mass” is not in the Bible. This is starting to get monotonous, right? Why aren’t any Catholic Doctrines named in the Bible?
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The Open Arms of God
The Open Arms of God
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
A man at a bar surprised his drinking partner by saying that he had decided to become a minister. His friend laughed and told him that he'd be a hopelessly incompetent clergyman, and bet him that he couldn't even recite the most well-known prayer, the Lord's Prayer.
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On this Feast of All Souls, Prayer FOR the Dead
On this Feast of All Souls, Prayer FOR the Dead
By De Maria
The Protestant object that we should not pray for the dead. They claim that those dead who are in heaven, don't need it. And those dead who are in hell, don't want it. And they deny the existence of Purgatory. How do we respond? Have you ever thought about why you pray for your beloved dead?
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Communion, Consolation and the Church
Communion, Consolation and the Church
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
The church was packed: St. Patrick's Church in Arroyo Grande had a Mass of Remembrance -Communion and Consolation-at six last evening for All Souls Day.
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Raise people up so they can hear God
Raise people up so they can hear God
By Tess Shore
Giving thanks to God can be easy when everything in the world or our lives is going grand. However, we forget at those happy times to give thanks to God. It is easier to say that God is not needed today because everything is going grand in the world.
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A Personal Encounter With the Communion of Saints
A Personal Encounter With the Communion of Saints
By Melanie Jean Juneau
I don’t want to argue about the reality of the communion of saints, both the living and the dead. I just want to encourage believers and seekers with the thought that there are tens, hundreds, why maybe thousands of saints, most of whom we will never meet, who pray for us, who are in communion with us.
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What You Can Do To Become A Saint
What You Can Do To Become A Saint
By Annie Piekarczyk
Holiness is on my mind every single day. But since All Saints Day and All Souls day are coming up, I figured that maybe it’s also on your mind right now, today, too, on a lot of minds, actually. And hopefully by reflecting on All Saints Day, we’ll all remember to think about holiness just a little more often than we do, and hope for that ourselves.
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Forgiveness - A Critical Test for Every Christian
Forgiveness - A Critical Test for Every Christian
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
If you are open to be rigorously tested as to your spiritual maturity, dare to take this critical test: If some criminal offense happened not to you, but to a stranger down the street, you should, of course, be saddened that God had been offended by the sin of the assailant.
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Longing for a Joy-filled Church?
Longing for a Joy-filled Church?
By Jennifer Edwards
What makes someone a saint? They will the ONE thing: God's will. When we think of saints, we tend to conjure up their “holy card” image, with their serene countenances and flowers or liturgical accoutrement in hand.
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Meet "The Doorkeeper"; Solanus Casey, The Man with No Ego
Meet "The Doorkeeper"; Solanus Casey, The Man with No Ego
By Larry Peterson
The 2016 election (more than a year away) has already worn me down.
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