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Philosophy in Catholicism and Everyday Life
Reading Time: 3 minutesSchool of Athens Modern Catholicism has roots all the way back to when Jesus Christ was alive, but the ideas and values of Catholicism originated long before Jesus himself....
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Note to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Reading Time: 1 I run to the place we always meet, all the way crying angry tears. In the candle light, I kneel. I cross myself. I breathe. Breathe. In this quiet room is my refuge, the nearness of...
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How to Show Gratitude to Your Guardian Angel
Reading Time: 3 minutes Since the moment of your conception, you are accompanied by a great spiritual being known as a guardian angel. Their mission is to guide and protect you and do everything they...
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Is God Punishing Us with Nuclear War and Meteors
Reading Time: 6 minutes This article is a continuation of two previous articles (Is God Punishing Us with Hurricanes and Earthquakes? and Is God Punishing Us with Fires and Shootings?). The church...
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Angels & Dragons V: Minor Exorcisms
Reading Time: 4 minutes With today’s increase in pagan practices such as astrology, mediums, psychic readings, cleansings, New Age religion, Reiki, magic, angel touch, witchcraft, tarot cards, séances,...
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Do You Want To Be Well?
Reading Time: 5 minutesI have gotten a lot better at walking in my six months since the onset of vestibular neuritis. I’m out of the wheelchair, I’m caring for myself and my family again and I can...
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Thoughts on the “thoughts and prayers”
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome people are upset about the “thoughts and prayers” response to mass shootings. I understand. I am tired of hearing that myself. It seems such a fill in the blank response;...
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Making the Root of Holy Wisdom Our Own
Reading Time: 5 minutesA depiction of one of the ten wise virgins from MT 25:1-13, source unknown “…and he shall find her sitting by his gate.” You know those moments when you’ve been thinking about or...
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Thanksgiving All Year Long! Part II
Reading Time: 3 minutes This “Thanksgiving Day” begin with mass, thanking God for His daily blessings and favors. The Catholic Catechism explains: “Thanksgiving characterizes the prayer of the Church...
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This Advent, Let Our Relationships Be Transformed
Reading Time: 4 minutes The King’s Criteria In the rhythm of this getting-back-to-normal after the long Thanksgiving holiday, if we glance up we see that Advent is just ahead. And while...
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Tiempo para el silencio
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ha sido un año intenso. Muchos de los que me leen dirán: “Ha sido el año más terrible de mi vida”. Otros pensaran: “¡Ha sido el mejor año para mí!” Y no faltará alguna persona...
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Juan the stranger
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs my son-in-law swept up the toddler for her evening nap, I stepped silently out the front door for an evening walk, rosary in hand. It was dusk, and the sky was alight with...
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A Sword Pierced Her Heart
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our Lady was sobbing. The sword had pierced her through. She wept for her son, who was going to die. We are soon to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and Our...
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The Most Important Prayer in a Cataclysmic Event (Part II)
Reading Time: 4 minutes While the Act of Contrition prayer is the most important prayer for someone facing imminent death in a cataclysmic event, it is also the most important prayer for a survivor....
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Spiritual Nourishment for the Last Week of Advent
Reading Time: 3 minutesMeister der Kahriye-Cami-Kirche in Istanbul; Journey to Bethlehem mosaic at Chora; Wikipedia Commons On the last leg of this Advent journey, I’d like to share with you two little...
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Arroja oraciones al cielo esta navidad contra el aborto
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Nuestra sociedad está tan herida a causa del aborto, estoy convencido de ello”. Estas fueron las contundentes palabras de un hombre extraordinario residente en Austin, Texas...
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Let Me Bless You
Reading Time: 4 minutes My five-year old has taken up a renewed interest in the Barbie movies she got when she was three. My house is filled with the sound of Barbie with her puppies or Barbie as a...
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Catholic Bioethics Seminar in Austin January 26-27
Reading Time: 3 minutes The National Catholic Certification Program in Health Care Ethics Seminar in Austin, TX will be January 26 & 27, 2018 at Seton Healthcare Family Administration Offices —...
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Angels & Dragons VII: Transferences
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the heat of the spiritual battle there is a lot clashing of swords, shields, spears, and other armor in the fight between St. Michael and his angels defending us against the...
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CARITAS: Beginning the Year on Mission with the Mother of God
Reading Time: 5 minutesOne of the missionary teams with the Pilgrim Blessed Mother’s (Pilgrim MTA’s) On January 1st, we were each invited to start the new year 2018 with the Mother of God through...
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