Month: December 2018
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Five Marian Titles To Encourage Your Devotion To The Blessed Mother
There’s nothing more joyful than to find refreshment in the arms of our heavenly mother, Mary. Anytime one is in…
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Five Steps Towards Spiritual Healing
We all carry both psychological and spiritual wounds that affect our motives, our reactions to other people’s behavior, and the…
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What Halloween, All Saints’ Day And All Souls’ Day Teach Us About Life
Secular culture has brought with it a heap of advantages. For example, it’s pushed hard for the acceptance of every…
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Habit By Mary
The religious attitude: It’s what demarcates, on sight, the laity from the professed religious (and, for that matter, the secular…
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Corpus Christi: An Opportunity To Carry The Living Christ Out Into The World
In as much as it is popular parlance to explain certain events or places as heaven on earth, I find…
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Five Ways To Observe Advent
Advent started on Dec. 2 this year. It can be easy to miss out on this liturgical season because of…
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Give Jesus Your Heart And Home For Christmas This Year
The Christmas season can be a time of distraction for many of us if we permit ourselves to put our…
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LA archdiocese Files Criminal Complaint on Grounds of Theft.
Sr. Mary Margaret Kreuper, CSJ and Sr. Lana Chang, CSJ, who both retired this year from St. James Catholic School…
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Try These Spiritual Practices
Each stage and phase of life has its joys and its sorrows. Jesus tells us in Matthew 11:28–30: Come to…
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Cathedral Priest asks for Prayer as Five dies in Brazilian Cathedral Shooting.
A gunman killed at least four people Tuesday, inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception in Campinas, Brazil.…
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Citizens Of Heaven Living As Citizens On Earth
If you are baptized, you are a citizen of heaven — your true home. The saints — the citizens of…
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Respecting Life And The Vocation Of Marriage
Catholics in the United States have, for many years, celebrated the days of October as “Respect Life Month.” On Oct.…
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Three Cardinals Have Been Dropped from C9 as a Reform Process nears the End
Papal spokesman Greg Burke told journalists in a briefing Dec. 12 that the pope sent letters to Cardinal George Pell,…
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Aiming Lives Toward The Joy Of Love
God’s voice is never silent ¬—he is in every case continually calling to us to come closer, to go further,…
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Our Journey To Sainthood
We actually have a large list of canonized saints, and most of them are well known to have done amazing…
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Five Bible Facts For Advent
Advent is the best time to learn more about the Gospel stories of Jesus’ conception, birth, and infancy. We call…
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5 Five Good Reasons To Read The Bible
Do you want to know the scriptures better but don’t know where to begin? You’ve come to the right place!…
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Five Suggestions To Strengthen Your Family In Love
What is the one quality that can radically change your family life? Charity! Charity is the theological virtue by which…
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5 Family Mass Rules
Here a few family Mass rules I have observed from wonderful families. They dress up. Dressing up is not easy…
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Five Prayers To Say On Thanksgiving
For appreciating others We appreciate you, Father, for the gift of Jesus your Son who came to our Earth and…
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Q & A
May the Blessed Sacrament Be Exposed on Good Friday?
Question May the Blessed Sacrament be exposed on Good Friday? Answer No. Solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, which entails…
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Is the Eucharist Necessary for Salvation?
Question Is the Eucharist necessary for salvation? Answer Normally, the faithful reception of the Eucharist is important for salvation for…
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Should I Forgive Someone Who Hasn’t Repented?
Question Are we allowed to forgive someone who has not asked for forgiveness? Answer Yes, we must forgive him. As…
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Why Does God Permit Persecution?
Question Why does God permit the persecution of innocents? Answer God created man good, in his image and likeness…
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Can Anyone Achieve Heroic Virtue?
Question Can anyone achieve heroic virtue? Answer From the scripture, Jesus reminds us that “with God all things are possible”…
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May I Pray to a Deceased Priest?
Question Is it right to pray to a priest or bishop who has passed away long ago? Answer Yes, we…
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Why Do We Praise God?
Question Why do we praise God? Answer Think about someone who never grew up being told to say thank you. Such…
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Is My Rosary Still Usable If the Crucifix Fell Off?
Question Is my rosary still usable if the crucifix fell off? Answer Yes, it is still usable. A rosary is an…
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What Does Dying to Self Mean?
Question What does dying to self mean? Answer In fact, it means dying to our own desires and trusting that…
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10 Quotes About Family To Memorize From The Catechism
A new liturgical year started on Nov. 27 with the First Sunday of Advent. This new season is a great…
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