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When Faith Falls Out of Fashion
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When Faith Falls Out of Fashion

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by on Mar 16, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, Live in Christ, The Homosexual Agenda
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In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity, practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the Lord’s temple, which he consecrated in Jerusalem (2 Chr 36:14). This is what happens when faith falls out of fashion. The Israelites learned that the hard way. Is […]

Shadows of Suffering Fade in the Light of Christ
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Shadows of Suffering Fade in the Light of Christ

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by on Mar 16, 2015 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Live in Christ
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Maurice Ravel’s Pianoforte Concerto for the left hand was written for Austrian pianist, Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in the 1st World War. Imagine Wittgenstein’s grief! Music was the center of his world. He grew up in a prominent Viennese household visited by composers such as Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Straus: […]

Countries Avoid Controversy, Reject Abortion at Women’s Conference
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Countries Avoid Controversy, Reject Abortion at Women’s Conference

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by on Mar 16, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Women
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This year – the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Women’s Conference – thousands of delegates and civil society representatives are gathered in New York to assess 20 years of progress on women’s issues. Rather than haggle late into the nights as is done each year at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, countries […]

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: The Role of Grandparents

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by on Mar 16, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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If you had to ponder the most powerful alliance in human relations, how much strength would you accord to the “dynamic duo” of a young child and their grandparent? Playing on his celebrated phrase “How I would like a Church which is poor and for the poor,” Pope Francis closed his General Audience on Wednesday, […]

Sts. Abraham and Mary
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Sts. Abraham and Mary

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by on Mar 16, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ABRAHAM was a rich nobleman of Edessa in present day Syria. At his parents’ desire he married, but escaped to a cell near the city as soon as the feast was over. He walled up the cell-door, leaving only a small window through which he received his food. There for fifty years he sang God’s […]

St. Zachary, Pope
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St. Zachary, Pope

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by on Mar 15, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. ZACHARY succeeded Gregory III., in 741, and was a man of singular meekness and goodness. He loved the clergy and people of Rome to such a degree that he hazarded his life for them during the troubles in Italy when the Dukes of Spoleto and Benevento rebelled against King Luitprand. Out of respect to […]

St. Maud, Queen
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St. Maud, Queen

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by on Mar 14, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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THIS princess (also called Matilde) was daughter of Theodoric, a powerful  Saxon count. Her parents placed her very young in the monastery of Erford, of which her grandmother Maud was then abbess. Our Saint remained in that house, an accomplished model of all virtues, till her parents married her to Henry, son of Otho, Duke […]

If God so Loves the World, Why is There a Hell?
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If God so Loves the World, Why is There a Hell?

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by on Mar 13, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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As the camera pans the crowd at a football game, you see a few fans holding up the sign. It simply says “John 3:16.” For years, evangelical Protestants have extolled this little bible verse as the heart of the Gospel. In their minds, if you only have a moment to tell people something about the […]

That They May Be One
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That They May Be One

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by on Mar 13, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured, Marriage, Men, Vocations, Women
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Marriage, being the most intimate of friendships, depends on trust. The friendship between spouses weakens if anything stands in the way of trust and, in weakening trust, the bond of marriage suffers. Each marriage is tried on the level of trust. Whether through past personal histories or present infidelities, illness or job loss, childlessness or […]

John 3:16 and Grace
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John 3:16 and Grace

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by on Mar 13, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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As the camera pans the crowd at a football game, you see a few fans holding up the sign.  It simply says “John 3:16.” For years, evangelical Protestants have extolled this little bible verse as the heart of the Gospel.  In their minds, if you only have a moment to tell people something about the […]

Book Review: <i>Fly While You Still Have Wings</i>
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Book Review: Fly While You Still Have Wings

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by on Mar 13, 2015 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, On Books
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Sr. Joyce Rupp, a member of the Servants of Mary, is well-known for her spiritual writings as well as for her work as a retreat director and conference speaker. In her latest offering, Fly While You Still Have Wings (Sorin Books, 2015), she focuses on her mother, both the example of her life and the […]

A Child Is Never a Burden
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A Child Is Never a Burden

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by on Mar 12, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Parenting
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The stories of heroic mothers rarely appear on the nightly news, even when they include prominent figures like Genevieve Shaw Brown, Travel and Lifestyle Editor for ABC News. Genevieve recently wrote about her infant son, William Michael Brown, who has Down syndrome. The Browns knew prior to his birth that he would be born with […]

The Heartache of Cavatina
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The Heartache of Cavatina

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by on Mar 12, 2015 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Live in Christ, Music, MyChurchParish.com
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Most people associate the beautiful song Cavatina (written by Stanley Myers) for classical guitar with the 1978 movie The Deer Hunter. But Cavatina’s heartbreakingly beautiful melody originally appeared in a 1970 a movie called “The Walking Stick”. The Heroine of The Walking Stick was a 26 year old woman named Deborah Dainton who walked with a limp because […]

Poem: "White Tulips"
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Poem: “White Tulips”

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by on Mar 11, 2015 in Poetry
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White Tulips Making fun among the tombs, Crumbling marble shake-shakes for shame. Dry bones gaze up, on carefree bodies Frolicking upon the grass.White tulips crane Graceful necks, framed by slender green, From vases placed on graves That mark the silent, Monuments that mourn The passed. Spirited love Warms Still souls Hearts beat Beneath the Soil’s […]

Food Intervention, Government Style
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Food Intervention, Government Style

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by on Mar 11, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, Humor
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“All right, tubby, if you aren’t going to stop sitting in front of the TV, eating fatty and sugary treats, maybe the government should force you to change your ways.” “Force me to change my ways? But I know what foods do and don’t make me tubby. I choose to live this way.” “Yeah, and […]

Book Review: <em>The Prodigal You Love</em>
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Book Review: The Prodigal You Love

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by on Mar 11, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured, On Books
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Before I moved to Ohio and began my conversion process, I knew more fallen away Catholics than active, adherent ones. Catholicism in New York City and the surrounding suburbs appeared to be strictly a childhood religion that people abandoned as soon as they left the restaurant after their Confirmation party. A good number of Catholics I […]

Reflections for Sunday, March 15, 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, March 15, 2015

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by on Mar 11, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion Mass Readings: 1st Reading: 2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23 2nd Reading Ephesians 2:4-10 Responsorial: Psalm 137:1-6 Gospel: John 3:14-21 Serving the Lord in Accordance with His Will for your Life We are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared. (Ephesians 2:10) Wouldn’t […]

St. Eulogius, Martyr
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St. Eulogius, Martyr

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by on Mar 11, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. EULOGIUS was of a senatorial family of Cordova, at that time the capital of the Moors in Spain. Our Saint was educated among the clergy of the Church of St. Zoilus, named for a martyr who suffered with nineteen others under Diocletian. Here he distinguished himself, by his virtue and learning, and, being made […]

The Reality of the Traditionalist Ghetto
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The Reality of the Traditionalist Ghetto

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by on Mar 10, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured
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Hello William, In your previous letter you mentioned your concerns with the “indult ghetto” mentality that is evident in some (but not all!) traditionalist communities. Another way of saying this is that they tend to separate themselves from the Church at large, focus on only their liturgy and parish, and really not interact with the […]

The Forty Martyrs of Sabaste
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The Forty Martyrs of Sabaste

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by on Mar 10, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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THE FORTY MARTYRS were soldiers quartered at Sebaste in Armenia, about the year 320. When their legion was ordered to offer sacrifice they separated themselves from the rest and formed a company of martyrs. After they had been torn by scourges and iron hooks they were chained together and led to a lingering death. It […]

Making a Powerful, Deep Examination
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Making a Powerful, Deep Examination

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by on Mar 09, 2015 in Catechesis, Evangelization, Featured
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You know, there are some really cool things about Jesus. For one, he was the Son of God. How awesome is that?! There’s more, though. He was a man. A dude. Like me. Well, kind of like me. Actually, He wasn’t really very much like me — but He hung around a lot of guys […]

WI governor Scott Walker, August 23, 2014
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Attacks on Scott Walker Remind of Reagan

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by on Mar 09, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics
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Two recent episodes have parallels in Reagan’s life.

Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence: Children Born of War
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Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence: Children Born of War

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by on Mar 09, 2015 in Featured, Those in Need
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Among the hundreds of Christians and minorities abducted by Islamic State terrorists are women and girls forced into marriage and sexual slavery. As world leaders fumble to respond to ISIS attacks, another crisis looms – the perilous future of these women and girls and the children they will conceive during captivity. Throughout history, children born […]

St. Frances of Rome
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St. Frances of Rome

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by on Mar 09, 2015 in Saint of the Day, Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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FRANCES was born at Rome in 1384. Her parents were, of high rank. They overruled her desire to become a nun, and at twelve years of age married her to Rorenzo Ponziano, a Roman noble. During the forty years or their married life they never had a disagreement. While spending her days in retirement and […]