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From Angels We Have Heard
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From Angels We Have Heard

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by on Dec 25, 2014 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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“The Word became flesh” (John 1.14) is a central tenet of Christian truth. It’s what Christmas is about ? not some little fat man in a red suit. Jesus is the Word that became flesh. The Incarnation: God made man.  It is a unique and singular historical event so significant that the universe rejoiced. Saint […]

18 Shopping Days Until the Day of the Lord
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18 Shopping Days Until the Day of the Lord

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by on Dec 07, 2014 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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2 Pt 3:8-14 We await new heavens and a new earth Wasted time is not a prized commodity in American society. We are a people ruled by the calendar and the clock. “Time is money,” we say, because time is to be filled with purposeful controlled activity which is to be productive of things that […]

The Nativity Scene Opens Our Hearts to the Mystery of Life
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The Nativity Scene Opens Our Hearts to the Mystery of Life

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by on Dec 30, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Tradition teaches that Saint Francis of Assisi set up the first Nativity scene in order to inspire and encourage a greater appreciation of the wonders of the first Christmas. The year was 1223, and Francis created the scene in a cave outside Greccio, Italy featuring a wax figure of the infant Jesus and a man […]

Consider Christ
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Consider Christ

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by on Dec 25, 2013 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ
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With today’s writing I want to speak to an audience I don’t normally speak to.  We “smart” Catholics like to look down on those who don’t do things the way we do.  We look down on those who aren’t there with us every Sunday at Mass.  This is the audience I’d like to speak to. […]

The Deeper Meaning of Christmas
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The Deeper Meaning of Christmas

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by on Dec 24, 2013 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured
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In the days of Caesar Augustus, an era of peace was established in the Mediterranean world after centuries of strife.  But this peace was forged by the proud ambition of emperors and the edge of their armies’ swords. Upon this stage appears a baby acclaimed as king by eastern dignitaries.  Neither Caesar nor Herod will […]

Mary: More Than Just a Character in a Story
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Mary: More Than Just a Character in a Story

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by on Dec 16, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ
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I regularly receive an email called “Daily Heartlight.” It features reflections by a rotating group of people, all of them Protestant and most of them preachers. Most of my spiritual reading is Catholic, but I find these often have good insight about faith and Scripture. As we’re approaching Christmas, several reflections have involved Mary and […]

Book Review: <em>Breakfast in Bethlehem</em>
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Book Review: Breakfast in Bethlehem

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by on Dec 13, 2013 in Featured, Fiction, On Books
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This is a heartwarming children’s book, but it will make readers of any age feel closer to the birth of our Savior. In 40 pages, Edward Looney crafted a story giving a message that does good to the soul: Christmas is about Baby Jesus. It’s about going with the Holy Family as they journey through […]

Shakespeare’s Nativity Scene
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Shakespeare’s Nativity Scene

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by on Nov 30, 2013 in Art & Architecture, On Books
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The works of William Shakespeare abound with the truths of the Catholic faith. Especially in his later plays (often called the “romances”), Shakespeare focuses his poetic imagination on the mysteries of grace, redemption, and resurrection. The results are surprising, strange, and wonderful stories that can do far more than entertain us. When he needed to […]