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When Christmas Was Banned in Massachusetts
Here’s a snippet from a profound article by Kevin Seamus Hasson, from the 12/20 edition of the Wall Street Journal. Read the full article here. When Christmas Was Banned in Massachusetts … here we...
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Vegetarian and Catholic – One Woman’s Experience
Here is an excerpt from Vegetarian and Catholic, a deeply personal and insightful article by Valerie Schultz, originally published in Human Development Magazine, followed by a link to the full...
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A Thoughtful Christian Defense of Vegetarianism
This week, I stumbled upon a very thoughtful article, Vegetarianism in the Context of Evangelical Christianity, by Robert J. Ruhf. In it, Mr. Ruhf addresses the common hostility toward vegetarians and...
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My Side of the Confessional: What Is It Like for a Priest?
Here is the beginning of a great article by Fr. Mike Schultz, posted at Lifeteen.com. If your teens bristle against the Sacrament of Recincilliation, you must read this! Make them read it, too! I was...
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Vegan and Catholic – What Gives? A Personal Exploration by Author C. S. Malerich
A personal and articulate navigation of the Christian/Meat-free divide, by author C. S. Malerich. Vegan, Catholic – What Gives? By C. S. Malerich I’m both vegan and Catholic. That fact has a strange...
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I’m a Catholic Blogger “Big Clicks” Award Winner! Yeah!
December Readings and Reflections, the Big Clicks Catholic Blogger is: Felix at Fifty for the post Prepare Ye the Way: An Advent Reflection. Thank you Catholic Blogger Network!
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Inviting the Right Guests – a Reflection on the Wedding at Cana
A couple of Sundays back, the Gospel reading at Mass was the story of the wedding at Cana, where Jesus begins his public ministry when, at the request of his mother, Mary, he saves the day at a...
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G. K. Chesterton on the Lunacy of “Self Esteem”
As a devout Catholic father of two kids attending public school, I often find myself at odds with an educational curriculum that presents to kids as “fact” a worldview I consider not only incorrect,...
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What God has Joined Together – Divorce, Annulment, and the Miracle of Marriage
In the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 19, vs. 3-6, we find this exchange: Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” And He...
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Think the Catholic Church is Wrong? 40,900 Protestant Denominations are...
During the brief 30 day period between the time Pope Benedict XVI, Emeritus announced his resignation (February 11, 2013) and the election of Pope Francis (March 13, 2013), the secular media frothed...
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How to End Abortion in America: Lessons Learned from the Gay Marriage Debate
Even conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has thrown in the towel in the struggle against the redefinition of marriage in America. This from the Washington Post: “This issue is lost,” he [Limbaugh]...
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Catholicism and the Vegetarian Life
Catholicism and vegetarianism. Not two words that many believe can be connected and until I became both more involved my faith and more aware of the issues surrounding vegetarianism, I also thought...
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Do We Read John 3:16 Correctly?
By John Weigm, of JohnsRamblings I want to take a different look at a fairly common Christian quote, one that always appears in the Christian literature whether they be books, pamphlets, or flyers....
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Novena to Mary, Undoer of Knots
By Scott P. Richert Both the icon and the devotion to Mary, Undoer of Knots, trace their roots to a passage from a famous work, Against Heresies, by a second-century bishop, Saint Irenaeus of Lyons....
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A Catholic Vegan
by Denise, Life in Lables My veganism this year has been an unexpectedly spiritual experience. What started out as an [admittedly ambitious] “Label Swap Project” has slowly evolved into something...
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Is the Church a Thermometer or a Thermostat? A Biblical reply to those who...
By: Msgr. Charles Pope Reposted from the ever-brilliant The Archdiocese of Washington website. Is the Church a thermometer or a thermostat? In other words are we called merely to reflect the...
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Why We are Losing the Gay “Marriage” Debate (and How We Can Start Winning)
by John Jalsevac Reposted from Crisis Magazine. By this point the statistics are so familiar that they have ceased to be shocking. And yet the numbers ought to shock us. Right now, some sixty percent...
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SAINTS, POPES AND BLESSEDS SPEAK ON THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, Part One of Four
In celebration of May, the “Month of Mary,” here’s the first of four posts collecting great quotes from the Saints, Popes and Blesseds praising the virtues of our Blessed Mother. Enjoy! An excerpt...
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Is it “Catholic” to be Vegetarian?
By Alice L. Camille Reposted from VocationNetwork.org Full disclosure here: I’m a vegetarian myself, and not because I don’t like bacon; it’s because I read a compelling argument in a book years ago...
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