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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

When the Israelites entered the Promised Land after the Exodus, they met up with the Canaanites. The Israelites considered them to be wicked and godless, a race of people that they should exterminate. This outlook persisted until the time of Jesus. In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus explains that this... (www.catholic365.com)

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Let the Little Children…Be Children

In the Gospels, Jesus said, “Let the little children come unto me.” A few weeks ago, I muttered this to myself at Mass: “Get those noisy kids away from me. Can’t you see I’m trying to be holy?!”... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Real Scandal

It was the beginning of the AIDS epidemic during the early 1980s. I recently lost my mother to a car accident and my father was recovering from a head injury. I welcomed the chance to go on a retreat. It was organized by a newly arrived priest who taught at our Catholic high school and lived at our ... (www.catholic365.com)

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MONDAY . . . The Joyful Mysteries: LIVED

In a previous submission, Mysteries of God Discovered! – I gave a brief history of the meditative prayers called the Rosary and wrote that in future submissions I would write of each of the 4 Rosary mysteries, Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous that are representative of the life of Christ while ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Reconciliation is the fastest way to change your life.

One lesson we learn from the Gospel is that of St. Peter, that as soon as he had fallen, as soon as he had recognized that he had taken his eyes off of the Lord, he immediately cried out, “Lord, save me.” And Jesus, we read, at once put out his hand and held him.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Fresh Thought

Robert sat hunched over a wooden table shoved against the wall of a dimly lit pub. He stared a cream-colored pamphlet and tugged his fingers through his hair, pulling a couple strands from his head. Flames from a stone hearth sent a flickering glow across the smoky, half-filled room as voices mur... (www.catholic365.com)

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Leadership is a Calling

Leadership is a calling. We may not have been born leaders but we are all called to lead. How we respond to that calling is what makes us leaders. Just like any other calling, we have to pursue it and act on it if it is really our desire to respond.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Jesus and the Cross

Do you ever dedicate time to reflect upon the episode narrating when Jesus died on the cross? Do you know that when Jesus died on the cross, He nailed all our sins to the cross and set us free?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

God knows we are often weak and need His help. God gave us an intellect by which we could of our own power reason that God exists, that He loves us, and that He wants us to imitate that love.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Following the Successor to Peter

I never marked the day on the calendar. I’m not even sure what year it was, although I’m almost positive it was before I moved from Nebraska to Texas. I do know that I was, to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce, of the faith in the sense that the church I wasn’t going to regularly was Catholic.... (www.catholic365.com)

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They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Hate

“They’ll know we are Christians by our hate”! I know that distinction may be over the top but it sure feels that way in today’s dialogue or social media outlets.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Be joyful when you are persecuted

Spreading the Word of God is a very big challenge for today’s Christian. It is a challenge of spreading the Word of God throughout the world. This challenge, of being spiritual fulfilled for spreading the Word of God might also mean of facing persecution.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Blessed Elena Aiello; Mystic, Victim Soul, and Founder of a Religious Order; She bore the Stigmata every Good Friday for 38 years.

Elena Aiello was born in Cosenza, Italy, on April 10, 1895. She was the third of eight children born to Pasquale Aiello, a tailor by trade, and Tereseina Pagilla. Sadly and unexpectedly, Tereseina died at an early age, leaving her husband with eight children in his care.... (www.catholic365.com)

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LOVE BEYOND ALL TELLING

Dear Father Abel, Today you told us God’s love supports and sanctifies. You said, “be part of the vine to remain in Christ.” Also, something like, we don’t know how to share Christ. The goal is not to feel good about ourselves but to gather souls.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Dancing Dream

I cannot remember the year this came, but I found this when cleaning out files on the computer. As we traveled in 2009/2010---to keep in touch with friends, a Sunday Sharing was started to my family and friend via email. This was one, and becuase of the recent blog about Pope Francis ---I knew th... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith Adds Years to Your Life

A recent study published in the journal “Social Psychological and Personality Science” found that people who are religious live an average of four years longer than people who have no ties to religion.... (www.catholic365.com)

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If I can give you any advice, get closer to the Eucharist

Jesus says to you today, “Do not work for food that perishes but for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Can Catholic Teaching Change? Five Things to Know

In recent decades, it's been quite common to hear people ask questions like, "When will the Catholic Church change its teaching on birth control?" "Catholic teaching needs to change to be more accepting of the LGBTQ community." "Did you hear that the Catholic Church changed its teaching on the death... (www.catholic365.com)

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Death Penalty; Abolish it Now!

The first thing I want to do is commend Pope Francis on his courage to call for the ancient and most inhuman act of violence we have accepted, to end. No doubt this article may bring contentious comments from some who advocate keeping the death penalty on the books and to look the other way saying;... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Happiest Day of my Life

I was told that my First Holy Communion day would be the happiest day of my life. I found it difficult to believe that it could be happier than Christmas day or bonfire night, or a day out at the fun fair, but I was prepared to keep an open mind.... (www.catholic365.com)

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