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How Miracles Are Possible

Miracles would be nice, but really - are they possible? One of the biggest stumbling blocks in Christianity for most people is the belief in miracles. After all, Thomas Jefferson famously took scissors and cut out the miracle verses in his Bible because he found them too hard to believe.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why It Is Hard to Be a Catholic (but also totally worth it)

We all have non-Catholic friends. Ok, perhaps we have no friends.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Venerable Maria Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri Fernandez de Heredia---Her Beatification will take place in 2018

On December 12, 1916, in Madrid, Spain, the fourth child and only daughter of Manuel Ortiz Landazuri and Eulogia Fernandez-Heredia, was born. Since it was the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, her parents named her Maria Guadalupe, bestowing a great blessing on their child.... (www.catholic365.com)

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St. John the Baptist was born to preach the message of repentance: the need to accept ourselves as sinner, and the need to accept Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away our sins and those of the whole world.

We live in a world where personal attacks however false are used to destroy the opposition.... (www.catholic365.com)

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(A Satire) Prime Minister Leo Varadkar walks into a spacious room. The office is well-appointed and overlooks the city. A billboard with a large red heart with the word Repeal inside is visible from the window. A woman is typing, one finger, on her computer. Varadkar approaches the antique desk.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Our Lady of Knock---The Silent Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary

On the northwestern coast of Ireland sits County Mayo, and within that green, lush county lies what was once the Knock Parish Church. Today the name of this place has been elevated; it is now known as The Shrine of Our Lady of Knock for it was here that The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared on the night ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Don't Worry, Be Faithful

In this week’s gospel reading, a synagogue official named Jairus approached Jesus and begged Him to heal his 12-year-old daughter who was at the point of death.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Above all preserve your peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure……

How does someone choose his treasure?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Help Me; Help Me!!!

Amidst the busyness and long hours of work yesterday, doing my own regular work and then helping train in a new staff person, a little childish fun was one of the highlights.... (www.catholic365.com)

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My Secret Confession

I think one of the great difficulties of being a Catholic and having to go to Confession is that your local priest, who no doubt knows you from your voice, will eventually build up a picture in his mind of the type of person you are.... (www.catholic365.com)

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St. Eustace the Hunter and the Magnificent "Stag"

At the beginning of the second century there lived in Rome man named Placidus. Placidus was the commanding general of the Roman army under Emperor Trajan.... (www.catholic365.com)

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I forgive: First, because I've been forgiven by God; Second, living in sin makes me miserable; And Third, I'm going to need more forgiveness in the future. So we don't forgive for the benefit of others. We actually forgive for ourselves.

In this prayer we proclaim our trust in God, ask for our "daily bread" and for God's forgiveness for our offences against him.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Was Rod Dreher Right to Leave the Catholic Church?

Rod Dreher is a great political and cultural writer who has written many books (Crunchy Cons, The Benedict Option) and currently contributes to The American Conservative.... (www.catholic365.com)

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We are the Pro-Life Generation

There is so much misunderstanding when it comes to the pro-life movement. Often the Millennial generation is labeled as being too concerned with only an anti-abortion agenda, and not having any concern with the care of the child after he or she is born.... (www.catholic365.com)

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To See Another Day

Summer’s glory not, Battles ever fought. Garden seeds and springing weeds, Speak of endless deeds.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated.

Let us always check our motives.... (www.catholic365.com)

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They keep coming seeking prayer; the souls in Purgatory.

As I continue to write about the poor souls in Purgatory, I am intrigued by their constancy of not giving up when seeking our prayers.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Mystery and Sacraments

When one begins to study sacred scripture the idea of mystery becomes very apparent. The New Testament and Septuagint speak of the Greek word Mysterion.... (www.catholic365.com)

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THE CHALLENGE OF LISTENING TO GOD

For one not accustomed to it, any attempt at listening to the voice of God can seem quite burdensome. For the faith-filled person, however, it is quite the contrary.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The story of grace includes a broad range of characters - rich, poor, powerful, and powerless. For all of them, it is God's grace that tips the scale in their favor. In some ways these stories are our stories. For like the individuals who populate the pages of Scripture, we, too, need grace. But not just any grace. The grace of God.

We fail to understand fully the insight that Paul the Apostle had when he wrote in Romans 5:8: God proves his love for us that while we were still sinners, Jesus died for us. This insight gives us great personal consolation. God’s love and Jesus’ love is unconditional.... (www.catholic365.com)

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