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What's In a Fiat?

As a frequent listener to the EWTN radio program, Women of Grace, I hear the host, Johnnette Benkovic, use the word “fiat” quite often. Not fully comprehending its meaning, I was puzzled by the phrase. In my experience, Fiat has always evoked the image of a sporty little car we may see zipping aroun... (www.catholic365.com)

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Some people choose to be wrong just to prove they were always right...

The excerpts from the first reading in Jeremiah sound more like the political commentary you now hear on CNN or Fox News about the unrest in our country -- complete with stiffened necks, turned backs and walking with hardness in their hearts. “This is a nation that does not listen to the voice of th... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Power of Confession

The season of Lent is a great time to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation (or to use the phrase we grew up with: go to Confession). There is something incredibly powerful in this sacrament, when we audibly speak our failings to the priest, and then, through the power of Christ, the priest offers... (www.catholic365.com)

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Godliness and Trust

A person who trusts God is a person who can be trusted. Why? Because trust gives birth to trustworthiness. Think of an unreliable person to whom you would never loan a large sum of money. Is that person really a godly person? Can you regard an untrustworthy person as one who reflects God’s godliness... (www.catholic365.com)

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We are a Eucharistic people

I have been reading Saint John Paul the Great’s encyclical, Ecclesia De Eucharistia, and it is a thing of beauty. I wanted to reflect on some of what is said as I pondered what he wrote.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Euthanasia; What's Next?

This might be the most challenging reflection I have attempted to write about and certainly the most provocative piece of current-day discussions posed by many in the field of medicine, church, families of dying loved ones, and those who are the recipients of end-of-life decisions.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Meaningful Gift – Pope Francis: The Complete Encyclicals, Bulls, and Apostolic Exhortations (A Book Review)

Are you looking for a meaningful gift for someone for confirmation or Easter? Or perhaps just the right gift to give to a family member, friend, or acquaintance for any occasion, such as an upcoming high school or college graduation, or even Mothers’ Day or Fathers’ Day?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty.

These readings from Mass speak of the value of obedience to the norms and laws given by Yahweh: those who keep these laws and teach others to obey these laws will be greatly rewarded.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Three Loaves at Midnight: Three Sacraments of Initiation, Easter Vigil

Most of the children that live in the Father's house are given a loaf with flowing water at birth, another loaf that is the very Father's Son Himself when they have age of reason, and then, at some point soon after that, a loaf with seven wonderful nutrients. After that third loaf, the child has eat... (www.catholic365.com)

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Crises and Trust

I was transfixed, like other TV viewers, watching a child in a third-story window of a burning apartment building as the firemen in the street below were yelling for her to jump into the waiting rescue net they held.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Politics, Principalities and Powers

I voted Trump. I do not wave a flag for Trump. Trump is flawed. As are we. Trump has to deal with very imperfect circumstances. As do we. We recognize and accept that perfection is the realm of sainthood; politics, the realm of the greatest good possible. We are not on team conservative. We're not o... (www.catholic365.com)

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Continuation of Are You Ready

When my eyes adjusted to the dim light and I as peered into his face, tears streamed forth as I fell to my knees. My God in heaven, the Lord has brought you back! My son James was dead and is alive and well, lost in a world of utter confusion and found returning to the roots of his faith.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Jesus, the New Adam, converted the OT Pharisee, Paul, and Mary, the New Eve, will convert the NT Pharisees, the Christian Right

Why is there the right and left? Is it arbitrary? No. There are two sides to a coin because there are two faculties of soul: the intellect [the head] and the will [the heart]. One extreme, the right, is to have a head but not a heart. Which is another way of saying, your head is hard, but your heart... (www.catholic365.com)

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By forgiving, we open our heart so that God's mercy comes in and he pardons us. Because all of us have to ask for forgiveness, all of us!

That God the Father sent His only Son into the world so that sins might be forgiven is at the heart of Christianity. Virtually everyone knows from experience that something is wrong in his / her human condition, something no one has ever quite defined or fully eradicated.... (www.catholic365.com)

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I don't believe in the institution of marriage, marriage is just a piece of paper.

My son and daughter-in-law’s wedding anniversary is coming up. I couldn’t be more proud of them both. Casey has grown up to be a hardworking man, a loving and devoted husband, and a patient and loving father. My daughter-in-law is a devoted and loving wife, a patient, kind, and loving mother who ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Trustworthiness and Trust

During an interview, a job applicant was asked, “Do you regard yourself as a responsible person?” He replied, “Yes, indeed. My last boss said I was responsible for many things that happened in the office.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Dangerous Illusions

Several decades ago former Beatle John Lennon wrote a song whose lyrics endure to this day. It is a tragic song. And deceptive, even devilish. They encourage the listener to imagine there is no heaven, or hell . . . and by implication, no God, no Jesus, no sin, and no eternal judgment.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Truth About Purgatory and Indulgences

To understand the Catholic teaching on Purgatory and Indulgences first we have to understand how a person is saved. Protestants believe in the imputed righteousness through Jesus’ finished sacrifice on the cross. The Catholic Church also teaches that Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross provided sufficient... (www.catholic365.com)

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Nature's Supernatural Delight

Who would have guessed that a 1972 singles hit composed and performed by King Harvest, a rock band, and an astronaut would both provide support for this article on nature’s SuperNatural Delight? Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest was one of my favorite tunes back in the 70’s. Did any of us get... (www.catholic365.com)

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Some Saints are privileged to extend to us their patronage with particular efficacy in certain needs, but not in others; but our holy patron St. Joseph has the power to assist us in all cases, in every necessity, in every undertaking.

St. Joseph is the patron of the universal Church, that instrument by which the Lord wishes to make a covenant with each member of the human race, making each person a member of His divine Son’s Body. It is the Church that proclaims to the world yet converted the faithfulness of the Lord, and it is t... (www.catholic365.com)

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