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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically — to say "no" to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger "yes" burning inside. The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."

Temptations. They come to every one of us. A temptation is a trick, a deception, a lie. It conceals the truth and presents falsehood to us as the truth. A temptation may even offer us something good but entices us to use it in a false and selfish way.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Face of Mercy to Those in Misery Part #2

Love, forgiveness, and becoming instruments of mercy have been foundational themes that have highlighted our Holy Father’s messages on mercy this past year. They also form the foundation of his new Apostolic Letter, “Mercy and Misery” promulgated November 20th.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Tribulation and Trust

“In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me” (Ps 86:7). When God answers our call for his help in the midst of anguishing tribulations, we might find that his answer is really more, not less, than we ask for.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The beginning of self-giving love.

Well, to say there is a beginning of self-giving love is a bit misleading, but we can talk about where its origin. Self-giving love originates in the Trinity. The three Persons of the Trinity have a self-giving love towards each other. So much so that they wanted more to love, and so creation.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Lenten Reflection

This reflection uses the five senses each of us is endowed with; sight, touch, taste, hearing, and speech. I have attempted to place each one within the framework of the five weeks of Lent before Holy Week. In this way the reader will be able to reflect in a positive way the connection of human e... (www.catholic365.com)

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Man Does Not Live On Bread Alone

In the First Sunday of Lent’s gospel (Mt 4:1-11), we hear about how Jesus Christ was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Christ, then, walks into the desert with a firm purpose in mind: not only to encounter the devil and resist him, but to definitively defeat his temptatio... (www.catholic365.com)

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Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

It’s early in the Lenten season, and Jesus reaches out to us with the healing touch of his Word in the Scriptures and his Life in the Sacraments — especially the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Reconciliation as enriched by our prayer, penance, and sacrificial giving.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Cauldron of Hatred

Looking from the sidelines, it seems to me that there is a big Cauldron of Hatred out there in the world filled with anxiety, bitterness, anger and even hatred, amongst its other ingredients of evil.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Problems and Trust

Even oldsters may have forgotten that there was once a popular TV program called, “Father Knows Best.” The phrase is schmaltzy, perhaps, but there’s a profound truth in these simple words when they refer to our heavenly Father, who always knows best. Our challenge is to let ourselves be really convi... (www.catholic365.com)

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Reflecting on Ashes

Ash Wednesday may be behind us, but it would benefit us to remember the readings of that day, and not just during Lent but all year long.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lent - A Reflection on its Meaning

“What are you giving up for Lent?” is the normal discussion every year as this most holy season rolls around and the thoughts of Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving are on the minds of people attending services on Ash Wednesday.... (www.catholic365.com)

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It’s been said that God answers every prayer. Sometimes he says yes; sometimes he says no; and sometimes he says not yet. It’s that last one that is by far the most difficult to cope with for most of us.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.

Today’s first reading tells us that God doesn’t want fruitless fasts or empty works – God wants the real thing from us. He wants us to love like he does. Seems like Fasting of the Mind is right up God’s alley.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Fish, Pork, Abstinence, Maccabees, the Antichrist, and the Jewish Conversion

One of the primary errors of the Jewish People is the failure to discern between mere discipline versus doctrine, between what is merely external and what is internal, which is the only thing that really matters. In the Old Testament, Pork was absolutely forbidden--on any day or any time.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Adversity and Trust

One of the most difficult challenges we face in our spiritual life is trusting in God’s loving providence when we are hurt by the malice of other humans. It’s one of the most anguishing tests of our spiritual maturity. Trusting God to bring good from evil is in itself not too difficult--unless we ar... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Second Word of Jesus

During my prayer in our hotel suite, I heard a young child outside our door call anxiously to her father, “Daddy, wait for me. Please.” I assume he stopped, and I heard a muffled response, “Come on, we need to go.” A moment later, I heard small feet patter past the door and down the hall.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Our Lady of Miracles March 12th Feast Day

There's a special statue of Our Lady in Paris and this is how this statue came about: Back in the 11th Century, a lord who was ill decided to pray to Our Lady for his health to be restored promising that if it was he would enter a monastery. His petitions were heard and he entered the monastery.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Tears of Joy they fall so pure, From the depths of Grace they come for sure, The emotion of God's Love sees us through, As He embraces the needs for me and you.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Eucharist Is a Face-to-Face Meeting

Do you have any loved ones who are far from home? Quite often we are separated from the people we love because of jobs or school or military service. When people are separated, they can share their thoughts via letters and email, and they can make phone calls and speak to one another.... (www.catholic365.com)

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We all have a cross to carry. I have to carry my own cross. If we don't carry our crosses, we are going to be crushed under the weight of it.

If Christ himself were to ask you to "deny yourself and take up your cross each day and follow me," how would you respond? As Christians we desire to follow the teachings of Christ; we wish to follow his example.... (www.catholic365.com)

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