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The Marriage Covenant

I have many thoughts as I approach the beginning of my life as a married man. None are both simultaneously joyous and painful, though, as the question, ‘What can I, should I, and do I give to my future bride?’... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Church Militant, the Godless, the 144,000, and the Mark of the Beast

Beginning in chapter 7 of Apocalypse, “144,000” are Sealed with the Seal of God in their foreheads and hands, and they are not “harmed” by the forthcoming trumpets, which, at least at face value, unleash great temporal woes, such as fire from the sky, poisoned rivers, or locust creatures that tortur... (www.catholic365.com)

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The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -- it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There's a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.

It takes trust on our part to recognize that we need God. A lot of people don’t trust God because they don’t think they need God. But no matter who we are, we are without our own self-sufficiency and in need of God’s benevolence…..not just to meet our material needs, but our spiritual needs.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Man's Helplessness and Christ's Power

The entrance hymn echoes in my mind as the gospel of Jesus is read. This gospel tells of Jesus curing the man who had been at the famous pool of Bethesda (means House of Mercy) in Jerusalem. Jesus has come down from the other Bethesda (Bethesda Julius), located north, where the fjords of the Jorda... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Reason for My Hope

Where there is life, there is hope, or so the saying goes. But perhaps it ought to be that where there is hope, there is life, for without hope what reason is there to live? There is not a lot of hope in our culture of death.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Paraclete Will Instruct You in Everything

So lavish are the bountiful gifts of The Holy Spirit that it’s impossible to give a meaningful account of each. Only by calling upon the Holy Spirit for guidance will I dare attempt to describe these nonpareil heavenly gifts.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Inconvenient Truth

In our society today, as throughout history, there is a delicate subject that deserves relearning in the eyes of God. That subject is human sexuality. This topic, as understood in the ways of the world, is contradictory to what we learn through scripture in the ways of the Lord. In giving us free wi... (www.catholic365.com)

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Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark

Being in the light as the gospel says today does not mean that one lives in the light, basking in the blessedness of such a situation. Instead, being in the light is a commitment. The gospel reminds us that ongoing commitment to good deeds is required to become more deeply involved in the light and ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Prayers We All Should Know: The Guardian Angel Prayer

As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. Over time, many of these prayers have been sadly neglected or just not taught – and as a result, not said – as often as they once were.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Chickenpox, Canned Peaches, and Mother Mary

When I was five, my mother, my sister, and I moved in with my grandparents. My mother’s marriage had collapsed, due to my father’s schizophrenia, and she went back to college to earn a teaching certificate. She spent each week in an undergraduate dorm at the college, and came home on the weekends, w... (www.catholic365.com)

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Capitalism, Socialism, and Catholicism: Four Things to Know

With another presidential election quickly approaching, the economy is a frequent topic of political conversation. The debates typically present two economic alternatives: either “Capitalism” or “Socialism.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith and the Cubs

One thing everyone knew about me growing up was my love for the Chicago Cubs. No matter where I was during the summer, you could always find me with a Cubbie blue hat and some variation of a Cubs jersey. I am just old enough to remember the 2003 NLCS in which the Lovable Losers missed the World Seri... (www.catholic365.com)

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In the Scripture found in Matthew 26:31-45 we read about the moments when Jesus is talking to his apostles and tells them that on this particular night they will all desert him. Peter declares to Jesus that “If everyone else deserts you, I won’t.” We also see in this passage where Jesus goes to a so... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith in Evidence

One of the mistakes that the world makes about Catholicism is that our Faith is a blind faith. In other words, they think that we believe what we believe in spite of the evidence. The whole purpose of those of us involved the field of Apologetics is to demonstrate the evidence for the faith as far a... (www.catholic365.com)

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Fishes, Loaves and Houses Built On Sand

We all have known people who claim to be Christians but we see that their actions don't support that claim. Of course, sometimes that is us. That's a tricky situation, because we can't fully grasp their thoughts or their motives.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God of Peace, I am Your Child

My son Paul has said to me, “Mom being with you is like being with a small child!” And when I visited my Son Jason in Seattle a few months ago he told me, “You’re just like a child. You say whatever comes into your head. You jump around from one thing to another.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Money Back Guarantee

Recently, an Evangelical minister promised a money back guarantee to his congregation: that if they did not receive blessings in their lives, they could have their tithe back. This sparked a fury of commentaries from Christians everywhere—sarcastic and funny responses about the fact that everything ... (www.catholic365.com)

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How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter?

Have you ever noticed that in scripture, when someone is clothed or robed, it is with “majesty” or “dignity?” Jesus taught us to clothe the naked, so how do we “clothe someone with dignity?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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How I became a weekday sacristan!

If the only thing we own is our sinfulness, then our forgetfulness, mess ups, mix ups are gifts from God and serve a purpose. Yes, Jesus asks us to be perfect as he is perfect.... (www.catholic365.com)

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O, Cross of Christ

On Good Friday, Pope Francis closed the reenactment of the Way of the Cross with a beautiful prayer entitled, “To the Cross of Christ” I was amazed at the way our Holy See led us to see how we as humans carry our crosses or refuse to carry our crosses.... (www.catholic365.com)

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