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Love your family. Spend time, be kind & serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & today is short.

"And I want to repeat these three words: please, thank you, sorry. Three essential words! We say please so as not to be forceful in family life: “May I please do this? Would you be happy if I did this?”. We do this with a language that seeks agreement. We say thank you, thank you for love!.."... (www.catholic365.com)

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Taking Down the Tree

I kept the tree up as long as I possibly could. It always seems to me that while the tree—with its bright, cheerful lights, shiny ornaments and red ribbons--is still up, so linger the full, warm days of Christmas.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Roberta, do remember when your mom died?

Jack said, “Roberta! You shouldn’t have yelled at Connie like that. You’ve been friends since childhood. Besides, I’m still gonna talk to Joe.” Roberta, “Oh, I know. I’m just so disappointed by those two.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Sleeping and I Are at Odds Anymore

Sleeping and I are at odds anymore. While I can string together a few blessed nights of undisturbed, restful nirvana, those God-awful hormones kick in and come three o’clock in the morning, my body makes the executive decision to wake. Well, actually there’s a tag-team going on between the chemical ... (www.catholic365.com)

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When Jesus told Pontius Pilate he was the truth, Pilate's cynical response was, "What is truth?" We all ask this question today. What is the truth? To know what truth is we need to flush out what the truth is not. We can understand this with the help of Thomas Aquinas.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Year of Mercy and its Meaning for All of Us

My favorite of all the parables of Jesus is the one of the Unforgiving Servant (Mt. 18:21-35). In it, Jesus tells the story of the servant who is forgiven for his own debts, yet shows no sign of that same forgiving spirit toward one of his own servants who owes him a mere fraction of the debt that h... (www.catholic365.com)

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Five to good minutes with God - Cheating on God's tests is encouraged!

I recently was reflecting upon my days in high school - which was more than just a few years ago! I distinctly remember all the quizzes and tests that we had to take, but especially dreading the midterms and finals. I really hated those!... (www.catholic365.com)

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To bring people closer to God, competency and clarity are important, but they are not enough. Of themselves they do not touch hearts deeply. Personal sanctity and goodness do.

The conversion of St. Paul from a persecutor to an apostle is probably one of the greatest conversion stories we can find in the Scriptures.... (www.catholic365.com)

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It's all in the Trying

The Curé d'Ars said that, “All that we do, without offering it to God, is wasted,” and he is of course right, but it must be emphasized that the Morning Offering isn’t a magic formula. It does not automatically transform the forthcoming day, that’s why something further is required.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Source Code and the Mystery of God's Creation

A few months ago, I was at an internal company presentation, where an experienced automation engineer gave a very thorough and excellent presentation of our company's automation platform. I sat there very impressed at the quality of the presentation in terms of the material presented and also the wa... (www.catholic365.com)

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Healing & Hope: Jesus The Redeemer

In between working on a number of writing projects and following up on some meetings I had in recently with potential writing clients in my local area, I paused for my daily devotion to praying the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy at 3 PM. In addition, I follow the Chaplet up with the Stations of the Cro... (www.catholic365.com)

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Share Jesus love

In different occasions in our life we have heard of people experiences of what Jesus love means to their lives. We have heard people believing and trusting in Jesus after experiencing Him personally in their lives... (www.catholic365.com)

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If you put out acceptance and warmth, you tend to attract the same.

Being misunderstood by even the ones closest to us is something most of us, I think, have experienced at one time or another. This Gospel passage challenges us to continue to strive to understand each other, out of love.... (www.catholic365.com)

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South of Goldendale, Washington the road gently rises, to where travelers can see four Cascade volcanoes on the rare cloudless day: Hood, St. Helens, Adams and Rainier. We slow there briefly, full aware only Adams will be visible today.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope Saint Anterus

Pope Pontian was arrested by the soldiers of Emperor Maximinus the Thracian in the early fall of 235. He was sent to his death in the mines of Sardinia along with Hippolytus, the writer and theologian, who had been his nemesis. Shortly before leaving, Pontian chose to keep the Church orderly by abdi... (www.catholic365.com)

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Purgatory, a pure expression of God's mercy

Although Purgatory is a place of suffering, suffering plays a great role in God’s merciful plan of salvation.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Celebrate God's Power

I don’t know about you, but I have always loved the beginning of Psalm 98 (vs 1-4)-it makes my heart sing for joy. All the ends of the Earth have in fact seen the saving power of God. We remembered this again just a short while ago; when God’s saving power came in the form of a small, helpless in... (www.catholic365.com)

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Holy Mary Full of Grace, Help Me Find a Parking Space

To honor Mary the way many Catholics do can seem odd to some people, and even blasphemous to non-Catholic Christians. They may get the impression that we are worshipping Mary, as if she were equal to God. I have to admit that even as a Catholic, I did not get the whole Mary thing until the last fe... (www.catholic365.com)

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Looking ahead: Powerful Ash Wednesday Detachment Simulation Exercise

Jubilee Year Ash Wednesday, on February 10th, is fast approaching. On that day, as our foreheads are signed with ash-crosses, some of us will be invited to change our lives and believe in the Gospel. Others of us will be reminded that we are dust, and into dust we will return.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God does not choose people because of their ability, but because of their availability.

Among those in the gospel Jesus beckoned to come closer to him were some of his closest friends - including those he bestowed with nicknames, like the Sons of Thunder. But we can't say that we are not worthy to be called.... (www.catholic365.com)

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