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Raising Children Detached from the World

Though I practice, more or less, attachment parenting, I have really strived to teach my children to detach from the world. However, it took a radical outlook change of my own for them to learn the lesson. We live in a very small home (700 sq ft) and a few years ago the clutter was becoming overwhel... (www.catholic365.com)

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It was the thief's last prayer, perhaps even his first. He knocked once, sought once, asked once, dared everything, and found everything.

“What does this "narrow door" mean? Why do many not succeed in entering through it? Is it a way reserved for only a chosen few? No! The message of Christ is that «everyone may enter life, but the door is "narrow" for all. We are not privileged.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Joy is the Serious Business of Heaven

Somehow the average Catholic does not associate joy with holiness but believes holiness is synonymous with misery. Yes, before someone becomes outraged, redemptive suffering is a powerful vocation. Yet Catholics are more focused on the Passion than on Pentecost while Pentecostals are more focused on... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith of Our Fathers: Parish, The Thought: Emergency Plans

Last Wednesday I was waiting at Church for the Church Service to begin. The rain was coming down in buckets and my thoughts begin to turn towards – Noah and the flood. After three years of a pretty heavy drought, Austin, Texas, has been getting a great deal of rain.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Jesuits, Rabbis, Strangers and Awe

I have a prayer partner. Every morning we connect across the miles and exchange intentions. One February morning, while I was in New York on business, we texted as usual: How may I pray? she asked. Not sure what I need.... (www.catholic365.com)

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How Spiritual Direction Helped Me

I know you are probably saying that spiritual direction is for saints and holy people and you would be right. Aren’t we all holy people? Isn’t the goal in life to live as close to the life of a saint as we can? At least that’s what I’ve always been taught.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith of Our Fathers: We Are our Own Worst Enemy

There I have dared to state what is becoming bluntly obvious to millions all across the United States. We are our own worst enemies. What does this mean when it comes to the Church? This article will cover five facets of this argument and point out the fact that we are truly becoming our own worst... (www.catholic365.com)

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What is a Christian Mindset?

As Christians we are called to set our minds on the things above and not be focused and driven to the things of this earth. We are to store up our treasures in heaven and to be transformed by the renewing of our minds.... (www.catholic365.com)

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At Your Wit's End? That's Where God Hides

Sometimes God seems downright playful. He likes especially, it seems, to play the childhood game of “hide-and-seek.” St. Augustine wrote, “Lord, why do you seem to seek those who hide from you, but hide from those who seek you?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lifeboat Theology

Do you see the world as a sinking ship on its way to judgment and hell? Are you grasping for the lifeboat? I have heard numerous comments expressing sadness at the direction our country is going. One person said to me, "It is futile to fight in the culture war. We have lost." One blog post titl... (www.catholic365.com)

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Square pegs don’t fit into round holes... (www.catholic365.com)

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3 reasons to go back to Confession

Growing up, I always thought it was a little weird when people came out of the confessional with tears in their eyes. How hard can it be? Just step in, confess the same things you’ve been saying for years, and bam! A clean white soul. It seemed pretty simple to me.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Christ Our Passover Lamb: Jesus' Real Presence In The Eucharist

Second maybe only to the doctrine of the Trinity, the doctrine of the Eucharist can appear to be the most absurd of our Catholic beliefs. We actually believe that during the Mass when a validly ordained priest says the words of consecration, the bread and wine that are on the altar become the true ... (www.catholic365.com)

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The problem is not whether God exists or is here with us or not. - The problem is that we live as if He didn't exist

“Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even a... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith of Our Fathers: You Can Tell A Great Deal About A Person Through Their Cell Phone

You can tell a great deal about a person through their cell phone. You can tell what they worry about. If this is indeed the case are we really worrying about the right things?... (www.catholic365.com)

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2. What's the Big Idea?! (The Freedom Papers) - what is actually unique about the American idea?

This article is one in a series titled, "The Freedom Papers," a work dedicated to sanity. Therefore, may it be a thumb in the eye of mainstream media, subjective science, lazy religion, agenda philosophy, lobbied politics, elitism, and those that would abuse mankind with them.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Misspent Youth

You know I used to spend hours as a teenager with a bunch of other youths hanging out at railings just like these on a path also between two roads. What we didn’t get up to away from the watchful eyes of our parents. We taught it was cool to rebel. Always trying to impress each other. The blind lead... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Beginner's Introduction to Mass

Attending Catholic Mass for the first time can be rather confusing and foreign for the non-Catholic. In looking around the internet for a good introduction to the Mass to show my non-Catholic friends and family, most of the ones I find seem to be too in depth and complicated for one who has never be... (www.catholic365.com)

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In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.

“In all His acts God orders all things, whether good or evil, for the good of those who know Him and seek Him and who strive to bring their own freedom under obedience to His divine purpose. All that is done by the will of God in secret is done for His glory and for the good of those whom He has cho... (www.catholic365.com)

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"The soul that begins to have interior life appreciates the treasure it bears within its heart. Each day it will make a greater effort to deny admission into the mind of any image that prevents or hinders the soul's close contact with God." (In Conversation with God p. 313 par 3)... (www.catholic365.com)

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