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An Authentic Me

I always tell my friends that if a restaurant has to use the word “authentic” in their name, then I am more likely not to eat there. I am a Mexican American with a huge love for authentic Mexican cooking, that I have come to learn I can only find in someone’s kitchen or in Mexico itself. If the rest... (www.catholic365.com)

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We're not Crazy, we're just Catholic

Reasons why people think we're "crazy" - We like to keep Mass interesting. We seem to sit, stand and kneel, in no particular order. Probably just to keep the blood flowing.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Cross/crucifix is not idol!

Catholics worship both the Jesus who died for their sins and also the Jesus who rose from His sacrificial death for their sins. At Mass Catholics profess, "Jesus has died, JESUS IS RISEN, Jesus will come again." A cross is not a graven image unless we allow it to be like football, if we put it highe... (www.catholic365.com)

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Simplistic Paraphrasing of the Summa Theologica

t has always been a goal of mine to read the Summa Theologica. Sort of, on my bucket list, you might say. So, I thought, what if, as I read it, I also post my understanding for other students of St. Thomas Aquinas to read.... (www.catholic365.com)

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7 Lessons for Youth Ministry

In an article titled “7 lessons used by Amazon” a simple statement jumped out at me: “The business world is constantly searching for the winning formula by examining how successful companies have become… well…successful.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

'Obedience is mission: "I have come into this world to do the will of my Father, who has sent me." Where there is no obedience, there is no virtue; where there is no virtue there is no good; where good is wanting, there is no love, there is no God; where God is not, there is no Heaven.' -St. Padre P... (www.catholic365.com)

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Music Ministry in Today's Parishes

When we leave Mass on Sundays there are usually two things that we comment on: the homily and the music. Yes, we care about the readings, and the prayers, and receiving the Eucharist, but the music and homily seem to make or break a big piece of our experience. I would like to share some thoughts ... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Veiled Threat

I have been choosing to wear a veil at Mass for the past several months. I began on the first Sunday of Advent, and haven’t stopped since that day. As time has passed, what was very intimidating has become a part of who I am and how I worship God.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Do you put work before God and your family?

God has high ideals for each one of us and he is concerned how high priority we place our houses, families and relationships with him. Whoever is committed to work more and more and very least committed to be around God and their families such person is called being workaholic and such people a... (www.catholic365.com)

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Out of the Garden

You know what the problem with world today is? We tend to think we are the only ones who have ever walked the earth. By that, I mean, that the problems we are experiencing in our world today are NEW!!! They, however, are not! We might think we have evolved in the years since the Garden, but we ha... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Contraception Issue, Protestants, and Our Unchanging God

The use of artificial contraception technologies is not a very controversial moral issue in our culture these days. It is widely accepted. It was not very controversial 100 years ago either; it was outlawed. In the U.S., it was only in 1965 that the Supreme Court ruled that artificial birth contr... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Messages of Our Heavenly Mother, When Will We Ever Listen?

June 12, 1973, a month after 42 year old convert from Buddhism, and totally incurably deaf, Sr. Agnes Sasagawa arrived at the Institute of the Handmaids of the Holy Eucharist in Yuzawadai just outside of Akita and when she opened the tabernacle for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, a very strong ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why Catholics Don't Wait Until Adulthood To Baptize

Why do some Protestants wait until they are adults to get baptized? The difference in our practices stems from the difference in our understandings of Baptism. Since the beginning of the Church, we have understood that Baptism actually affects us.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Heart Of Mary, The Heart Of The Church

The Heart of Mary is a mystery that we are just beginning to fathom. Saint John Eudes, the Father, Doctor and Apostle of Devotion to the Sacred Hearts says that , "Jesus Christ, the Heart of the Eternal Father, is the Heart of His Holy Mother." In the late 1600's, Saint John Eudes wrote about devoti... (www.catholic365.com)

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Funerals and Marriages: The Mission Fields of the New Evangelization

The other day, a very close friend and I were discussing funeral flowers, "It isn't about the person who died anyways," she said. Something in me wanted to disagree. I've heard this phrase often when referring to wedding planning, "It isn't about the couple getting married anyways."... (www.catholic365.com)

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Carnal Church and its Teachings!

Many people have started false churches in the name of God. Carnal church has created a form of entertainment that attracts carnally-minded people. Too many churches have become nothing more than social clubs, entertainment centers, activity centers of sports like Golf, etc and gossip forums.... (www.catholic365.com)

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To know I am loved

When things go right, when things go wrong, knowing I am loved by you changes the way I live. It puts a smile on my face, and peace in my soul. It keeps my heart beating. Knowing I am loved by you, I can close my eyes in your presence and be sure you are still there. You dry my tears but let them fa... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Over the top" - the love in Jesus' heart

The phrase "over the top" seems to have been first used in World War I when soldiers left the safety of their trenches and went "up and over" to charge the enemy ....a foolhardy venture ....a display of recklessness ....suggesting excessiveness.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Supreme Court on Stage: The Fate of the American Family Waits in the Wings

G. K. Chesterton said, "This triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it." June is upon us and so is the decision by the United States Supreme Court as to whether or not "same-sex marriage" is allowed under the U... (www.catholic365.com)

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Forgotten Mass Etiquette

I'm no expert when it comes to etiquette at Mass, but I, at least, can recognize a problem when I see it. Here is my top fifteen list of things we really shouldn't be doing (or sometimes should be doing) while we're attending Mass.... (www.catholic365.com)

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