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"Pride has quite a bit to do with hatred. In many a case in which one hates another, one subconsciously begins patterns of cherry-picking and selective hearing: he continues to look only for things about the other person which he can use to justify his hatred, things which will then make him feel less guilty about hating someone. In this regard, hatred is not so much an emotion as it is a decision

When we are presented with information how many of us can say that we truly understand the implications of that information, or that we received that information with an open mind and an open heart.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Saints in the Scandals: The Next Generation of Holy Ones

We have all heard the breaking news stories and horrifying details, in which this would require a series of articles to honestly report: a new wave of scandals have hit the Catholic Church, in where this new wave is disturbing to say the least.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Teen Book Review - 7 Riddles to Nowhere

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Gates of Hell

The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against the Church. That was Jesus’ promise to us. He promised to always be with us, and that the gates of Hell would not prevail.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A 5 Word Prayer for When You Feel Empty

One day during daily mass, the Holy Spirit prompted me to add these five simple words to my after Holy Communion prayer when I ask God to strengthen and nourish me with His food for the day ahead .... (www.catholic365.com)

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An Open Letter and Invitation to Catholic Parents

Crisis. Pope St. John Paul II was forged in the fires of Nazi occupation. Then the Communists. Then secular humanism. All paving the way for our present culture of actual atheism. And even more dangerous than that (according to Pope Benedict XVI) is “practical atheism”- a culture of professing Jesus... (www.catholic365.com)

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Catholic Camaraderie—Unity in Suffering

According to J.R.R. Tolkien in his masterpiece The Fellowship of the Ring, “Not all those who wander are lost.” We do not have to look too far to notice that man in the 21st century wander often.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God has been FAITHFUL to me, that is why I have FAITH in Him.

The insurmountable can be accomplished by the infinitesimal.... (www.catholic365.com)

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There is one and only one possible road to real, true and lasting joy: selfless love.

When I was a child, St. Lawrence loomed prominently in my spiritual imagination. Much of this stemmed from my father who would often repeat the martyrdom account of St. Lawrence being roasted on coals, cheerfully telling his torturers, “It is well-done. Turn me over!” The legend’s combination of fid... (www.catholic365.com)

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With Mary’s Assumption into Heaven, one could say Our Lady had come full circle in her love for God and humanity. Born of human parents, Mary entered the world body and soul free from sin; through the Annunciation, Mary gave her body and soul to God so that Christ our Savior could be born.... (www.catholic365.com)

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When Symbols Are Reality

This past week there was a Mass said for Liz. It's been six months since she passed away. Were they six short months or six long months? I can't say for sure. She passed away on Valentine's Day, which was also Ash Wednesday.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Come Holy Ghost and Heal our Pain

Where do I begin, as the news finally comes alive in an era of accusations, guilt, remorse, and pain about sexual abuse. This is not just our Church that faces all too-much scandal, but every other institution that deals with young children, our most precious commodity that we must protect at all c... (www.catholic365.com)

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Whoever seeks the truth seeks God, whether he is conscious of it or not.

As we celebrate the feast day of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Edith Stein, martyr in Auschwitz during WW II, there is rich material onine about her. May these quotes resonate with our reading of Jeremiah today.... (www.catholic365.com)

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What Excites You to Love God?

Many of us have had an experience where we fell in Love with God, and when we did, it changed our faith lives and relationship with Him. How do we sustain that love?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Conversation with the Devil

Devil: Ah … I see you’re going to church … again! Why do you do this? Man: It’s Sunday. I am going to Mass.... (www.catholic365.com)

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There is much written in scripture about forgiving those who wronged you. But scripture does not give you a step by step instruction, nor does it go into detail about the complex emotions involved.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

When the Israelites entered the Promised Land after the Exodus, they met up with the Canaanites. The Israelites considered them to be wicked and godless, a race of people that they should exterminate. This outlook persisted until the time of Jesus. In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus explains that this... (www.catholic365.com)

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Let the Little Children…Be Children

In the Gospels, Jesus said, “Let the little children come unto me.” A few weeks ago, I muttered this to myself at Mass: “Get those noisy kids away from me. Can’t you see I’m trying to be holy?!”... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Real Scandal

It was the beginning of the AIDS epidemic during the early 1980s. I recently lost my mother to a car accident and my father was recovering from a head injury. I welcomed the chance to go on a retreat. It was organized by a newly arrived priest who taught at our Catholic high school and lived at our ... (www.catholic365.com)

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MONDAY . . . The Joyful Mysteries: LIVED

In a previous submission, Mysteries of God Discovered! – I gave a brief history of the meditative prayers called the Rosary and wrote that in future submissions I would write of each of the 4 Rosary mysteries, Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous that are representative of the life of Christ while ... (www.catholic365.com)

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