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That's Just Not for Me

The Pentecost experience! I wonder if the apostles only knew what was going to happen to them when the Holy Spirit came upon them, if they would have been so long in prayer, waiting as they were told to do?... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Humanity" God's Greatest Gift

A budding flower rises as its petals feel the sun’s rays; new life is coming - its already here; from whence did it come, a beauty to fill the earth.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Cultivating Marian Devotion

In order to venerate Mary (it would be sacrilegious to worship her or any creature!), we must relate to her as a living, loving person—a pre-eminently special person who is also our spiritual mother and who loves us personally with an indescribable love. This personal relationship with Mary requires... (www.catholic365.com)

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"If lay people don't love their Catholic faith enough to struggle for it in the public square, nothing the bishops do will finally matter."

Perhaps the message of these readings is that, yes, we are called to live in harmony and peace with one another, but not at any price.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lord, If This How You Treat Your Friends . . .

If you try to help a struggling butterfly emerge from the prison of his cocoon, his wings will be permanently deformed. As a butterfly struggles, fluid is forced into its wings so they stretch and open, allowing them to fly but butterflies are not the only creatures who must struggle before they ha... (www.catholic365.com)

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Imitation - The Highest Form Of Compliment

Corresponding to Mary's God-planned uniqueness by reason of her co-activity in God's redemptive plan is her equally God-planned uniqueness in holiness. She is one of a kind, both in her "positive" spirituality (her virtue) and in her "negative" spirituality (her sinlessness).... (www.catholic365.com)

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"You can't escape reality. Learn to accept absolute truth."

Jesus reminds the Apostles that, like Jesus himself, though they are in the world, they are not "of the world": their values and priorities are different, their actions should also be different.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Where Beautiful Gardens Grow

Anyone who has ever planted a seed can appreciate that gardening is indeed a labor of love. The digging, the fertilizing, the planting, the daily maintenance, and the constant weeding — we do it all with one goal in mind — to grow a beautiful garden.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Ten Commandments

The first commandment forbids idolatry and polytheism. It promotes putting God first in our lives and aligning our lives in such a way that nothing takes the place of God.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Rediscovering "Our Blessed Mother"

An unfortunate fact about Mary's relationship to her Son's mystical body is this: While most Christians admire and respect Mary, they don't relate to her as our spiritual mother, which she is by virtue of our union with Jesus.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God knows what each one of us is dealing with. He knows our pressures. He knows our conflicts. And He has made a provision for each and every one of them. That provision is Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit, indwelling us and empowering us to respond rightly.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ marks us; we work for the glory of God, a task that translates in a better service for today's men and women's lives.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Knocking for Christ: Catholic Religious Sisters Evangelize Door-to-Door

Think door-to-door ministry is only for non-Catholics? Think again. There is a religious community of Sisters who are knocking on doors to help bring lapsed Catholics back home to the Church as a part of the call to carry out the "New Evangelization".... (www.catholic365.com)

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Mary, "Our Tainted Nature's Solitary Boast"

Did a woman cause all of society's problems? After all, it was Eve who committed the first sin, as Paul points out (see 1 Timothy 2:14). However, Paul also states that "sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin" (Rom 5:12). It was not that first sin, the sin of Eve, that caused ou... (www.catholic365.com)

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Sociologists have a theory of the looking-glass self: You become what the most important person in your life (wife, father, boss, etc.) thinks you are. How would our life change if we truly believed the Bible's astounding words about God's love for us, if we looked in the mirror and saw what God sees?

In his first letter, John puts this very strongly: "If you say, 'I love God,' while you hate your brother or sister, you are a liar.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The sweet fragrance of roses, a feeling of God’s closeness, the sign of Mary, Mother of God, assuring us that peace, love, and sanctity are real. Does everyone have these experiences? Perhaps not. But, all may be certain that when this phenomenon occurs Mary is close by.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Devout Use Of The Bible

This brings us to the third prerequisite for releasing the power of God's Word, namely, devotion or prayerfulness in the use of Scripture. Even when one has hungered for the Word and attained some knowledge of it, apathy in devotion can abort its problem-solving power.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A holy life has a voice. It speaks when the tongue is silent, and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.

Do the captives still need liberty proclaimed to them; the blind need their eyes opened; the oppressed need to go free? Absolutely!... (www.catholic365.com)

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Priestly Vocations are Born from a Catholic Culture

There is the misconception that there is a 'crisis in vocations' because young men are no longer being called to become priests, but the truth is that they are still being called by God to the priesthood, but because of a culture that does not promote vocations they are not responding to His call.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Make NO Mistake and Never Forget; Mothers are Women and Female is their Gender

I found myself writing this for Mother’s Day because the legal definition of “gender” has become controversial. I begin with a quote from Cardinal Giovanni Ravasi; President of the Pontifical Council of Culture: “The love of man and woman, capable of generating life, is a sign that points to God.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Familiarity With God's Word

After the first element we must have for God's word to abide in us, Hunger for God's Word, that we reviewed yesterday, the second power trigger, familiarity with Scripture, implies a kind of knowledge that is unsatisfied with a shallow inquiry. A superficial investigation into God's Word will not on... (www.catholic365.com)

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