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There are events and attacks that stick in our minds like a movie reel that continue to play. Manchester, Stockholm, London, Westminster Bridge, Berlin Christmas market attack, Normandy, Germany, they’re all around us.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith and Reason

Many saints have searched for an understanding of God, His creation, and His existence for ever, before the world as we know it ever existed. Two that come to my mind are Augustine and Aquinas, both of whom sought to understand the workings and complete intervention of His Holy Spirit within the re... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 35 – A Word on Works

Today we see Jesus asked directly, “What GOOD DEED must I DO, to have eternal life?” Jesus does NOT answer, “Don’t worry, you are saved by faith alone.” Jesus says you must keep the commandments and when you have done that you must do more. Thus, Jesus identifies salvation as a process. A process... (www.catholic365.com)

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Ignorance Is Not Bliss

A priggish little old lady inquiring about a European tour was told by the travel agent that one particular tour included the famous Oberammergau Passion Play. Misconstruing the word "passion" she indignantly exclaimed, "I'm tired of all this sex stuff; and now it's even featured as a travel highlig... (www.catholic365.com)

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Doubting God's Love

Father Ignatius sat in his favourite armchair next to the roaring log fireplace holding a cup of hot chocolate drink and enjoying a football game on TV. Mrs Davenport, the housekeeper, entered the large room in the Parish House and said that there is someone outside wanting to see the priest urgentl... (www.catholic365.com)

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When Love Should be Charity

When people think of love in the Bible, the famous Scripture verses of 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 usually comes to mind. Most know it as the “Love is patient, Love is kind” passage. Many have even coined it “the love chapter.” It is so well known that it has become one of the most used Biblical passages ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Every Parent Should Know CPR -- a Mom's Tale

My phone rang the other day; I picked it up and "Sally" was very excited and scared and I listened to her story.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God is not one who is far away, nor is he eager to punish us for our failures. No, He is a Father……..

As Jesus prepared to leave his disciples and return to the Father, He wrapped up his teachings. He gave his final lecture. Jesus removed the figures of speech and summarized his key point one last time before leaving earth. I see this Gospel as John’s notes from Jesus’s final lecture – Jesus tell... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 34 – Divorce, Remarriage and Celibacy

Today we read the passages reflecting Jesus’ teaching on divorce and remarriage. Understanding this teaching has caused must angst over the years and has been in the news recently as Pope Francis seeks to refine the church’s teaching on divorce and remarriage.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Hot Spot Where Fleas Freeze

If you're hankering for an unusual vacation, visit Mount Raupehu, the loftiest rise on New Zealand's North Island. This nine thousand-foot mountain is a semi-active volcano with a sixty-acre crater lake nestled in its peak - a steaming lake of hot water surrounded by walls of solid ice and snow! Too... (www.catholic365.com)

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In Defence of Humour

Once upon a time there was a priest who got fed up with the number of parishioners who confessed that they committed adultery. Every week, in the confessional, it was the same thing - adultery.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Let us pray....

This is how Mrs. Melania Trump started her prayer on February 18, 2017, in Melbourne, Florida. No one noticed. On January 22, 2015, Ms. Melania Knauss was married to Mr. Donald Trump. As she walked up the aisle, a soprano sang, Ave Maria. And she wore on her person, her grandmother's rosary.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Christian Violence vs. Secular Violence

Last week I discussed the passionate debates in which I engaged many years ago. The forum was the “letters to the editor” page of a now defunct local newspaper. And one of my primary debate opponents was Mr. A., a devout atheist. (I don’t call him “Mr. A” because he was an atheist; his last name act... (www.catholic365.com)

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A church that does not proclaim a word of God that does not get under anyone's skin or a word of God that does not touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed: what kind of gospel is that?

We may often, in our despair and desolation, ask God “why”? Why do bad things happen to me, to those close to me, to those we love? It is difficult in the depths of our pain to believe that we will ever recover, let alone believe that God has a plan of joy and salvation for us. An attitude of hope ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Are You Ready; Chapter V "A Stark Reality"

Morning arrived with the sun shining more brilliantly than usual, but not a real concern since our task at hand was to drive towards an unknown, yet heart-seeking safety and peaceful surroundings that would bring back the Church and the Sacraments we so longed to share in, again.... (www.catholic365.com)

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How Much Is a Human Worth?

At mid-century prices, an iron ingot sold for $5. Made into horseshoes, its value was $10.50. Manufactured into needles, its value jumped to $5,000. Crafted into high-grade balance springs for watches, it’s worth a quarter of a million dollars!... (www.catholic365.com)

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Screwtape, Distraction and a Weekend with the Boys...

It is commonly suggested within Christian circles that the Devil will not attack humanity with horns, a pitchfork and flames burning within and around him (outside of Tim Curry in the Hollywood flop, Legend). Instead, he attacks in the temptations we are prone to covet and in the subtleties and dis... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pentecost is celebrated 50 days after the Passover. It is originally a Jewish Holy Day celebrating the first-fruits of the harvest and the revelation of the Law on the Mountain. There is a spiritual connection between those two which is revealed in the Christian celebration.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Leadership Series

For many of us, we want to be God’s people, but to serve in our own terms. And so it behoves on the Church, in its service as the light to the society, to see how it can use the same leadership resources in man to stem the tide of decadence in morals that has bedeviled even the Christians who should... (www.catholic365.com)

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Get Hope & get joy, get joy & get strength.

We are so busy doing things, achieving, making progress that we can forget what life is all about, preparing to meet God in heaven. The Ascension of Jesus reminds us that during our lives we are “only passing through” on this earth, as we say.... (www.catholic365.com)

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