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Time to Boycott Groupon?

I don't usually suggest company boycotts. It often seems like a pointless venture. In this case, though... I was thoroughly disgusted the other day with a product I happened upon on Groupon's website. I read the description twice--just to make sure--and my jaw dropped.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Know Your Enemy

Here we are, freezing in February and in the midst of the Lenten season, or, as I like to call it, “The One Time of the Year The Church Mentions the Devil. “ Let’s face it: no one likes Satan. He is referred to as the enemy, the destroyer, the liar, the accuser, and the thief. He is evil incarnate... (www.catholic365.com)

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I've heard many folks remark that looking up at the vast expanse of the sky, with thousands of seen and unseen stars, they feel insignificant and tiny. How can one person out of billions, on one planet out of trillions (one rock that happens to host life), matter at all in the larger scheme of thin... (www.catholic365.com)

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7 Ways to Pray Through a Spiritual Dry Spell

In a healthy prayer life, there are times when everything just clicks. The words flow freely from your heart and you feel an immediate and powerful connection with God. During those moments, you may feel wrapped in God’s love, have an understanding of His will, and feel the desire to live it out.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Fifty Shades of Gray - Not the Movie

“There are all different shades of gray. On some people, it’s quite nice looking and other people it’s really really harsh if it's sort of that black-ish, gray, bluish gray color.” Yes, this essay will address the real effects of sporting fifty shades of gray among men and women in America.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Deterrence of Purpose

In an earlier blog, I addressed the issue of having disassociated myself from those who are deliberately negligent in the pursuit of what the Lord called them to do.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Modest Proposal: Weddings en Masse

So let's list the Sacraments usually done en masse: Baptism, Confession, First Communion, Confirmation, Holy Orders, and Anointing of the Sick... that only leaves one that is not usually done en masse in the US - Holy Matrimony.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Can You K.I.S.S.?

Lent presents a treasure trove of wonderful opportunities to think and reflect on what exactly we’re doing here on earth. Darlene*, my massage therapist, recently shared a story, that illustrates my point. We were catching up as I hadn’t seen her in a few months and she revealed that she needed som... (www.catholic365.com)

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God's Unconditional Love

"But God proves His Love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). Here's a short prayer to open up our hearts to God's infinite love ... "Dear Lord, the world tells us we must deserve love... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi

There is a saying in the Church: “Lex orandi, Lex credendi” Are you wondering what it means? Literally it translates “The Law of prayer is the Law of belief.” It really means how we pray expresses what we believe. If you want to know the faith of the Church, you could learn it by listening carefully... (www.catholic365.com)

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Poetry: "His Presence"

He is there with us when we’re down He is there with us all over town He is there with us when we’re on a train... (www.catholic365.com)

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Catholicism 101

I've decided to put together a basic 'primer' to show, from a Biblical basis 1. Jesus established The Catholic Church to be His new Davidic Kingdom, and that 2. All the teachings/doctrines of The Church can be shown (at least implicitly) in Scripture. All said teachings do have a much deeper root... (www.catholic365.com)

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Make Time for Saint Vincent

Saint Vincent is the kind of movie that lingers on your mind long after the last frame has passed. It’s an extraordinary motion picture whose characters—especially Bill Murray’s Vincent--feel vibrant, alive, and authentic.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Go Tell it To the Church! A case for authority.

Many different scriptural verses are sighted to establish the case for the authority of the Catholic Church. However, one particular verse, Matthew 18:15-18, tends to be overlooked, but when taken in context I think it makes one of the strongest cases for authority.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Technology--666--Who Knew

Didn’t See This Coming, Did We? Recently, realization of what is now the future hit me and left my mind stunned. In our world now we have computers, ipads, iphones, electronic games, wii, and all sorts of items developed for our pleasure and convenience. All controlled by numbers and all controlling... (www.catholic365.com)

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Quite awhile back I began finding a penny and a dime in various places. I could find the two coins on the street, on a counter, in my pocket, etc. Almost always, I found just one dime and one penny. I had read things about the penny being a reminder of the “trust in God” words on the coin before... (www.catholic365.com)

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Living a More Fulfilling Lenten Season

Lent is a solemn time of the year for Catholics all over the world. It is a season in which we give up things that are not necessarily in their nature sinful but are pleasing to us and may tempt us to turn away from God and so Lent is a time for us to give up things we like for the purpose of turnin... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Virgin Mary's Coming Triumph In Muslim Hearts

On September 11th 1683, Vienna was besieged by Islamic Ottoman Turks. Christians throughout Europe prayed the Rosary in the midst of a desperate situation. At Vienna, vastly outnumbered European Christian forces miraculously and wonderfully delivered a crippling blow to Muslim expansion into Europe,... (www.catholic365.com)

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This is a big day for me. I just finished reading the "Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska-Divine Mercy in My Soul". Considering the book is over 700 pages this was not a quick task. Filled with footnotes, it certainly is informative. And it's a work that must receive your full attention.... (www.catholic365.com)

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FINAL PASSION, CRUCIFIXION, and RESURRECTION?

Wait, what is going on? Where are we now? Reading the headlines I am seeing all the pain, destruction, killing and suffering inflicted on the many—and why? Am I to understand that some zealots for God (Like St. Paul did) are thinking these brothers and sisters are infidels because they are followe... (www.catholic365.com)

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