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Reflections for Sunday, January 11, 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, January 11, 2015

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by on Jan 07, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7; Psalm 29:1-4, 9-10 Acts 10:34-38; Mark 1:7-11) Jesus’ Baptism and Our Baptism, Our Sharing in Jesus’ Relationship with His Father You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased. (Mark 1:11) “He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at […]

Speak Out!
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Speak Out!

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by on Jan 06, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ
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There are those who can evangelize hundreds, even thousand. Radio preachers and televangelists speak to millions. Sidewalk prophets publicly and loudly tell the world the Kingdom is near or here. Still, we can choose to just live our lives quietly, privately trying our best to get to Heaven. Personal, isolated Christianity is just fine. Well, […]

Eliminating the Impoverished Does Not Eliminate Poverty
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Eliminating the Impoverished Does Not Eliminate Poverty

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by on Jan 06, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, International Issues
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On Nov. 8, 2014, Dr. R.K. Gupta set about performing tubal ligations on 80 women at a mass sterilization camp in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. He completed all the surgeries in less than six hours. Subsequently, dozens of these women fell ill and at least 13 died.[i] An investigation is ongoing but it appears that gross […]

What do Traditionalists Want?
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What do Traditionalists Want?

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by on Jan 06, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured
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Dear Kevin, Thank you for your continued work on this dialogue. It’s been a pleasure reading the comments from Catholic Lane readers. I encourage anyone with questions or concerns about anything I’ve written here to email me. As a self-described orthodox Catholic, I guarantee that any differences I may have with traditional Catholics are small […]

The Epiphany of our Lord
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The Epiphany of our Lord

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by on Jan 06, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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THE word Epiphany means “manifestation.” It has passed into general acceptance throughout the universal Church from the fact that Jesus Christ manifested to the eyes of men His divine mission on this day first of all, when a miraculous star revealed His birth to the kings of the East.  In spite of the difficulties and […]

A Look Back and a Peak Forward
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A Look Back and a Peak Forward

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by on Jan 05, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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UN radicals are rightly peeved at their lack of progress. Last year, like in the previous twenty, they did not advance their agenda on abortion even one syllable beyond what they got at the Cairo Conference in 1994. We noticed this a few years ago at the 20th anniversary of the Rio Conference on the […]

Looking to the Star of the New Evangelization
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Looking to the Star of the New Evangelization

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by on Jan 05, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured
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Stars are significant in the Christian tradition.  For example, God promised Abraham descendants more numerous than the stars of the sky (Genesis 22:17).  And yesterday a star played a prominent role in our celebration of the Epiphany when a star guided the Magi to the stable (Matthew 2:9-11).  Additionally, the Church has had a longstanding […]

Poem: "Oculus"
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Poem: “Oculus”

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by on Jan 05, 2015 in Poetry
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Oculus At the appointed hour, all other time becomes Not This. I am in the sanctuary and it is the hour of Adoration. All is dim shadow and stillness and quiet drapes around me like a monk’s cowl. A slender beam illuminates the monstrance And the Sacred Host- I swear it!- Pulses with shimmers of […]

The Journey of the Magi: Baby, You're Gonna Be a Big Star Someday
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The Journey of the Magi: Baby, You’re Gonna Be a Big Star Someday

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by on Jan 04, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, History, MyChurchParish.com, Science
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Now the shepherds were not the only ones who visited the Holy Family after Jesus was born. Stargazers from Arabia soon arrived. They stopped off at the fortress-palace of Herod the Great because they needed directions. Men are often too proud to admit when we’re lost but the stargazers swallowed their pride and entered the […]

The Epiphany
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The Epiphany

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by on Jan 04, 2015 in Saint of the Day, Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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THE word Epiphany means “manifestation.” It has passed into general acceptance throughout the universal Church from the fact that Jesus Christ manifestedto the eyes of men His divine mission on this day first of all, when a miraculous star revealed His birth to the kings of the East.  In spite of the difficulties and dangers […]

Poem: "There's a Certain Slant of Light"
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Poem: “There’s a Certain Slant of Light”

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by on Jan 03, 2015 in Poetry
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There’s a Certain Slant of Light There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal difference – Where the Meanings, are – None may teach it – Any – ‘Tis the seal Despair […]

The Most Holy Name of Jesus
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The Most Holy Name of Jesus

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by on Jan 03, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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There is something about the name Jesus Something about the name Jesus. It is the sweetest name I know Oh how I love the name Jesus, Oh how I love the name Jesus It is the sweetest name I know. Old Hymn (Chorus)  

St. Genevieve, Virgin
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St. Genevieve, Virgin

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by on Jan 03, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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GENEVIEVE was born at Nanterre, near Paris. St. Germanus, when passing through, specially noticed a little shepherdess, and predicted her future sanctity. At seven years of age she made a vow of perpetual chastity. After the death of her parents, Paris became her abode; but she often travelled on works of mercy, which, by the […]

Does the Slaughter of Innocents Bear a Witness?
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Does the Slaughter of Innocents Bear a Witness?

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by on Jan 02, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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I’ve noticed that before a colossal spiritual event in history, a slaughter of innocent children occurs. Satan seems to know something is about to happen and strikes out at the most innocent of God’s image bearers. Prior to the birth of Moses, Pharaoh ordered the mass murder of all baby boys (Exodus 1:15-22). At the time […]

Jordan Church Struggles to Accommodate Refugees, Shield Youth from Extremism
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Jordan Church Struggles to Accommodate Refugees, Shield Youth from Extremism

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by on Jan 02, 2015 in Featured, Those in Need
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For years now, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been a haven for refugees from Iraq. However, a critical limit is in view as the country is also forced to accommodate a huge, and growing, influx of refugees fleeing ongoing war and violence in Syria. Along with Lebanon, the country is threatened by chaos as […]

Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors
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Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors

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by on Jan 02, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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ST. BASIL was born in Asia Minor. Two of his brothers became bishops, and, together with his mother and sister, are honored as Saints. He studied with great success at Athens, where he formed with St. Gregory Nazianzen the most tender friendship. He then taught oratory; but dreading the honors of the world, he gave […]

St. Fulgentius, Bishop
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St. Fulgentius, Bishop

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by on Jan 02, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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IN spite of family troubles and delicate health, Fulgentius was appointed at an early age procurator of his province at Carthage. This success, however, did not satisfy his heart. Levying the taxes proved daily more distasteful, and when he was twenty-two, St. Austin’s treatise on the Psalms decided him to enter religion. After six years […]

Ask Mary to Speak to Her Son
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Ask Mary to Speak to Her Son

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by on Jan 01, 2015 in Apologetics, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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You cannot count the number of times in your life you have said these words: “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen.” Why do we do this? Why ask Mary to pray for us? Many say “No need to get the Mother involved, just […]

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
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Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

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by on Jan 01, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a liturgical feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on 1 January, the Octave Day of Christmas. In the United States this day is considered a holy day of obligation. The feast is a celebration of Mary’s motherhood of Jesus. The title “Mother of God” is a […]