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Take A Friend On The Journey
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Take A Friend On The Journey

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by on Jul 15, 2015 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, Men, Those in Need
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A March weekend in 2005 has affected my life as profoundly as almost any other event. Not only did my two-day experience improve the quality of my life, it probably saved my life. Numerous times. I gained a true understanding about the invaluable importance of making my spiritual journey with companions. And to think it […]

Undercover Video Catches Planned Parenthood Selling Aborted Baby Body Parts
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Undercover Video Catches Planned Parenthood Selling Aborted Baby Body Parts

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by on Jul 15, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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An undercover video released yesterday morning shows a national leader of Planned Parenthood admitting that the abortion provider uses the illegal and highly controversial partial birth abortion procedure to sell intact fetal body parts. The average asking price for fetal body parts? Between $30 and $100 per specimen. Dr. Deborah Nucatola has been senior director […]

Reining In Judicial Supremacists
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Reining In Judicial Supremacists

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by on Jul 15, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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Judicial activism occurs when judges depart from their constitutional role of interpreting law and make law from the bench. It’s a pernicious practice that undermines the democratic process, and it has been with us for a long time. American judicial history is filled with instances where judges usurped authority that did not belong to them […]

Big Win for Traditional Family at UN Human Rights Council
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Big Win for Traditional Family at UN Human Rights Council

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by on Jul 15, 2015 in Featured, Marriage, The Homosexual Agenda
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A monumental development for the pro-family movement came recently in Geneva when the Human Rights Council approved a resolution calling for countries to take concrete steps to protect the family, described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the “natural and fundamental group unit of society.” This is the second such resolution at the […]

St. Bonaventure, Cardinal, Bishop, and Doctor
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St. Bonaventure, Cardinal, Bishop, and Doctor

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by on Jul 15, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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SANCTITY and learning raised Bonaventure to the Church’s highest honors, and from a child he was the companion of Saints. Yet at heart he was ever the poor Franciscan friar, and practised and taught humility and mortification. St. Francis gave him his name; for, having miraculously cured him of a mortal sickness, he prophetically exclaimed […]

St. Henry, Emperor
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St. Henry, Emperor

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by on Jul 15, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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HENRY, Duke of Bavaria (972-1024), saw in a vision his guardian, St. Wolfgang, pointing to the words “after six.” This moved him to prepare for death, and for six years he continued to watch and pray, when, at the end of the sixth year, he found the warning verified in his election as Holy Roman […]

What Do <em>Twilight</em>, <em>Fifty Shades</em>, and Leviticus Have in Common?
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What Do Twilight, Fifty Shades, and Leviticus Have in Common?

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by on Jul 14, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Live in Christ, On Books, On TV and Movies
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Most who discuss them agree that the Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey fiction series are the same basic story line with different characters. What seems to differ among those discussing the two, however, is why they are so popular that they developed a cult following. I have a suggestion along that line: What if the wild fascination […]

Poem: "Medusa"
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Poem: “Medusa”

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by on Jul 14, 2015 in Poetry
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Medusa Medusa slain by Perseus, To gaze would turn a king to stone, Revolting head with eyes of glass The face it showed you had to own It showed the one you really were, Schemes, evasions, lies exposed, And this the horrid power of her: Severed head, the truth of those Still the mirror shows […]

St. Kateri Tekakwitha
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St. Kateri Tekakwitha

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by on Jul 14, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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Statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha on the outside of the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, near Quebec City. Born in 1656 at Ossernenon, Iroquois Confederacy. Died April 17, 1680, at Kahnawake (near Montreal) Canada. Beatified June 22, 1980, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized October 21, 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI

St. Bonaventure, Cardinal, Bishop, and Doctor
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St. Bonaventure, Cardinal, Bishop, and Doctor

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by on Jul 14, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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SANCTITY and learning raised Bonaventure to the Church’s highest honors, and from a child he was the companion of Saints. Yet at heart he was ever the poor Franciscan friar, and practised and taught humility and mortification. St. Francis gave him his name; for, having miraculously cured him of a mortal sickness, he prophetically exclaimed […]

A Conversation With My Gay Friend
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A Conversation With My Gay Friend

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by on Jul 13, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, The Homosexual Agenda
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The other day we got together with a friend of mine from high school named Andrew*, and his boyfriend, Tom. They moved out of state earlier this year, but a business trip brought him and Tom back through town recently, and we jumped at the chance to go out to dinner with them. This was […]

St. Henry, Emperor
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St. Henry, Emperor

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by on Jul 13, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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HENRY, Duke of Bavaria, saw in a vision his guardian, St. Wolfgang, pointing to the words “after six.” This moved him to prepare for death, and for six years he continued to watch and pray, when, at the end of the sixth year, he found the warning verified in his election as emperor. Thus trained […]

St. Eugenius, Bishop
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St. Eugenius, Bishop

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by on Jul 13, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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THE episcopal see of Carthage had remained vacant twenty-four years, when, in 481, Huneric permitted the Catholics on certain conditions to choose one who should fill it. The people, impatient to enjoy the comfort of a pastor, pitched upon Eugenius, a citizen of Carthage, eminent for his learning, zeal, piety, and prudence. His charities to […]

St. John Gualbert
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St. John Gualbert

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by on Jul 12, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. JOHN GUALBERT was born at Florence, A. D. 999. Following the profession of arms at that troubled period, he became involved in a blood-feud with a near relative. One Good Friday, as he was riding into Florence accompanied by armed men, he encountered his enemy in a place where neither could avoid the other. […]

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St. James, Bishop

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by on Jul 11, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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THIS eminent Saint and glorious Doctor of the Syriac Church was a native of Nisibis, in Mesopotamia. In his youth, entering the world, he trembled at the sight of its vices and the slippery path of its pleasures, and he thought it the safer part to strengthen himself in retirement, that he might afterward be […]

Amos: The Lion of God's Salvation
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Amos: The Lion of God’s Salvation

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by on Jul 10, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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The prophet hears what God proclaims ) and is called to speak in God’s name. The Twelve hear the message of Jesus and are sent forth to preach the gospel. In him we have been chosen to be full of love. The Scriptures often illustrate how God calls ordinary people and empowers them to accomplish great things. The prophet Amos […]

Just Do it!
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Just Do it!

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by on Jul 10, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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Everybody likes free gifts.  Advertisers know that a campaign will have much better results if there are free samples or a free gift with every purchase.  A friend of mine lived by this motto: when it’s free, take two. But when we receive a favor, we’re wise enough to know there has got to be […]

The Seven Brothers, Martyrs, and St. Felicitas, their Mother
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The Seven Brothers, Martyrs, and St. Felicitas, their Mother

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by on Jul 10, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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THE illustrious martyrdom of these Saints happened at Rome, under the Emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned AD 138 to 161), one of the so-called good emperors. His son, Marcus Aurelius, is likewise listed among the good emperors by secular historians, notwithstanding that he too was a persecutor of Christians. The seven brothers were the sons of […]

One Nation Under SCOTUS: Some Hildebrandian Parallels
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One Nation Under SCOTUS: Some Hildebrandian Parallels

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by on Jul 10, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, History, Law & Justice, Marriage, The Homosexual Agenda
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In response to the US Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decree on same sex marriage, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued this statement: …It is profoundly immoral and unjust for the government to declare that two people of the same sex can constitute a marriage…. Mandating marriage redefinition across the country […]

Poem: "Soon"
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Poem: “Soon”

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by on Jul 09, 2015 in Poetry
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Soon Child in your mother’s womb, She grows with you, and I, the watcher, wait. Speaking without touching, I do not see you, but you are Wondrously full of beauty. Hoping you know my voice, It is not hers, not yet all around you. For now, “I love you” in my words out here, Wanting […]

Was Jesus Really Silent on Same-Sex "Marriage"?
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Was Jesus Really Silent on Same-Sex “Marriage”?

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by on Jul 09, 2015 in Apologetics, Featured, The Homosexual Agenda
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The issue of same-sex “marriage” seems to be everywhere these days. Anyone who voices an objection to it is also, more and more frequently, accused of discrimination and labeled a “bigot.” Now, state and federal governments may very well change the age-old definition of marriage to include people of the same gender and marry two […]

Teach a Haitian Orphan to Sew and You Can Clothe Him for Life
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Teach a Haitian Orphan to Sew and You Can Clothe Him for Life

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by on Jul 09, 2015 in Featured, International Issues, The Social Order, Those in Need
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There is an old proverb that says “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Indeed, the best form of charity is to show people how to be self-reliant. It’s not the only form of charity; often immediate measures […]

St. Augustine Zhao Rong and companions.
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St. Augustine Zhao Rong and companions.

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by on Jul 09, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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The 120 martyrs honored on this day died in China between 1648 and 1930; they were canonized in Rome on Oct. 1, 2000. Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese solider ordained as a diocesan priest and martyred in 1815.  He was associated with Bishop John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Paris Foreign Mission Society) who was martyred […]

St. Thomas More
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St. Thomas More

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by on Jul 09, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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Thomas More was born in London, 1478. Upon the completion of humanistic studies at Oxford, he studied law in London and became a renowned attorney. He was for a time very seriously perturbed about his vocation in life, having felt and attraction toward both the Carthusians and Franciscans. He had no assurance of a calling […]