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The 10 Commandments and the Cleansing of the Temple
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The 10 Commandments and the Cleansing of the Temple

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by on Mar 06, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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When it started, all was fresh and new.  An unnamed but mighty God freed a motley crew of slaves and offered them a new way of life in a new land.  Most importantly, he offered them a privileged and exclusive relationship with Himself. In the ancient world, most nations worshipped their own god and believed […]

Birth Control and the Abortion Backup
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Birth Control and the Abortion Backup

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by on Mar 05, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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We no longer drink diet soda, eat a growing variety of sweets or chew gum because of artificial sweeteners. My husband switched us to tooth polish without fluoride and soap without antibacterial agents. Our eggs come free-ranged and our produce organic. Attending home school functions nowadays, we have to be mindful of gluten, nuts and […]

WHO Researchers Urge Cheaper Abortion Above Safety
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WHO Researchers Urge Cheaper Abortion Above Safety

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by on Mar 05, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Health & Fitness
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As part of an ongoing effort to maximize the international availability of abortion, researchers collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) released a study arguing that clinical follow-up after a chemical abortion is unnecessary, and that foregoing it could “save resources.” “This study was done in accordance with the WHO safe abortion guidance, which recommends […]

God or Government?
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God or Government?

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by on Mar 05, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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By now, most people have heard something about Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s order defying a federal ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Alabama. It didn’t take long for the Left’s culture warriors to issue sanctimonious condemnations of the judge’s order: “This is a pathetic, last-ditch attempt at judicial fiat by an Alabama Supreme Court justice—a man who […]

Overreaching in Plain English
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Overreaching in Plain English

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by on Mar 05, 2015 in Featured, Humor
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Get this: The federal government is trying to explain things to citizens in plain English. In 2010, you see, President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act into law. It requires that all federal agencies use “clear government communication that the public can understand and use.” In 2011, Obama took the plain-language initiative a step further. […]

Silence on Three-Parent Embryos is Deafening
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Silence on Three-Parent Embryos is Deafening

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Featured, Reproductive Technology
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I will be honest. I am tired. I am angry. I am frustrated. This is likely an uncharacteristically emotional post because, after nearly a decade of writing about biotechnology, I am uncharacteristically horrified. The UK has officially approved the creation of embryos with three genetic parents, and babies created with this technique are likely to […]

Reflections for Sunday, March 8th, 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, March 8th, 2015

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion 1st Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 Responsorial: Psalm 19:8-11 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:22-254 Gospel: John 2:13-25 Lent, A Time to Allow the Lord to Cleanse Us as His Temple Zeal for your house will consume me. (John 2:17) If you remember just one thing from today’s Gospel, remember […]

Detail from Fourth Page of Lincoln's Manuscript
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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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The One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary

Christians in a Dying Western Christian Civilization
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Christians in a Dying Western Christian Civilization

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by on Mar 03, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Live in Christ
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“Having turned away from the knowledge given by God, the Christian influence on the whole of culture has been lost. In Europe, including England, it took many years ? in the United States only a few decades. In the United States, in the short span from the twenties to the sixties, we have seen a […]

A Way Everyone Should Pray
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A Way Everyone Should Pray

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by on Mar 03, 2015 in Evangelization, Featured
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Every once in a while, I catch a glimpse of what Jesus felt at times. For instance, I can understand a little of what he must have been thinking when his disciples asked: “Lord, teach us to pray.” He could have responded with amazement: “How can you not know how to pray? I have been […]

A Spoken Word Poem by Fr. Pontifex
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A Spoken Word Poem by Fr. Pontifex

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by on Mar 01, 2015 in Church Street, Featured, Poetry
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Why I Love Religion, And Love Jesus

The Sacrifice of Isaac
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The Sacrifice of Isaac

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by on Feb 28, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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Everyone knows that Lent is about sacrifice.  So it’s fitting that the first reading in the second Sunday of Lent recalls one of the most famous sacrifices of all time. Here’s the background.  Abraham really only desires one thing–a son who will lead to descendants as numerous as the stars of the sky.   The only […]

Fire on the Mountain: The Transformation of Peter
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Fire on the Mountain: The Transformation of Peter

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by on Feb 27, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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Lightning struck. Thunder clapped. The disciples of Jesus—Peter, James, and John—buried their heads in their arms. What is happening? What is Jesus up to now? Another manifestation of the Spirit. We already know that Jesus is God and on this night another affirmation. How could we forget? Throughout their three-year ministry with Jesus the Lord […]

Documentary on the Shroud Airs Sunday
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Documentary on the Shroud Airs Sunday

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by on Feb 27, 2015 in Featured, History, On Media
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All four gospels mention the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. The Shroud of Turin is believed by many to be that burial cloth. It is etched with the image of a man that was scourged, crowned with thorns, crucified, and lanced in the side. If it is real, it provides archeological evidence of the most […]

ISIS Said to Have Begun Executing Captured Syrian Christians
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ISIS Said to Have Begun Executing Captured Syrian Christians

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by on Feb 27, 2015 in Featured, International Issues, Those in Need
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By John Newton In a fast-developing, highly fluid story, there are now reports that ISIS has started killing hostages seized after it captures Assyrian Christian villages in Syria’s Hassake governorate—reportedly 15 kidnapped Christians may already be dead. In a message sent to Aid to the Church in Need Feb. 26, 2015, Iraq-based Archimandrite Emanuel Youkhana […]

Decreasing the Surplus Population
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Decreasing the Surplus Population

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by on Feb 26, 2015 in Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
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The Dutch are killing themselves more than ever, but they feel OK about it. In the latest Newsweek cover story, Winston Ross pens a fairly balanced report on the current facts and rhetoric on euthanasia, both in the Netherlands and the rest of the world.  The facts reported in the piece are startling: In 2013, […]

Archbishop Oscar Romero
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Archbishop Romero and Me

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by on Feb 26, 2015 in Featured, Live in Christ
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I barely met Archbishop Oscar Romero. As in the old Ben-Hur movies, where the heroes have a chance encounter with Jesus Christ in a melodramatic scene that has little to do with the plot of the movie, I brushed up against Monseñor in brief and transient episodes in my childhood. But someday, if God permits me, […]

Birth Control: Ignorance Pays Their Salary
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Birth Control: Ignorance Pays Their Salary

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by on Feb 26, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Cramming the pillow I’d brought from home a little more to my left, I attempted to placate the cramp that was forming in my back. After years of slumbering on a waterbed, this rock hard hospital bed felt like a torture rack. There I was trying to create a bit of comfort and counting down […]

Knock, and the Door Will Be Opened for You
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Knock, and the Door Will Be Opened for You

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by on Feb 26, 2015 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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If you’ve ever experienced the power of a novena, you can truly understand these words of Jesus told by St. Matthew in today’s Gospel . Novenas are often discovered out of despair, when your own attempts for a solution have failed. You discover one that fits your situation and you start praying like mad, knowing there […]

The FCC versus Internet Freedom
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The FCC versus Internet Freedom

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by on Feb 25, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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It’s time to move beyond giving indignant speeches.

Lent With Mary
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Lent With Mary

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by on Feb 25, 2015 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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During Lent, we generally think about Jesus’ suffering and death. However, how often do we think about the suffering of his mother, Mary? A few days ago I stopped by the adoration chapel to ask Jesus what he wanted of me this Lent. The answer came back clearly: suffer and pray alongside the one who […]

On Brother Paul O’Donnell’s Death and ‘Being There’
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On Brother Paul O’Donnell’s Death and ‘Being There’

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by on Feb 25, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com, Those in Need
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As news of the untimely death of Brother Paul O’Donnell spreads, there will be many remembrances by those who knew him well. Perhaps none more than Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo. Brother Paul distinguished himself, and the Church, by being the constant companion and supporter of the Schindler family as their severely brain damaged daughter, Terri, […]

Reflections for Sunday, March 1, 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, March 1, 2015

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by on Feb 25, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Second Sunday of Lent Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion 1st Reading: Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18 2nd Reading: Romans 8:31-34 Responsorial: Psalm 116:10,15-19 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 Lent, A Time to Experience the Transforming Power of Christ He was transfigured before them. (Mark 9:2) Have you ever wondered why Jesus was transfigured? He never announced it. […]

How to Make Heaven Rejoice
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How to Make Heaven Rejoice

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by on Feb 24, 2015 in Catechesis, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ
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The silence truly had been golden. I hadn’t heard or spoken many words for a couple of days — save for at the Liturgy of the Hours in the chapel. The immersion in the silence had been one of the most special, holiest gifts I could receive. That had been one of the overriding reasons […]