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An American Antidote for Belgium Euthanizing Children
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An American Antidote for Belgium Euthanizing Children

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by on Feb 14, 2014 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
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News today that Belgium has approved euthanasia for any age. From BBC: Parliament in Belgium has passed a bill allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children without any age limit, by 86 votes to 44, with 12 abstentions. When, as expected, the bill is signed by the king, Belgium will become the first country in the […]

Shirley Temple
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Shirley Temple’s America

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by on Feb 13, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, On Media, On TV and Movies
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Her movies reflected what was good and decent in this country.

Why We Long For Love and How to Glorify God in Your Singleness, Part I
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Why We Long For Love and How to Glorify God in Your Singleness, Part I

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by on Feb 13, 2014 in Dating & Singles, Featured
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Question: A question that has been bugging me lately: Why are we women so in a rush to get married? I’m a 26 year old medical student and I’ll be graduating at age 30. I was dating this guy…but sadly we had to separate. The event devastated me and I started to seek God more, and trust […]

Prelude to a Persecution?
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Prelude to a Persecution?

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by on Feb 13, 2014 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Live in Christ, The Homosexual Agenda
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Last Wednesday morning the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published its Concluding Observations concerning the Catholic Church’s treatment of children. In this widely-denounced document (see HLI’s statement here), the Committee chastises the Church for supposedly ignoring or refusing the rights of children. It called for the Church to amend Canon Law, […]

New Years Resolution
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How’s That New Year’s Resolution Working Out?

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by on Feb 13, 2014 in Featured, Health & Fitness, Tips, Tools, Tech
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Colleen Scariano also contributed to this article. January is the month of new year’s resolutions. It’s a month that sees new gym memberships surge and bad habits wane (hopefully)! What’s really interesting, however, is how ‘resolved’ folks are come next month. Will your life remain changed next month? Will you still be a new person? […]

Coming Out of Our Caves
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Coming Out of Our Caves

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by on Feb 13, 2014 in Evangelization, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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When I speak with someone who is curious about the faith, I realize my revelations about the spiritual life in the Mystical Body of Christ are completely foreign. I might as well be a fantasy character explaining life in an alternate reality outside of their own personal cave. The worst possible fate for me would […]

<em>Her</em>: A Cautionary Tale
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Her: A Cautionary Tale

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by on Feb 12, 2014 in Featured, On TV and Movies, Tips, Tools, Tech
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Spike Jonze’s film Her, currently out in theaters and an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, is a cautionary tale of the future that awaits us if we continue to hail technology as our savior. Set in the not too distant Los Angeles, Tom Twombly (masterfully portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix) is reeling from a failed […]

Winter Games in a Wintering Nation
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Winter Games in a Wintering Nation

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by on Feb 12, 2014 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, International Issues
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Reports of terrorist threats, human rights abuses, and general economic incompetency have already marred the opening of the 2014 winter Olympics. These failings in Russia represent the face of the greatest myth propagated this past half-century: that low-fertility creates a successful society. Population controllers lure countries into population control programs with the promise of nice […]

Reflections for Sunday, February 16, 2014
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Reflections for Sunday, February 16, 2014

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by on Feb 12, 2014 in Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection and Group Discussion (Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119:1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37) The Paradox of the Cross What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard … (1 Corinthians 2:9)  The cross of Christ was the last thing anyone expected. The Messiah was supposed to come in triumph and […]

Abraham Lincoln on the Bible
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Abraham Lincoln on the Bible

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by on Feb 12, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Law & Justice
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Not an atheist, he.

Bishop Urges Prayer Before Final Vote on Quebec’s Euthanasia Bill
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Bishop Urges Prayer Before Final Vote on Quebec’s Euthanasia Bill

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by on Feb 11, 2014 in Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
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“Causing the death of an innocent human being is causing the death of our own self,” said Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine in a strongly worded statement yesterday against Bill 52, legislation aiming to legalize euthanasia that is expected to face a final vote this week. Lépine, known for his uncompromising support for life and family […]

Loving God When Our Children Suffer
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Loving God When Our Children Suffer

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by on Feb 11, 2014 in Featured, Parenting
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When we mothers see our children suffering, the slip off the cliffs of despair can be easy. When Pope Francis tells us, “Let us never lose trust in the patience and mercy of God” (April 7, 2013), the trust doesn’t exactly overflow. Mercy would be nice, Lord; how about a cure please. But we are commanded […]

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Skewed Numbers Equal More Dead Babies

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by on Feb 11, 2014 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Studies show that, in recent times, there has allegedly been a decrease in the number of abortions. Last week theGuttmacher Institute—the research arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America—reported that “the national abortion rate declined to 16.9 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 in 2011. Between 2008-2011, the abortion rate fell 13 percent, resuming a long-term downward […]

The Love Songs of The Beatles
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The Love Songs of The Beatles

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by on Feb 11, 2014 in Featured, Music
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It’s been 50 years since the Beatles first landed in America and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.  I’m a pretty avid Beatles fan, and like following the continued legacy of the band.  My favorite aspect of the Beatles is the songwriting team of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The Beatles were a phenomenon many […]

Critiquing Moderation: Does Centrism Befit Our Times?
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Critiquing Moderation: Does Centrism Befit Our Times?

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by on Feb 11, 2014 in Featured, Government & Politics, History, The Social Order
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The postmodern revolution has been transmutating America since JFK’s assassination, with cultural precursors dating back to the Korean War or earlier.  Our responsibilities as Americans oblige us to respond.  As stewards invested with some power of citizenship, a civic response to the Gospel is among our religious duties as Christians. In the process of responding […]

How Shepherds Smell Like Their Sheep
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How Shepherds Smell Like Their Sheep

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by on Feb 10, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, MyChurchParish.com
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One of the phrases people quote about Pope Francis is his exhortation that “shepherds must smell like their sheep.”  If you ask ten people what this means, you will likely get ten different answers.  Nobody can agree upon what it means, but everyone can agree it is something important.  I believe that as always, the […]

Politics and Pulpit: "Uninhibited, Robust and Wide-Open!" Part One
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Politics and Pulpit: “Uninhibited, Robust and Wide-Open!” Part One

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by on Feb 10, 2014 in Columnists, Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Law & Justice, Leadership
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It’s an election year, and it’s time to open our mouths, in the Church, about politics, candidates, and the right to life. Our fight for our unborn brothers and sisters is a fight for freedom and against tyranny; for people and against oppressive governments. Our Founding Fathers fought this fight, and so must we, with […]

We are the Light of the World
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We are the Light of the World

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by on Feb 08, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Sunday Reflections
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FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME  “Jesus is the greatest treasure in the universe.  Jesus is better than anything—even the Super Bowl.  If you have Jesus, it’s still awesome, whether you win or lose.” In a recent television interview, Rocky Seto, a coach for the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL champions of Super Bowl 48, expressed his […]

You are the Salt of the Earth
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You are the Salt of the Earth

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by on Feb 08, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Sunday Reflections
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As a Catholic teen growing up in one of the most Catholic areas of the US, I never would have considered abandoning my faith. But neither would I ever have considered getting excited about it. Why should I? Nobody else in my parish seemed excited. The teens in the parish went wild at the rock […]

Patron of Compulsive Shopping Disorders
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Patron of Compulsive Shopping Disorders

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by on Feb 08, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ, Personal Finance, Tips, Tools, Tech
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As a cradle Catholic, I’ve had the privilege of learning about and praying for the intercession of many saints for all my life.   Lose my keys again?  Calling on Saint Anthony.  Test coming up?  St. Joseph of Cupertino to the rescue. Pregnancy issues?  Alternate between St. Gerard Magella and St. Raymond Nonatus. Husband unemployed?  […]

The Great Family of the Heavy-Hearted
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The Great Family of the Heavy-Hearted

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by on Feb 07, 2014 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Live in Christ
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I read about a young man paralyzed in a freak accident. The story gave a glimpse of his grief and sorrow. It’s been just a year since his accident. The terrible prospect of permanent disability is beginning to sink in and it’s breaking his heart. He told the reporter, “It’s really, really hard.” And so […]

Fathers Needed
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Fathers Needed

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by on Feb 07, 2014 in Featured, Men, Parenting
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Fatherhood is likely to be a central part of the discussion when the world’s bishops gather at the Vatican this October. Pope Francis has called an extraordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops to consider the “Pastoral challenges for the family in the context of evangelization.” He also has asked bishops to meet in 2015 […]

I'm In The Olympics
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I’m In The Olympics

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by on Feb 07, 2014 in Featured, Live in Christ
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Of course I’m not, really.  I’m probably one of the least athletic people I know.  But I love the Olympics, in a love-hate kind of way.  The hate part isn’t really “hate,” but I do end up feeling like there is a risk of an over-emphasis on one’s body, and that the soul can be […]