Category: Learn & Live the Faith

Spiritual Food for Our Troops!
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Spiritual Food for Our Troops!

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by on Aug 13, 2012 in Apologetics, Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Live in Christ, On the Job, Resources
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Maybe it comes from watching too many M*A*S*H reruns where Father Mulcahy seemed to be right there whenever a soldier needed him, but I always assumed that our service men and women had easy access to a chaplain whenever they need one. I also assumed they could easily attend regular religious services. But with U.S […]

August 15th, A Day for Miracles in Detroit
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August 15th, A Day for Miracles in Detroit

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by on Aug 11, 2012 in Featured, History, MyChurchParish.com
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On Wednesday, August 15th Catholics from all over Northeastern United States and Canada will converge on one of the hidden jewels of Detroit; a 131 year old replica of the miraculous Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. In 1858, a peasant girl by the name of Bernadette of Soubirous claimed to see a […]

Right Here, Right Now
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Right Here, Right Now

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by on Aug 11, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, Marriage
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I recently read an article written by a Protestant about modern worship. The author explored all the new ways, through technology and media, to keep the members interested in the worship service. The article was about how to keep the attendees feeling like they had a good God experience, new songs, new music, new films, […]

Oak Tables and the After Life
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Oak Tables and the After Life

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by on Aug 10, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured
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I am no theologian.  I know there are probably theological treatises on what happens in the afterlife when we die. I just know there is an afterlife.  How do I know?  My grandma’s oak table. My grandmother, Iris, was Italian.  Her family immigrated to San Francisco from Genoa.  She and my grandfather, also descended from […]

Mission Territory
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Mission Territory

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by on Aug 10, 2012 in Apologetics, Columnists, Featured, The Social Order
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Will the present whiff of secularist persecution be a help toward healing what ails American Catholics as a Church? Leaving aside predictions, I’ll only say: it may. Cardinal Timothy Dolan has a flair for getting people’s attention. The Archbishop of New York did that recently by declaring the Big Apple “mission territory.” Many other bishops […]

It Was A Beautiful Service, But…
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It Was A Beautiful Service, But…

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by on Aug 08, 2012 in Apologetics, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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JI attended a Protestant church a while ago for a worship service. A friend and colleague had died, and I was there to pray for him and his family. The church was beautiful. High ceilings, with stained glass windows on the back wall of the sanctuary. A pulpit made of beautiful wood, raised high in […]

In Defense of Cardinal Dolan
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In Defense of Cardinal Dolan

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by on Aug 07, 2012 in Apologetics, Featured
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Chances are you’ve already caught wind of the firestorm that is brewing around the annual Al Smith Dinner. For those unfamiliar, the entire controversy is based largely on unverified, secondhand, claims that Cardinal Timothy Dolan has extended an invitation to attend the prestigious event as a co-keynote speaker to President Barack Obama – the most […]

Vain Repetition or Babble?
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Vain Repetition or Babble?

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by on Aug 07, 2012 in Apologetics, Featured, MyChurchParish.com
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The early teen years are a time when charming misinformation is passed on from kid to kid with the solemn, easy assurance of time-tested wisdom. “Schnauzer” is a dirty word in German. The F-word is an acronym meaning “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge” (in fact, that became a Van Halen album title towards the end of […]

Healing in the Fire: Conclusion (Part 7)
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Healing in the Fire: Conclusion (Part 7)

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by on Aug 07, 2012 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Live in Christ
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Please click for: Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part 6 In 1991, the MS forced me into medical retirement from the Canadian Civil Service. I sank into a clinical depression. Being put out to pasture at 38 years of age is not a pleasant prospect. Now, more than 28 years since my diagnosis with MS, my physical health is gone, but […]

Special Ops Sergeant on Starvation
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Special Ops Sergeant on Starvation

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by on Aug 07, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, Men, MyChurchParish.com
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In March of 2007, less than a month after I had turned twenty-two years old, I was deployed to Afghanistan with my engineer unit. I would remain in Afghanistan, with the exception of twenty day’s vacation in January of 2008, for the next fifteen months. At that point in my life my faith was quietly […]

Our Crosses Aren't Forever
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Our Crosses Aren’t Forever

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by on Aug 07, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, Women
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The other day I had some precious free time which I was going to spend working on the computer. I set up my laptop on the kitchen table, went to grab something to drink, turned around and found my older son sitting at the computer settling himself in. “What are you doing?” I asked. “Working […]

Our Lady of All Nations: Approved?
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Our Lady of All Nations: Approved?

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by on Aug 06, 2012 in Featured, Vocations
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From 1945-1959, Mrs. Ida Peerdeman of the Diocese of van Haarlem (Amsterdam) claimed to receive private revelations.  The claims became known popularly as “Our Lady of All Nations” or simply “Amsterdam.”[i] The case was examined by the local Ordinary of van Haarlem, Bishop Johannes Huibers, who decided the claims were not supernatural in origin.  His […]

The Death-Haunted Art of Friendship: Part III
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The Death-Haunted Art of Friendship: Part III

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by on Aug 05, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured, Live in Christ, Vocations
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For Part I of this series, go here; for Part II, here. When I was a little girl, like all little girls, I was interested in naming and categorizing my relationships. You could be my friend, or you could be my best friend, and those things were totally different. I also had a temporary category […]

Aristotle and Manna: God's Answer Meets Our Questions
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Aristotle and Manna: God’s Answer Meets Our Questions

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by on Aug 04, 2012 in Apologetics, Featured
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To feed the Israelites during their wandering time in the desert, the Lord caused to appear on the ground a flaky substance that tasted like pancakes with honey. At its first appearance, the people quite sensibly asked what everyone asks upon seeing something new, “What is it?”  And that very question became their name for […]

In Search for Conciliar Clarity
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In Search for Conciliar Clarity

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by on Aug 04, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured, History
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As a writer and speaker who frequently addresses topics related to the Second Vatican Council, I read with great interest Archbishop Gerhard Muller’s recent interview with Catholic News Agency (CNA) in which he was asked about the “doctrinal discussions” between the Holy See and the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). While declaring his optimism […]

Echoes of God
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Echoes of God

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by on Aug 04, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ
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(Editor’s Note: The following inspiring essay resides on the popular UK blog, eChurch Blog and is written by the site’s webmaster, Stuart James. It is reprinted below with his permission.) Many of us dream of a world filled with justice, peace, equality, harmony, beauty, tranquility, security, permanence, plenty and sometimes we may glimpse for a moment, […]

Catholic but Mentally Ill
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Catholic but Mentally Ill

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by on Aug 04, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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I have another reason to count my blessings these days: My sleep rhythms have settled down. I can consistently sleep 9 hours a night and arise refreshed in the morning. Sounds like a pretty small triumph, doesn’t it? But I remember the days not so long ago when I was sleeping twelve hours or more, […]

Culture War & The Armor of God
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Culture War & The Armor of God

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by on Jul 31, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, MyChurchParish.com
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My friend Gary Zimak recently wrote, “One of the biggest mistakes that we can make is to treat the Bible as an ordinary book. Although it may look like a book, it is so much more. When we open up the pages of Sacred Scripture, we can actually hear Jesus speaking directly to us.” It inspired […]

Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 4
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Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 4

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by on Jul 30, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ, Men
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Please read Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 1, Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 2 and Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 3. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit […]

Nothing Vain About It
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Nothing Vain About It

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by on Jul 30, 2012 in Columnists, Featured, Live in Christ, On Media
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“So basically you are a ‘vanity press,’” was the question posed to me that really sounded more like a statement of fact—and an unattractive one at that. “Well, we offer a variety of publishing services and some of those services are that authors do, indeed, pay to have their books published with us,” were the […]

Reflections for Sunday, August 5, 2012
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Reflections for Sunday, August 5, 2012

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by on Jul 30, 2012 in Catechesis, Featured, Live in Christ, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Exodus 16:2-4,12-15; Psalm 78:3-4,23-25,54; Ephesians 4:17,20-24; John 6:24-35) Spending Time with Jesus, The Bread of Life “My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.” (John 6:32) After another long day of travel­ing in the desert, you and your fellow Israelites are tired, hungry, and dis­couraged. “Is […]

The Loss of Heaven?
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The Loss of Heaven?

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by on Jul 30, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ
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“…because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell…” I was in confession a few years ago when the priest, just before the part where you’re supposed to make your Act of Contrition, advised me to recite the version with the above line in it, rather than the one that says, “because […]

Be Still My Soul (Healing in the Fire, part 6)
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Be Still My Soul (Healing in the Fire, part 6)

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by on Jul 27, 2012 in Featured, Live in Christ
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Please click for: Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5 I considered not including the first part of this posting. It’s too incredible for most people to believe and so I rarely mention it, but it’s absolutely true.  It happened. I decided to include it to illustrate God’s hand over my life. In 1982, there was a recession […]

Christian Revolution Under Constantine: 1700th Anniversary Series, Part 1
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Christian Revolution Under Constantine: 1700th Anniversary Series, Part 1

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by on Jul 25, 2012 in Featured, History, MyChurchParish.com, The Social Order
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Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 The air of centuries ago is healthful to inhale, especially when it blows balmy and pristine.  Wafting from the past, the great Christian revolution of the 4th century has the capacity to ennoble modern hearts and uplift minds that have sunk like stones into what is seen […]