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Front Row With Francis: The Nature of the Church

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by on Jun 20, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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After concluding his talks on the gifts of the Spirit, Pope Francis now takes up the subject of the Church, its identity and mission. He began by warmly welcoming everyone as his brothers and sisters. This was a fitting greeting since his address emphasized God’s desire to form a family of people through Fatherly love. […]

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Front Row With Francis: Fear of the Lord

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by on Jun 13, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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In Pope Francis’ general audience this past Wednesday he explains beautifully what Fear of God means. This particular Gift of the Holy Spirit can be taken the wrong way by many people. It can be taken as a literal fear, of something that could ultimately hurt us in some way. Our Pope knows this and […]

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Front Row With Francis: The Gift of Piety

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by on Jun 06, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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Service to God means to submit to Gods will for you at all times. That sounds easy enough you may be thinking, but is it?  As a mother of seven children fulfilling Gods will is hard work and it is made more difficult if I am lacking the Gift of Piety. What does piety mean […]

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Front Row With Francis: The Path to Unity

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by on May 30, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.” (John 17:20-21) Pope Francis […]

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Front Row With Francis: The Gift of Knowledge

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by on May 23, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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In the May 21, 2014, Wednesday Audience on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, (this week focusing on The Gift of Knowledge), Pope Francis spoke several times about various gifts God offers us. First, let us examine the idea of gift.  Each of us has experienced physically receiving a gift especially on a special occasion […]

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Front Row With Francis: The Gift of Fortitude

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by on May 16, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.” –GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy Continuing his Catechesis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis used this week’s lesson to discuss the gift of fortitude. When we consider the Gifts of the Spirit, […]

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Front Row With Francis: The Gift of Counsel

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by on May 09, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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Pope Francis continues his catechesis at the General Audience  Wednesday morning in Saint Peter’s Square on gifts of the Holy Spirit. After having examined wisdom and understanding the last two weeks, this week he discusses the often misunderstood gift of counsel. The pope reminds us that “we must make room for the Spirit, so that […]

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Front Row With Francis: The Gift of Understanding

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by on May 02, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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Pope Francis continues his catechesis this week on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. After having examined wisdom as the first of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. This week he draws attention to the second gift, the gift of understanding. He goes on to say that:” Born of our sharing in God’s life […]

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Front Row With Francis: Seeking the Living Among the Dead

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by on Apr 25, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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In Pope Francis’ General Audience on Wednesday April 24th, he greets everyone with Easter Joy. Pope Francis challenges the crowd with the question the angel asked the women who went to Jesus’ tomb; “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” This question is definitely a challenging question for many because it is something […]

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Front Row With Francis: In Our Suffering, God Humbles and Exalts

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by on Apr 18, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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We like happy endings, don’t we? We always want the underdog to win, and sometimes, we can get carried away with it – and hope the story ends the way it should. That’s easier. There’s no lingering dissonance to resolve. Pressing the pause button on his catechesis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Pope […]

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Front Row With Francis: What is Wisdom?

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by on Apr 11, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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Continuing with his back to basics approach to catechesis, the Holy Father used this week’s general audience to begin a new series of reflections, this time on the gifts of the Spirit. When you ask people what the gifts of the Spirit are, you frequently hear such things as speaking in tongues, prophesy, healing, etc. […]

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Front Row With Francis: Love, Marriage, and Broken Dishes

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by on Apr 04, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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In Wednesday’s general audience, the Holy Father wraps up his series on the sacraments by covering that of Holy Matrimony.  It is fitting he saved the sacrament for last, because in the end, matrimony is what we are all called to.  Even if we choose the religious life, we are called to nuptial union with […]

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Front Row With Francis: Holy Orders

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by on Mar 29, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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The call to the priesthood is “the desire to serve others in the things that come from God,” Pope Francis told 50,000 gathered in a rainy St. Peter’s Square for his General Audience on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.  A priestly vocation is “the wish to spend your whole life in service to catechize, baptize, forgive, […]

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Front Row With Francis: Fatherhood

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by on Mar 21, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith
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Pope Francis reflected on the meaning of fatherhood during his weekly General Audience held on the Feast of St. Joseph—the Foster Father of the Lord.  The Pope asked all the ‘daddies’ in the crowd estimated at 60,000 to raise their hands and then he shared his special wish for fathers and their children: “Be for […]

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Front Row With Francis: The Date of Your Baptism

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by on Mar 15, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Live in Christ
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At his first General Audience of 2014, Pope Francis gave the faithful in attendance a homework assignment.  “Who among you knows the date of your Baptism, raise your hands,” asked the Pontiff.  Then came the project: “Today, at home, go look, ask about the date of your Baptism and that way you will keep in […]

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Front Row With Francis: February 19, 2014

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by on Feb 21, 2014 in Catechesis, Featured, MyChurchParish.com, The Shepherd's Voice
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“Be courageous, and go to confession,” was the message Pope Francis delivered at his Weekly General Audience on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.  This was the seventh General Audience of the year, part of a cycle of weekly talks dedicated to the Church’s Sacraments. In his straightforward way, Francis called on those present to silently ask […]