Month: January 2025

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Do you know how to discern the prodding of the Holy Spirt? Does fear sometimes prevent you from approaching people you know the Lord wants you to reach out to? The life of discipleship is a constant call to go into uncomfortable places in order to help Christ rescue souls from darkness. He uses each…

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Reading 1 Hebrews 10:19-25 Brothers and sisters: Since through the Blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and since we have “a great priest over the house of God,” let us approach with a…

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Pope Francis said on his Apostolic Journey to Canada in July 2022, “I have been waiting to come here and be with you! Here, from this place associated with painful memories, I would like to begin what I consider a pilgrimage, a penitential pilgrimage. I have come to your native lands to tell you in…

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St. Bathildis was born around 626 in Anglo-Saxon England and was sold into slavery at a young age. Taken to the Frankish court, her intelligence and virtue soon earned her respect, and she eventually married King Clovis II. As queen, Bathildis used her position to enact laws against the slave trade, promote the well-being of…

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(Tyler Arnold/CNA) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to end “radical gender ideology” in the military, reversing former President Joe Biden’s directive that allowed soldiers who identify as transgender to serve in the armed forces. The Jan. … Continue reading → The post Trump signs order barring transgender-identifying soldiers from military service…

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Pregnant Cow That Broke Free on New Jersey Highway Inspires New Legislation. That was the headline on January 22, 2019, from a CBS news affiliate in New Jersey.  A cow had jumped off a truck which was ten minutes from the slaughter house.  A gushing young anchorwoman said this “daring escape” by the cow inspired…

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If only one could bottle up the “it” factor that goes into writing that best-selling novel, that multi-platinum single, the Academy Award winning film, and sell it. Countless products have been sold to the public promising just this very thing in various forms. One need not look far for books, videos, games, exercises on increasing…

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Reading I Hebrews 10:11-18 Every priest stands daily at his ministry,  offering frequently those same sacrifices  that can never take away sins. But this one offered one sacrifice for sins,  and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;  now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool. For by one offering…

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Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” Many people seem to think that the future itself is a monster worth fearing. I find this interesting because the future cannot hurt us, having no real existence outside our own … Continue reading → The post The Fear of the Future and the Wound of…

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