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Life
Julie Machado

Obedience to God through People (ouch!)

I experienced dramatically that I don’t know what’s best for me, only God does. And usually my plans go against His (“My thoughts are not your thoughts…” Is 55:8). So my best bet for happiness and salvation is to be obedient to God’s will, and so in an incarnate way to be obedient to His Church, and also to be obedient to those who know and love me disinterestedly and might be there to guide me.

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Julie Machado October 26, AD 2011 6 Comments

Hard-Core Prolife

Lucky me just got back from a weekend trip that took me to the sunny and swampy city of New Orleans. It was a quick

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Rachel Zamarron October 25, AD 2011 6 Comments
Life
Bob Waruszewski

Honoring Our Commitments

Some of the greatest character flaws in the millennial generation can be linked to the absence of genuine commitment. The person who commits to nothing

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Bob Waruszewski October 25, AD 2011 2 Comments

I do

Our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, we would like to humbly thank you for your prayers and spiritual support you’ve given us during this

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Andrew and Cristina October 25, AD 2011 10 Comments
Prayer
Fabiola Garza

My Life in Roses

My friend Ellie and I pray a novena once in a while and it has always been a very fruitful time for the both of

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Fabiola Garza October 25, AD 2011 4 Comments
Theater
Sarah Babbs

Good Wins

“Fairy tales do not give a child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the

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Sarah Babbs October 24, AD 2011 5 Comments
Prayer
Nicene Guy

Miracles and Nature

“A small error at the outset can lead to great errors in the final conclusion” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Being and Essence, quoting Aristotle). There has

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Nicene Guy October 24, AD 2011 1 Comment
Religion
Anna Williams

Why be Catholic?

“What does being Catholic mean to you?” That may sound like a corny question asked of high-schoolers at a church youth group… because it is,

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Anna Williams October 24, AD 2011 6 Comments
Married Life
Sr. Lisa Marie

The Beauty of Marriage

What makes a wedding timeless and beautiful, and what makes a marriage last? The Three M’s.

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Sr. Lisa Marie October 24, AD 2011 4 Comments

a good marriage

My husband, Travis, and I are going on five years – five years of wedded bliss. Of course five years of marriage doesn’t make me an

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Bonnie Engstrom October 21, AD 2011 5 Comments
Religion
Colin Gormley

Faithful to the Magisterium

A bit of confession is in order. I often find I am not as faithful to the teaching authority of the Church as I should

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Colin Gormley October 21, AD 2011 5 Comments
Life
Joseph Koss

We Don’t Belong

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide;

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Joseph Koss October 21, AD 2011 5 Comments
Dating
Elizabeth Hillgrove

Easier than you think

Today is day 183 of the romantic relationship with my beau. Six months, half an anniversary, the six-mensiversary, a nanoversary, halfaversary, something somewhat silly to

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Elizabeth Hillgrove October 20, AD 2011 10 Comments

Strangers Praying for Me

This past summer during World Youth Day, as my group explored one of the many churches in Spain, I passed by a statue of Our

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Trista Garttner October 19, AD 2011 5 Comments

Relationships = Gift

Relationships…. Or maybe I should say ‘people.’ No, that is not right either… What I wanted to talk about is our relationship with people. Man

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Rachel Zamarron October 18, AD 2011 2 Comments
Columnists
Royce Hood

Tears from Heaven: Jon Scharfenberger 1989-2011

I understand now why it has been raining. These raindrops are tears from all of the unborn children killed by abortion! I’m not sure if they are tears of sadness or joy, because surely those precious little souls must be rejoicing the opportunity to welcome home a hero!

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Royce Hood October 18, AD 2011 2 Comments
Religion
Jared Dale Combista

The Miracle That Happens

We go to Mass every Sunday to fulfill our obligation as Catholic, pre-denominational Christians. This may be something which has become a monotonous routine for

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Jared Dale Combista October 18, AD 2011 3 Comments
Sacraments
Brent Stubbs

Paris Hilton and the Liturgy

In April, on my blog I wrote a post entitled, “The Mass 101: It”s Jesus and It”s Really that Simple“, where I laid down the

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Brent Stubbs October 18, AD 2011 5 Comments

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