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We can all learn bit more about purgatory. Far from being the much-maligned second-chance hell or hell-lite that critics make it out to be, purgatory actually well reflects the beauty of the Church’s teaching. Here are 10 things about purgatory that may surprise you: 1. The Fathers taught it Purgatory is usually associated with medieval […]
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Taylor Swift is one of the best musical/lyrical storytellers of this modern age and she’s notorious for writing breakup songs. While listening, it occurred to me that some of her lyrics sound similar to Bible verses (not that they were inspired by Bible verses; I’m pretty sure they weren’t!). So here are 6 Taylor Swift
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With the hit talent show “*America’s Got Talent” franchise created by Simon Cowell going strong, we at epicPew would like to propose a new show for the franchise, Vatican’s got GOD Talent! So, let’s set the scene…the audience is quietly talking, when the lights begin to dim. The stage is lit with each of the judges
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This post begins a series addressing arguments against papal infallibility. The first of them is fairly easy to refute, but it is worth mentioning because of how common it is. The argument goes like this: “The pope is a sinner, like everyone else, and so therefore can hardly claim to be infallible.” Now, you will
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Bishop Wester demonstrates “The Claw” from movie Liar, Liar During Homily Cardinal Ravasi Dares Cardinal Versaldi to Eat Own Hand Cardinal Sarah Falls Asleep Standing Up at National Prayer Breakfast, Open Mouth Snores Cardinal Falls Asleep During Papal Homily, ‘Friends’ Move Him in Front of Communion Rail So Pope Sees
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1. You gon learn today https://www.tumblr.com/catholicmemes/82699226880/person-so-why-are-you-catholic-me-cracks 2. Ssssso wasssssted https://www.tumblr.com/otherfunnystuff/113745252979/go-home-snakes 3. I would be 1000% more into Church history if it was all presented in video game memes https://www.tumblr.com/heckyeahorderofpreachers/61594777277 4. lolsob https://www.tumblr.com/cometojoseph/139620519788/%E3%83%84 5. Brutal, bruh https://www.tumblr.com/hislittleflower-throughconcrete/50587641456 6. -sips tea- https://by-grace-of-god.tumblr.com/post/64542854778/courtesy-of-matt-fradd/embed 7. Night Tumblr needs Jesus https://runofthemillsocialist.tumblr.com/post/128811434833/me-especially-those-most-in-need-of-your/embed 8. Only
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Did you click for the puppies or for Simcha? Be honest. Simcha Fisher is a phenomenal writer. With her natural love for telling others about the trials and triumphs of daily life as a Catholic, to her fecund ability to make us spit out our food while wondering how her mind comes up with what
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Particularly inspiring in this Year of Mercy, here is an extraordinary letter written by a young nun, Sister Lucy Vertrusc, to her mother superior. Sister Vertrusc became pregnant after she was raped in 1995 during the war in the former Yugoslavia. The letter appeared in an Italian newspaper at the behest of her Mother Superior.
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Mark Shea is a blogger, book author, Catholic speaker and a self-proclaimed ‘double jump convert’ – first from an agnostic pagan to non-denominational Evangelical, and then to the Catholic Church. Many of us were converted from his wonderful apologetics work from Ignatius Press, By What Authority: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition. Mark Shea
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In August of 2016, both The Washington Post and Business Insider chronicled the financial success of Rob and Sam Fatzinger, a dynamic husband and wife team, and how they have managed to raise their thirteen children debt-free in one of the most expensive regions in the United States. These two articles are very worthwhile, both
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Catholics sometimes have the ignoble distinction of not being sufficiently familiar with the Bible, or as familiar as we ought to be. That is unfortunate, in either appearance or actuality, particularly considering that the Catholic Church provided all twenty-seven books of the canon of the New Testament, not to mention going on two-thousand years of
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I’ve been a writer and scribbler since forever. In high school, I wrote a column for the school paper called “Teetering on the Brink”. Later, I was an English major and cranked out papers like there was no tomorrow. After that, I became a Catholic and the Holy Spirit, like, instantly started driving me to
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If you haven’t seen it by now, there’s a great Nike commercial going around featuring Madonna Buder, nicknamed the “Iron Nun”. Check it out: In typical Nike fashion, the video is well executed and inspirational, but I love that it features an athlete that isn’t one of the typical, beautiful, young, we-already-know-how-good-they-are, Nike athletes. No,
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A re-make of the 1959 classic, Ben-Hur tells the epic tale of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a wealthy Jew, and his adopted brother Messala Severus (Toby Kebbell), a Roman. Eight years prior to the Crucifixion of Jesus, the latter brother, feeling he needs to prove himself, leaves their home in Jerusalem and joins the Roman
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The title of this post should read more like the beginning of a corny joke. Three Catholic men and a Protestant cowboy go camping… This last weekend, me and 3 good friends ventured out into the wilderness for some good old fashion wife & kid-free fun. My wife is a pro-life advocate and public speaker.
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We don’t have any written record of anything the St. Joseph said. Sure, there have been visions of St. Joseph to certain seers over the past few millennia, but those are private revelations and the faithful do not have to believe them. I like to think that Joe was a pretty normal guy, set apart
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In Luke 1, Gabriel told Mary to call her son Jesus, which means “God saves”. Throughout the Bible, we are also told of Jesus’ many other names, along with their meanings. Here are a few. 1. The Word John 1 gives us this profound name of Jesus. John explains that from the beginning of
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Pope St. John Paul II knew what he was about when he said that the Church must “breathe with both lungs”, those “lungs” being the Eastern Rites and Roman Rites (y’all have more than one too, y’know). The Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church are in full communion with Rome, but our liturgical and theological
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After encouragement from a friend and a conversation with the local prison chaplain, I signed up to help with a Residents Encounter Christ (REC) retreat. Created by Bishop Paul Dudley, the REC program is based on TEC retreats and has been serving the spiritual needs of the prison inmates incarcerated in eastern South Dakota since
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