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In a small midwestern town, a woman calls out for her son. When he reports to her, she hands him a freshly-baked loaf of bread and tells him to bring it to a retired priest who lives in town. He obeys his mother’s orders and brings the homemade bread to the priest. At the priest’s […]
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People think being a blogger is easy: you roll out of bed at whatever-thirty, crack open your laptop upon your pajama clad knees and hammer out whatever’s on your mind in between binge-watching BoJack and eating Nutella with a spoon. I mean, I’m not saying this isn’t accurate, but it’s far from easy. Here’s a little
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The Catholic Church has been called by saints and others as our “Mother” but why? Where did this come from? It actually came from Jesus! When Jesus was talking with his disciples in Matthew 12:46-50, Mary, his Mother, came to visit her Son. His disciples told him she was waiting outside wanting to see him.
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Saints are the super heroes of the Catholic Church, coming to the rescue with their intercessions, performing miracles, and giving their names to parishes and schools, so it can be hard to remember that they, too, were ordinary people living their lives for God. And while we might usually need to look up to someone
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There are moments in life when you need to have the perfect meme or graphic. I don’t know about you, but when I find them, I save them on my desktop. You never know what might be happening world wide or when you’ll run into a good debate that requires are great meme. Because It’s
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With Pope St. John Paul II on one side and a picture of Our Lady on the other, Jason Muzzatti took the world stage at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as goaltender for the Italian hockey team. His quiet life of faith was displayed prominently for all the world to see. And like the
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Until I picked up this book, I had no idea that the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe was laden with a code which is hidden from the average and untrained eye. But with the help of master historians and the understanding of the times and locale of Mexico City in the early 16th century,
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s love of life and passion for Christ in the faces of the poor was a contagious love. Her activism led to collaboration with many world leaders. Yet her fame did not keep her from spending time with those who were impoverished. Here are thirteen times that Mother Teresa hit epic levels
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Friendship is at the core of human relationships. Great philosophers and poets throughout the ages extol the virtues of friendship. Christ even calls us his friends. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer
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Being a Catholic parent or teacher can be daunting work. We’re entrusted with SOULS of small people and burdened with raising them to be good and faithful adults. Having the wisdom that we do from being out in the world for a while now (hehe), we know all too well the dangers and complications the
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We are all busy (or so it seems), reliably busier than we ought to be. There seems to be little time to read for inspiration. However, quality Catholic reading is necessary if we are to grow in our journey with the Lord. Mother Teresa of Calcutta was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis on
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1. A cute St. Teresa peg doll 2. This awesome t-shirt 3. Mother Teresa of Calcutta medals 4. This sweet St. Teresa plush doll 5. An excellent children’s book from Magnificat-Ignatius 6. And get THIS one from Magnificat-Ignatius, too 7. These smart little stuffed plush dolls 8.
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be, very rightly and properly, canonized a saint this weekend. She is one of the most luminous figures of our time and even a generation of people in their 20s and younger who cannot really remember her clearly intuits that, when they see her face, they are looking at the
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In just a few short days, as Blessed Mother Teresa becomes Saint Teresa all the faithful will exclaim, “Finally!” It’s not like we didn’t see this coming. During her life, Mother Teresa was often thought of as a saint among us. While there is a formal process by which an individual is ‘canonized’ it really
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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (A.D. 1895-1979), ora pro nobis! The good archbishop and modern evangelizing pro has a special place in my heart. We hail from the same diocese of Peoria, we both have a connection with CUA, and we both know the family whose boy I believe was cured through his intercession. Needless to
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s legacy is the incredible story of compassion, humility and a woman who understood how to be Christ’s hands and feet to the world. She dedicated her life to the service of the poorest of the poor in the slums of India. Here are eight quotes from her writings and interviews that
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The following is an account of a dream I had of Blessed Mother Teresa. This is in no way meant to be taken as an interpretation of anything, nor is it meant to make me look like some sort of mystic. LOL. That is a funny concept. Anyway, I just want to share a really
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Of course, every episode was good, but Mother Angelica’s opening lines were truly profound, inspiring, sometimes sobering, and often hilarious, as only Mother Angelica was able to do. 1. Living the Holy Life “Do you all know you can be holy? Did you ever think that God called you to be holy?” (originally aired September
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After perusing the latest Pew Study on why young people are leaving the active practice of Christianity, I confess that I just sighed in exasperation. I don’t doubt for a moment the sincerity of those who responded to the survey, but the reasons they offer for abandoning Christianity are just so uncompelling. That is to
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