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A Great Mystery

A Great Mystery

November 7, 2016
Steven Thomas
Editor's Choice

A woman clothed with the sun calls forth from the ends of the earth, “Penance, penance, penance!” A fire never seen enflames the earth; the deserts…

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Your own Kind

Your own Kind

October 28, 2016
Steven Thomas
Editor's Choice

Do you recognize your own kind? To reject Mary is to reject heaven.  People think in terms of dogma or doctrine as if it were…

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Awaken

Awaken

October 16, 2016
Steven Thomas
Editor's Choice

There’s this part in Dune that I would like to take hold of as ours in faith, oh children of Abraham, “The sleeper has awakened!”…

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crucified and risen lord

He Is Risen

October 14, 2016
Brian
Editor's Choice

If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies…

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The New Ark

The New Ark

September 22, 2016
Steven Thomas
Editor's Choice

    The New Evangelism is brought about by the hosts of heaven, by the woman clothed with the sun, by the blood of the…

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Mary and Free Will

Mary and Free Will

September 16, 2016
Bekah
Editor's Choice

The debate in favor of the sinlessness of Mary has ranged in degrees from befitting the Mother of the Lord to a necessity for our redemption. In meditating on this truth this morning, I tend toward the latter end of the spectrum, but either way the truth of this mystery follows logically from what is revealed of God. The key to the mystery is the free exercise of Mary’s will.

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Jesus' wounds

Precious Wounds

July 26, 2016
Brian
Editor's Choice

“Come to My Wounds with hearts burning with love, and make the aspirations with great fervor that you may obtain the graces and favors you…

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Isaiah 49

Isaiah 49

May 14, 2013
Steven Thomas
Reflection

Update:   I am not an author but a man on fire with the Holy Spirit and the immaculate heart of Mary. Most of what…

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A Tale of Oppression and Redemption

A Tale of Oppression and Redemption

September 8, 2012
Bekah
Personal Experience

Once upon a time, there was a boy.  He was a young boy, barely into the double digits.  But he did a horrible thing and…

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Catholic Quote of the Day - August 11, 2012

Catholic Quote of the Day – August 11, 2012

August 11, 2012
Bekah
Byzantine Liturgy, Catholic Quote of the Day

I am bowed down with many temptations and evil deeds, and with soul and body I bow down to thee O pure one, and ceaselessly…

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