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Tribulation is a gift from God – one that he especially gives His special friends. -St. Thomas More
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A baptism of desire, the redeeming power of God, a twenty year old young man, so the story goes. It is my story of amazing…
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The members of this blog have been brought together to illuminate the true, the good, the mystery and the beauty of the Catholic Church. We…
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The Church is the deposit of faith, in which all the riches of truth regarding faith and practice are to be had; all we must…
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The body is wounded. Broken for our transgressions. Presented for our healing. And divided again by our iniquities. A voice cries out in the wilderness:…
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Guest post by Owen Swain. When I visit you say so little sometimes nothing at all nothing I can discern At first this silence comforts…