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It's Nice to be Liked

It’s Nice to be Liked

July 12, 2012
Bekah
Note

One of our reader’s, Joe at Catholic Diatribes, has gifted us two awards for our blog: I suppose I should restate the rules for those…

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Idolatry, Apostasy, or Farce

Idolatry, Apostasy, or Farce

July 12, 2012
Steven Thomas
Editor's Choice

No blinders.  No closing of the eyes.  Let us look straight into reality and draw our conclusion. Church history is no prettier than the average…

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Catholic Quote of the Day - July 12, 2012

Catholic Quote of the Day – July 12, 2012

July 12, 2012
Bekah
Catholic Quote of the Day, John XXIII, Pope

The thought of the presence of God and the spirit of worship will in all my actions have as their immediate object Jesus, God and…

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Veneration and Adoration

Veneration and Adoration

July 12, 2012
Steven Thomas
Apologetics

Veneration has to do with respect and honor, while adoration belongs to the God we worship in love.  All of us show veneration to persons…

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Catholic Quote of the Day - July 11, 2012

Catholic Quote of the Day – July 11, 2012

July 11, 2012
Bekah
Catholic Quote of the Day, Teresa of Avila, Saint

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows…

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Self-Conceit, what lies Behind

Self-Conceit, what lies Behind

July 11, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

The mother of all blindness, a vice born in hell that we humans find all too natural–this terrible monster has been found in the intellectual…

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What I Saw

What I Saw

July 10, 2012
Steven Thomas
Personal Experience

Union and communion swallowed up by love sustains the universe that is the presence of God himself–eternal interchange of persons.  Once I was walking home…

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People of the Presence

People of the Presence

July 10, 2012
Steven Thomas
Exhortation

To learn Christ, is the beginning and end of all man.  Christ is the first and the last revelation encompassing all thoughts, actions, the height…

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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 1, Chapter 17

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 1, Chapter 17

July 10, 2012
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER XVII. NINTH MEDITATION. On the Choice upon to you between Heaven and Hell. Preparation. 1. PLACE yourself in the Presence of God.2. Humble yourself…

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Dumb and Dumber

Dumb and Dumber

July 8, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

Look out!  Mary loves you.  Run for cover; she might destroy us with her merciful heart.  Perhaps she will take us down with her prayers….

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