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OK, everyone, why all the pain, tragedy after tragedy, disappointment after disappointment? Why do so many lives sound like a country song? I’ve shared my…
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How to pray? This is a simple matter. I would say: Pray any way you like, so long as you do pray.–Pope John Paul II
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One of the deep treasures of the Catholic Church is the heritage of prayers that have been handed down from those who have gone before…
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading 1 Kgs 19:4-8 [4] And he went forward, one day’s journey into the desert. And when he was…