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What does it mean that our heavenly Father knows how to give good gifts? It is a question I have pondered, well I guess complained…
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(Taps the mic) Anybody out there? I’ve seen our stats, and we still get a measly 60-some hits a week. Jesus reached the world with 72,…
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Advent has become one of my favorite Liturgical seasons. After months of Ordinary Time, we change directions and start looking ahead. Our focus becomes preparation,…
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CHAPTER XXV. On Modesty in Dress. S. PAUL expresses his desire that all Christian women should wear “modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety;” [125] –and…
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{Blowing the dust off the blog…} The long-time mantra of the pro-choice movement is to make every child a wanted child. It’s hard to argue…
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OK, friends recently I had an interchange with a friend that took the wind right out of my sails. He had driven a wedge in…
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Why does the Protestant family always have such strong opinions of Catholic practices, and without missing a beat they never fail to let me know…
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Well, when I come against a genealogy in the biblical text I’m going to try to push through with a reflection, if at all possible….
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What is it like to live in a big family? What do the kids think? How normal can they be, when their parents make such…