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Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 18

Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 3, Chapter 18

May 28, 2013
Bekah
Book Talk, Introduction to the Devout Life

CHAPTER XVIII. On Frivolous Attachments. SUCH foolish attachments between man and woman without any matrimonial intentions as are called amourettes,–mere abortions, or rather phantoms of…

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sun rises

The Dawn that ever Rises

October 31, 2012
Steven Thomas
Exhortation

Repent, for the harvest is near!  The Kingdom is here. It is time, it is our hour to arise and shine like the sun, that…

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jesus christ

Jesus, Who is the Christ

September 28, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

Jesus went about preaching the good news of the Kingdom. And what was the good news?  That the King of the Kingdom had come among…

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Mary and Free Will

Mary and Free Will

August 22, 2012
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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The Mystery of Redemptive Pain

The Mystery of Redemptive Pain

June 26, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

My Lord and my God.  In agony, the suffering of a bloody Lord is the only remedy of a broken heart.  Often I have imagined…

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empty

My Son, My Son

June 25, 2012
Steven Thomas
Reflection

I’ve lost my first born son on the feast of St. John, The first of twelve. I think I said more expletives yesterday than I…

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mary weeping

My Tale of Conversion

May 25, 2012
Steven Thomas
Conversion Stories, Steve's Conversion

When one tells their story it’s like snap shots of key moments in life, our blog is about the beauty of Catholicism so I suppose…

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A Great Mystery

A Great Mystery

May 24, 2012
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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