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For this is why I sought the Church: I wanted to know what needed to be defined, and what I was free to leave to…
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Friendships have developed with two Priests particularly, they both are apostolic at heart. Father Andrew has a vision to revive pilgrimage, a real bond of…
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I’ve made no secret of the fact that I had a difficult time growing up. It seems to re-emerge occasionally, and I hope that deeper…
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by Elijah Simmons There are those in the Christian family who have a strange ideal about the nature of the Church. They believe that Christ…
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Once there was a Father and a Daughter. When the Daughter was young, she loved her Father more than anything in the world. Compared to…
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The most difficult lesson I have ever learned is, of course, love. All humans crave love. This desire manifests in all sorts of strange ways,…
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The “name” of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down to the least…
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I have observed a euphoria flow out of their being too many times to count, even a rage at the great myth. Not just at…
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Thoughts we have seek understanding, to the reflective mind. So the Atheist makes his universal statement–God is dead. Their writings build on this supposition to…
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Noah’s poem brought to mind a real encounter I had with Abba while I was in a very vulnerable emotional state. My teenage years were…