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by bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | catholic priests, Father, News, Practicing Catholic, Spiritual Fathers | 0 |
Father Michael Skluzacek said he grew up in a family that “loved priests” and often invited them to their home, including the parish priest and his two uncles. When the parish priest came for dinner, the adults often followed that by playing poker. And the priest would smoke cigars.
Read MoreENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffe…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 4, 2022 | Catholic, Father, Into the Deep, Knowing the Faith, News, priesthood | 0 |
“Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven” (Matthew 23:9).
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by bcadmin | Jul 15, 2022 | Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Jesus Prayer, News, Prayer, Saint Augustine, Son, The Dispatch | 0 |
Many Catholics find themselves bewildered at the tidal wave of bad news they seem to encounter on a weekly basis. Tidal waves of prayer and the intense pursuit of holiness are needed to meet the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 24, 2022 | 2022, appearance upper room, cenacle, Columns, Divine Mercy Sunday, Father, Fr. Paul D. Scalia's "Peace Wounds and Breath", Genesis breath of life, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, News, Resurrection of Jesus Christ, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
Place yourself with the Apostles in the Upper Room. Consider the emotions present in each heart. These men are in…
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Between the Sundays, Father, News | 0 |
Some weeks, the connection between the Sunday Mass readings is obvious. Perhaps the Old Testament reading is a clear foreshadowing or example of typology for the Gospel reading. Or all the readings point to a common theme, like the importance of …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 13, 2021 | 2021, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Daily Conclave Report, David G. Bonagura Jr., Father, God, Jesus Christ, New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old is revealed in the New, News, Old and New Testaments, St. Augustine, The Catholic Thing, The Heresy of the Two-Testament God, unity of the testaments | 0 |
David G. Bonagura, Jr.: St. Augustine wrote that the New Testament is hidden in the Old Testament. We must unify, not divide, Old and New.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 13, 2021 | 2021, Andrew Greeley, Berrigan brothers, Catholicism, changes for the worse Catholic Church, Columns, confession, Dare to be Irrelevant, Father, Gaudium et Spes “The Church in the Modern World”, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, News, Pope Paul VI, Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky, sacrament of reconciliation, Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness by Annibale Carracci, The Catholic Thing, Vatican II | 0 |
Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky: There is always room in the Church for one more sinner who is confident in the truth but not confident in himself.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 6, 2021 | 2021, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Catholicism and the Gospel, Columns, consubstantial with the Father, Father, Fr. Thomas Weinandy OFM Cap., God, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Lord and the giver of life, News, Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, Salvation in Christ's Catholic Church, The Catholic Thing, Trinity | 0 |
Thomas G. Weinandy: More than ever, we must – particularly bishops and priests – vigorously proclaim the mysteries of faith.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Blessed Mother, Father, life, Mother!, News, Thoughts of God, Your Heart His Home | 0 |
There was a woman who, at nearly 40 years old, after having had six children and one miscarriage, learned she was about to have another child. Though she loved being a mother, the weight of this reality did not fill her with joy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2021 | 2021, blood relation, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Dominican Michel Gasnier, Father, foster father, Further Justice to St. Joseph, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Joseph and Mary "espoused", Lk 2:48, Michael Pakaluk, Mt 1:18, News, Prayer of Consecration to St. Joseph, The Catholic Thing, the Year of St. Joseph, Trente Visites à Joseph le Sliencieux | 0 |
Michael Pakaluk asks how we ought to refer to Joseph. The Dominican Michel Gasnier says “virginal father” is best, and for very good reasons.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 12, 2021 | 2021, Batflu, Columns, coming economic collapse, COVID-19, David Warren, Father, fracking, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Keystone pipeline, News, Padre Pio, political left, The Catholic Thing | 0 |
David Warren: The Church, like Christ on His Mission, has to be soft when men would be hard, and hard when men would be soft.
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