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Month: March 2020

Ubi Petrus

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Michael Pakaluk on the pope’s Urbi et Orbi exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: If Peter adores, the Church adores. If Peter implores, the Church implores.

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Mar. 31 Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent, Weekday

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Like the Pharisees we are quick to condemn the faults of others, often as a means of justifying ourselves. We cannot expect Christ to approve self-righteous indignation at our neighbor’s weakness. He gives us the example of prudent silence and the inco…

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Catholic Exchange 2022-03-31 04:00:00

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“Love, in addition to being a giving or an outpouring, must also be a recovery…In other words, love must increase and multiply; it must recover itself in a harvest; it must, like the love of earth and tree, be fruitful unto a new love.”
-Ven. Ful…

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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent

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In today’s Gospel, the paradox of Jesus’ life here on earth is manifested by man’s difficulty in understanding God’s way. Despite Jesus’ many miracles and his teachings, the Jews of his day were blind to the truth he spoke and the good works he did. Their understanding was prejudiced; they were not open to new […]

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St. Benjamin, Deacon & Martyr

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It was the fifth century and Yezdegerd, son of Sapor III, was ruling Persia. There was little persecution of Christians during this time, however, a Christian bishop named Abdas changed that. Abdas, in his zeal and out of righteous anger toward idolatry, burned the Temple of Fire, the sacred sanctuary of the Persians. This act […]

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Without public Mass, ‘we can still be … a Church community’

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Here’s the church and there’s the steeple.

Open the door and see all the people.

With the nursery rhyme, children interlock their fingers to form a church building, then “open a door” to show the people inside.

In similar fashion, Sara Fleetham, elementary faith formation coordinator at Guardian Angels in Oakdale, used Zoom video conferencing March 23 to show students an image of Guardian Angels church and asked them, “What is this?”

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The Reform of the Liturgy

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By Fr. Dwight Longenecker | How often have you heard Catholics grumbling about church? Father preaches too long or not long enough. The music is too modern or too ancient. The altar servers are undisciplined or they are too…

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#9517 Tips for Defending the Faith – Trent Horn

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Are you at a loss for defending a part of the Catholic faith? Trent Horn is here to help.
Questions Covered:

04:19 – Why do we never hear in the Church about how we can lose our salvation? 
15:30 – Why is the story of Lazarus being raised …

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