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Posting: What is a Christlike Response?

Diana Ragsdale February 26, AD2024 2 Comments

It is easy in this digital age for everything to get posted as quickly as the idea comes to us. But to be prudent, we

The World is Divided

Maurice Williams January 13, AD2024 19 Comments

I see such massive resistance against complying with God’s will in the world today. This resistance greatly troubles me. There is an incredible amount of

Am I Ready?

Tom Collingwood January 5, AD2024 3 Comments

The start of Advent and the Mass readings during Advent grabbed my attention this year. They are on the virtue of “readiness.” As I age,

Let Your Faith Be Your Star

Gabriel Garnica January 1, AD2024 1 Comment

As we are literally wrapped up in the Christmas Season and at the beginning of the New Year, it is easy to become overwhelmed with

Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas?

Gene M. Van Son December 16, AD2023 14 Comments

Are you a Happy Holidays kind of person or a Merry Christmas person? If you are former, phooey on you. If you are the later,

The Crazy World We Live In

Gene M. Van Son December 9, AD2023 1 Comment

During Advent last year (2022) Catholic Nuns surprised holiday shoppers in Downtown Boston on Thursday December 8. They stood outside in the cold singing Christmas

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‘Tis the Season of Writing Prayers to Saint Nick

Diana Ragsdale November 23, AD2023 3 Comments

With Christmas only a month away, I think we need to start making preparations for this special day. How do we make preparations? We could

Signs and Wonders?

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer November 20, AD2023 6 Comments

I was recently able to reconnect with a friend of mine and was pleasantly surprised to find that he had grown a great deal in

Comforting the Disturbed and Disturbing the Comfortable

Dennis Dillon November 2, AD2023 3 Comments

Perhaps you’ve heard the saying “Jesus came to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Christian authors and speakers often use this saying to encapsulate

Beware the Media and Be Christlike

Diana Ragsdale October 23, AD2023 2 Comments

Movies, television shows, and music are great leisure activities from our usual busy and sometimes hectic lives. However, as Catholics, we should always be careful

Responding to the Voice of Jesus

Diana Ragsdale September 23, AD2023 6 Comments

When we hear the voice of Jesus, how do we respond? This question has two parts. We first have to hear the voice of God.

Finding Jesus Within Ourselves

Diana Ragsdale August 23, AD2023 4 Comments

As Catholics, we hear many times throughout our lives that we must see the face of our Lord Jesus Christ in others, even our own

Blessed Earthly Rejection

Gabriel Garnica August 12, AD2023 13 Comments

We have all experienced rejection in some way or another. It’s usually not pleasant. The rejection might have been on a job application, or perhaps

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You Are What You Eat

Tom Collingwood August 5, AD2023 6 Comments

In the fitness and nutrition world we often say, “You are what you eat.” For example, eating excessive carbohydrates (especially simple sugars) and saturated fats,