Bones Are Funny Things
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer
October 31, AD2020
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The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he led me out . . . and set me in the center of the broad
“There is Victory over Death”
Larry Peterson
October 14, AD2020
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Last week Archbishop José Gomez, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led the nation in a virtual Rosary for America. The intent was
Our Lives Are Not Always Our Own
Tom Collingwood
August 23, AD2020
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The Corovirus pandemic has seen numerous opinions emerge regarding causes and cures and where it all will end. Both individuals and societies worry and concern
Is the Pandemic Narrative Being Controlled by Secular Progressives?
Gene M. Van Son
June 3, AD2020
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Your life, my life, every life, is precious. Every life lost during the pandemic is a tragedy. We’ve been hearing this from media talking heads
Death From the Perspective of Faith: Part II
Guest Contributor
May 14, AD2020
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By Antonio J Galindo Aleman Read Part I The absurd idea of wanting to create a paradise on earth falls apart in the face of
Death and The Coronavirus From the Perspective of Faith: Part I
Guest Contributor
May 13, AD2020
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By Antonio J Galindo Aleman The time we are living in now looks like a story taken from a fiction book. The world is upside down
Prayer: For Such a Time As This
Janet Meyer
April 15, AD2020
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But save us by thy hand, and help me, who am alone and have no helper but thee, O Lord (Esther 4:14). My dad spent
Contemplating Christ’s Torture and Crucifixion
Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez.
April 11, AD2020
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I’ve often wondered why it is that most sculptures and paintings of the crucified Christ inaccurately depict His physical appearance after He was scourged, carried
A Beautiful Soul: Finding the Essential
Janet Meyer
March 11, AD2020
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How beautiful God must be. No wonder He isn’t visible to our human eyes. Oh God, I hope my soul looks beautiful to you. –
Looking Death In The Eye
Melanie Jean Juneau
March 8, AD2020
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Exactly six years ago, I finally became cognizant of how thin the line between life and death really is when I nearly lost one of
The New Goth is the Original Goth
Anthony S. Layne
March 2, AD2020
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Goth is passé. Although the goth subculture has shown more staying power than did the “flower children” of the 1960s, its “counterculture” largely shows up
Death, Detachment and Donation of Self
Loreto Xavier
November 15, AD2019
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The unselfish act of donating ones’ organs and/or body after death is a great gesture of impoverishing oneself before one’s Maker while making a life-giving
In the One Family of God
Barbara Padolina
October 31, AD2019
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family (Lee Iacocca, American Executive, 1924-2019). There is
Do You Have a Death Wish?
Christopher Reilly
July 10, AD2019
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Who would have a death wish? Stuntmen, firefighters, and perhaps some customer service representatives (like the guy I was on the phone with for an
Daily Deaths and the Dawn of the Resurrection
Mark C. McCann
April 21, AD2019
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There is a certain mysterious and mystical quality to the unfolding of the events of life when seen through the eyes of one who lives
The Untapped Power of Faith in Action
Edward Monti
April 8, AD2019
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How often have you heard that phrase “God helps those who help themselves”? I’ve heard it many times and I’ve used it many times. Technically,
Managing Suffering In Your Life
Edward Monti
March 9, AD2019
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People suffer—good people and bad people. When the so-called good people suffer, many of us look at the so-called bad people thriving and complain. Scripture
“Peace I Leave with You”: The Christian Outlook on Death
Edward Monti
January 5, AD2019
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I hate John Lennon’s song “Imagine.” The song begins, “Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only
From Fear of Death to Abounding Hope in Christ
Dr. Allison Low
November 13, AD2018
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On All Souls Day, I attended a Mass celebrated by my bishop in a local cemetery. As always, this was a powerful reminder of the
Abortion, Divorce, the Womb and the Divine Mercy of God
Susan Skinner
October 28, AD2018
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The mystery of God’s maternal love is expressed with particular power in the Hebrew word, rahamim. Etymologically, this word means “womb” but was later used to mean
The Catholic Funeral Mass: A Source of Peace
Wendy McMahan
July 18, AD2018
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This past May two of my relatives passed away within a few days of each other. One had a Catholic funeral Mass, or the Mass
Come Home to the Church: You’ve Been Asked
Dom Cingoranelli
June 6, AD2018
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The funeral Mass was about to begin. Friends and acquaintances of the deceased and of his family sat in pews behind or to the side