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False Friends, and Real Ones

There is an interesting linguistic phenomenon called “false friends.” They are a bane of middle school foreign language learners – and often even those beyond.

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Love of the Father

The source of all miracles is love. All true love comes from God, for God is love. We have come to know and to believe

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Martyrs of the Church

History tells us that in July of the year 64, Italy’s city of Rome burned. The fire destroyed two-thirds of the city and the Emperor

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Ifs and Buts

There’s a saying: “If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas.” Well, I don’t know about that—candy and nuts

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Rejoice in Your Suffering

My parents have been living with me and my family during this past year.  My father had congestive heart failure and was put on hospice

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The Healing of Memories

Jesus tells us repeatedly that we are to live a life of grace, a life of healing, and a life of abundance. Jesus wants to heal

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Bitter or Better

To be bitter or better, that is the question. One would think the choice would be easy to make. However, what does our internal will

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Listen, Learn, and Love

How often have we heard that hindsight is 20/20? In other words, it’s easy to know the right thing to do after something has happened,

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Christ Within Us

As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, do we contemplate Jesus Christ being formed within each of us? Perhaps we think we are not

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The Love That Always Satisfies

Ever since sin came into the world with the Fall of Adam and Eve, human beings have experienced an emptiness. Because of this emptiness, the

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