How to Handle Spending the Holidays Alone
Laura DeMaria
November 17, AD2025
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Serving others helps us to focus on something outside ourselves and is the greatest way to combat loneliness.
Set the Captives Free!
Dom Cingoranelli
November 16, AD2025
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Throughout the United States, over 600 volunteers have dedicated themselves to setting captives free. They set seniors free from the captivity of spiritual isolation during
Lessons on the Narrow Door
Dr. Pamela Mandela
November 15, AD2025
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The Gospel reading for Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C, 2025) encourages us to reflect on the significance of the narrow
My First Exorcism
Nathan Krupa
November 14, AD2025
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Last year, I participated in the formal rite of exorcism with the local diocesan exorcist. While this was not my first encounter with demons, it
Live Your Life Knowing that Hell is Real – Part 2
Dan Fitzpatrick
November 13, AD2025
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Parents should explain to their children, at an appropriate age, and in a nonthreatening manner, the reality of evil and the devil. One can even
The Silent Ambition of the Virgin Mary
D.P. Curtin
November 13, AD2025
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The French playwright, Molière, once wrote that “la grande ambition de la femme est d’inspirer l’amour” (the great ambition of a woman is to inspire
Live Your Life Knowing that Hell is Real – Part 1
Dan Fitzpatrick
November 12, AD2025
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Our primary goal in life is to get to Heaven. Everything is secondary to this. Earthly problems fade away, but Heaven and Hell are forever.
Discovering the Love of the Father Leads to Emotional Healing
Deacon Steve Greco
November 11, AD2025
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[God] loves exceedingly, that we should treat with Him in sincerity, plainness, and clearness, and not speak one thing and mean another. He always gives
Debunking the Misconception That St. Frumentius “Introduced” Christianity to Ethiopia
Haile haile
November 10, AD2025
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Each year on October 27th, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Frumentius. Yet, within this veneration lies a persistent and pervasive historical fallacy
The Way, the Truth, and the Antichrist
Deacon Greg Lambert
November 9, AD2025
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In the golden age of game shows from the fifties and sixties, “To Tell the Truth” ranked among the best and most watched. Four celebrity
Dilexi Te, Almsgiving, Works of Mercy, & Redistribution
Joe Tevington
November 8, AD2025
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With regard to the sanctitiy of human life and the sanctity of the transmission of human life (i.e.. via a permanent and always open to
Why Don’t You Go Up to My House?
Ida Adams
November 7, AD2025
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God’s Voice Have you ever wondered whether you’ve heard God’s voice? The distinction, most of the time, is so hard to make. You wonder, and
St Francis of Assisi: Part II- The Soldier
David Torkington
November 6, AD2025
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Pietro Bernadone, the father of St Francis, was proud of his son’s business skills. He was proud too that he was popular with his peers.
“O Crazy Love!” — God Is Not a Punishing God
Dennis Dillon
November 5, AD2025
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Some have thought and still think that God is a punishing God. But nothing could be further from the truth. For instance, I recently was
A Carmelite Before the Holy Face of Jesus: Part II
Guest Contributor
November 4, AD2025
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By: Mother Mary Baptist and The Carmelite Sisters of the Monastery of Our Mother of Mercy and St. Joseph To Be a Prayer Before Thy
It’s a Feast Day, For Crying Out Loud
Dorothy Osanna
November 1, AD2025
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It’s that day of the year again. The First of November. We card-carrying Catholics conscientiously consult the parish bulletin and mull over our work and
With Charity Comes Clarity
Carol Monaco
October 29, AD2025
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“If I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing” [1 Corinthians 13:2]. St. Paul says it
Three Straight Days Worthy of Commemoration
Dan Fitzpatrick
October 28, AD2025
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A trifecta of special days takes place at the end of every October. And Catholic parents trying to raise their children counter-culturally would do well
Healed to Heal: A Miraculous Healing of My Addictions
Kendra Von Esh
October 27, AD2025
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In my last article, I shared how God transformed my grief and fear into a calling to open the Soul, Mind and Body Retreat—a place
Be Not Afraid – Soldier On
Tom Collingwood
October 26, AD2025
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October 22 was the feast day for Pope St. John Paul II. As I expounded upon in a past post, he was special to me
Jesus Was Poor: Why The Prosperity Gospel is a Lie
Patrick Coffin
October 24, AD2025
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The prosperity gospel claims that God wants you to be rich if you just have enough faith. But here’s the truth: Jesus wasn’t rich, and
He Is Waiting For You
Tom Thomas
October 23, AD2025
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The unexamined life is not worth living (Socrates). The opportunity to attend a four-day residential retreat recently brought forth a lot of opportunities for me
Happy Hallowtide
Masha Goepel
October 22, AD2025
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When I was young, my mom would spend October choosing or sewing costumes for my siblings and I. We had a box in the attic
What If…
Richard Auciello
October 21, AD2025
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When the priest says, “Take this, all of you and eat of it, for this is my body which will be given up for you,”
