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St. Thomas More: Five Questions for You

by Stephen Beale June 25, 2012

St. Thomas More, whose feast day was last Friday, lived a life full of tough choices, culminating in his decision to stand up to King Henry VIII when he severed the church of English from the Catholic Church, over the…

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GREAT FIND: Daily Poems on the Saints

by Stephen Beale June 20, 2012

Every once and a while, one stumbles upon a great hidden treasure on the Internet—and this is one of them.
 This collection of poems offers a completely unique take on the lives of the saints—this is the saints as you…

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A Prayer to St. Francis

by Stephen Beale June 19, 2012

I suspect that those of you who, like me, are deeply moved by the life and example of St. Francis—whose life I have revisited frequently, most recently yesterday—might wish to pray to him, to enlist the spiritual help of so…

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St. Francis on Persecution by the Church

by Stephen Beale June 18, 2012

There are so many sayings and writings of St. Francis that have been passed down to us, but this gem is not one I’ve ever seen quoted before. It is yet another example of how the saint could not imagine…

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Outfoxing God

by Dwija Borobia June 9, 2012

I’m a thinker.  Not “Hey, let me do your thinking for you because I’m just SO good at it” but “Hey, maybe if I just think super hard about all the facets of this situation and imagine all the possible…

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He Won’t Ever get to be Pregnant

by Dwija Borobia May 22, 2012

I used to envy my husband.
Maybe envy isn’t even a strong enough word.  Let’s start over.
I used to nurse a precious little nugget of contempt for my husband.  Because he…he will never have to be pregnant.  He will…

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Exercises for Pregnant People

by Dwija Borobia May 6, 2012

As I approach the second half of my final trimester of my 5th pregnancy, I am mindful of the wisdom God has bestowed upon me over the years via the soon-to-be 200 weeks of gestation I’ve enjoyed.  And by enjoyed,…

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Religions Pull Together to Defend Marriage

by Michael Kirke May 3, 2012

A suggestion that there might be a more formal and concerted effort by all faith communities in Britain to defend marriage has been made by the representative of the Pope to England, Scotland an Wales. The Daily Telegraph reports today…

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On Being a Bad Wife

by Dwija Borobia April 27, 2012

Let me tell you two things about my husband: his love language is Quality Time and if he ever finds out that I talked about him and a “love language” in the same sentence, he’s going to melt into a…

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I was wrong, and I’m glad

by Dwija Borobia April 16, 2012

So I finally bought a book.
Yeah, you know…those things with the pages made out of paper, all filled with words and maybe even sometimes, but not often if you’re a grown up (or people mistake you for one), containing…

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