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Learning How to Pray to the Saints—In Five Easy Steps

by Stephen Beale October 10, 2012

For a cradle Catholic, praying to the saints may be second nature. But for a convert? Or, perhaps a lapsed Catholic returning home after a long hiatus? Many, I would imagine, may be initially uncomfortable with this.
It’s one thing…

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Religion and Anxiety

by Harold G. Koenig, MD October 3, 2012

Anxiety is an unpleasant emotional (and physiological) state that occurs when a person anticipates a potentially threatening event, or even when there is no threatening event but the temperament of the person is worry-prone (due to heredity or early life…

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Prayer Advice: Ten Important Tips to Grow

by Fr. Ed Broom August 17, 2012

“Prayer is the lifting up of the mind and heart to God” (St. John Damascene). Prayer is listening to God, talking to God and loving God.   In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, St Therese of Lisieux is quoted: “For…

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The Miracle of Going to Work

by Denise Bossert August 13, 2012

When my non-sacramental marriage ended, I moved in with my parents. My bedroom was in one corner of the basement family room. I wanted to go to sleep for about a decade and wake up with a different life.
Three…

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100,000th Pageview Giveaway! +Welcome+Q&A

by Daria Sockey July 25, 2012

Welcome, new blog followers “Encourager”, Timothy, and Terri. And welcome…

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You Don’t Have a Soul. You Are a Soul

by Cari Donaldson July 20, 2012

A year and a half ago, I wrote the post that I’m going to recycle here.  I wrote it on my personal blog after the shooting in an Arizona supermarket parking lot that killed six people and severely injured Representative …

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I believe in Jesus Christ

by Mary Lane July 19, 2012

Say what you will about the state of our culture.  Personally, I think that one we have going for us is that—for better or for worse—people do not take the statement, “I believe in Jesus Christ,” lightly.
To say, “I…

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On a Wing and a…

by Dr. Earl Tilford July 19, 2012

Not long ago, a group of 66 members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, urging him to issue guidance to counter an “alarming pattern of attacks on faith” in the U.S. Air Force. This was…

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To Forward or Not to Forward

by Patti Maguire Armstrong June 26, 2012

“This is amazing…It is no wonder there are scriptural references to the eagle!”
Thus began an email forwarded to me. An inspirational message about pain being necessary for change stated that an eagle must go through a painful process of…

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Reaching Out for Grace

by Fr. Ed Broom June 6, 2012

If I were to give you an option of choosing between two gifts, what would be your choice? Freely handing you over 5 million dollars or promising to pray a Rosary for you and your salvation. I asked this question…

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