DAILY DEVOTIONS, LIFELONG FAITH

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03 Jan, 2006

Why Did Jesus Come as One of Us? (Part 2)

[Editor's Note: This article is the second in a series on the theme, “Why Did Jesus Come as One of Us?” Click here to read the first article.] For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life. (John

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06 Dec, 2005

To Deepen Our Experience of God’s Love Week 3

Questions for Reflection/Discussion by Catholic Men 1. If you entered into the first two week’s “experiment in the Spirit” to deepen your relationship with your Heavenly Father and your experience of his love, what fruit are you seeing from it? 2. How would you describe why our “Heavenly Father would desire that we personally experience

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29 Nov, 2005

To Deepen Our Experience of God’s Love Week 2

[Editor's Note: This article is the second in a series on the theme, “A Journey to Deepen Our Experience of Our Heavenly Father’s Love.” Click here to read the first article.] For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to

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19 Nov, 2005

Live Human Beings on the Phone, Part Two

[To read last week's article, click here.] (Insert old timey organ music now.) Last week, we found Karen glued to the phone with various assorted institutions and companies attempting to achieve what most dreamers refer to as Customer Service. She would have settled for a live human being who simply gave a darn. That is

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18 Nov, 2005

Dei Verbum and the Renewal of Catholic Biblical Literacy

For All the Saints And yet, Dei Verbum is not simply about the Bible. The title of this document itself is instructive. The Council Fathers did not call it Dei Librum (“Book of God”) but Dei Verbum (“Word of God”). The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us why this distinction is important: The Christian

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15 Nov, 2005

Why Men Need the Support of Other Men

Questions for Reflection/Discussion by Catholic Men 1. Do you believe that “we need the support of other Christian men” to “combat the trends of our modern society”? 2. As you read and reflected on the Scripture passages above, which Scriptures touched you the most? 3. According to these Scriptures, why is it important for men

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12 Nov, 2005

Live Human Beings on the Phone, Part One

[This article is part one in a two part series. Part two is available here.] Something is dreadfully wrong with the universe as I’ve known it. I fear the only way to deal with this situation is to curl up and take a nap. I’ve phoned and actually reached two living, breathing human being service

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03 Nov, 2005

School Expels Student Who Alerted Bishop to Abortion Activist Teacher

A 15-year-old girl at a Catholic school who was responsible for alerting her bishop to the presence of a pro-abortion activist teacher on staff at her school has been expelled from the school. Katelyn Sills, was expelled from Loretto High School in Sacramento last week, two weeks after the teacher, who was found to be

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01 Nov, 2005

A Testimonial: Surprised by the Lord

[Editor's Note: This article is the fourth in a series on the theme, “Being Brothers in Christ — A Special Gift of God.” Click here to find the first article, second article, and third article.] My story begins in late December of 1996. I was thinking about my New Year’s resolution. That particular year, I

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01 Nov, 2005

Journalistic Un-integrity Part Four

Also puzzling is Nash’s assertion that “a Protestant minister was surrounded by a mob of Portuguese priests and forcibly baptized in admonishment of his obviously sinful instigation of the quake.” While I haven’t read every single account available, the only mention I have found of a Protestant clergyman being baptized is presented quite differently from

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31 Oct, 2005

Journalistic Un-integrity Part Three

Back on the Trail of a Historical Fiction Catholic Exchange readers might remember that 9 months ago I wrote “Journalistic Un-integrity,” parts one and two, in response to a Washington Post article written by Jose Antonio Vargas, in which it was alleged that in the aftermath of the disaster, “priests roamed the streets, hanging those