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Our Lady of the Rosary
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you. The Lord was with Mary and in her. She carried Jesus in her womb and felt Jesus move inside of her. Her blood and milk nourished Jesus. No other human...
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What’s in Your Portfolio?
The Capitol One commercial asks, “What’s in your wallet?” The implication is that their credit card is powerful in the ability to acquire property. In this world a diverse and rich portfolio indicates...
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It’s a Miracle
“Do you believe in miracles? You may recognize little miracles in your daily life, occasions when something works out unusually well for you. But do you believe that you could be completely and...
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New Year Check Point
With every new year comes the tradition of setting new resolutions. Stop smoking, eat less, and exercise more top the list. And how about pray and read Scripture every day, volunteer at charitable...
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God’s Gift of Wrinkles
Wrinkles, painful knees, and a slower pace are gifts. They are part of the grand gift of life. Our culture celebrates youthfulness. Few would disagree that the more attractive and younger one looks,...
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Let the Little Children Come to Me
We sat down to dinner with my step-son and his family. As we began to say grace we noticed 22-month old Samantha with her hands folded. Her parents take her to church and Sunday school and pray with...
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Gift of Penance
Craving that chocolate you gave up for Lent? The Christian Lenten season is a period of self-sacrifice. It is a time of self-denial, almsgiving, increased prayer, and acts of charity. These are things...
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Christian Comparison
All too often, the people who should support us are the ones who are quick to shut us down. This type of behavior happens all too often in the Christian community. We constantly compare one another and...
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God, Our Hope
The news has been difficult to watch. Tornados swept through the Midwest in waves leaving massive devastation behind. What took so many years to build was snatched away with a blink of an eye. Beloved...
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Christ in Our Care
Saint Theodora was not a healthy woman. She suffered with digestive problems for more than half of her life and experienced long periods of time when she was bedridden and dependent on others for her...
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Self-Care
I am greatly saddened at the recent loss of a dear friend, mentor, and professor. Virginia Unverzagt was the director of the Masters of Arts in Pastoral Theology program I attended at St....
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Freedom of Faith
Worshipers locked inside a Catholic Church. An Orthodox Church set on fire while firefighters are prevented from extinguishing the flames. Coptic schools under attack. These are some of the stories...
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Will You Serve?
Telluride, Colorado, a quaint ski town nestled in a box canyon 8,750 feet in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, is home to the intimate little St Patrick Church. There are only twenty...
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A Cheerful Heart
St. Theodora enjoyed all of God’s creations – the people and wildlife around her. She took her troubles in stride and found humor in the little things of daily life. Her diaries are sprinkled with...
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Our Personal Calling
We are all created in God’s image with a unique calling. We each have our own special mix of gifts, talents, and limitations, and most of us spend the greater part of our lives trying to figure out...
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Love the Lord with Your Heart, Mind, and Soul
The Lord created us in body, mind, and spirit. We come to know God more fully when we seek and love him through all three of these aspects of our being, as Scripture tells us to do (Luke 10:27)....
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Change of Pace
Change can be scary. No matter how difficult a present situation may be, we know what we are dealing with. When everything suddenly changes, the fear of the unknown takes over. Saint Theodora’s life...
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Pilgrimage of Passion
Saint Theodora wrote on her return voyage to the United States from France (1843-44): It was not yet four o’clock in the afternoon and darkness had already spread over the horizon. If a storm is...
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Saints on Our Side
Bad cough? Vision problems? Headache? There’s a saint for that. Working in the medical, arts, or education field? There’s a saint for that too. Saints are souls who lived exemplary lives while on this...
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All for the Lord
We are in a state of flux. Fewer people live in the same town in which we were born, work in the same job from school until retirement, or remain in the same marriage until death as was common only a...
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