Subjects regarding ways to pray.
This past week was the sixth anniversary of my Confirmation. Catholics in this country are usually Confirmed as a teenager, but somehow, I missed the memo. This could very well have been the reason why, in my twenties, I wandered away from the Catholic church. I was drawn to the contemporary love ballads to Jesus […]
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How many times do bad things happen and we wonder where was God and why did He let this happen to me? How many times do we avoid an accident on the road, come back with test results declaring our tumor is benign instead of malignant, or any number of things that could have gone
Philomena, Sasha and Pia Young people these days are quick to do everything with their phone, especially taking pictures. They take pictures of everything, especially selfies with their BFF’s. I don’t think of these things until it’s too late. I wish I had taken pictures of Sasha, a young mother and Pia, her precious 10-month-old
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I had spent the first week with Mary and Judith, the two Marian Catechists who introduced me to Cardinal Burke, and Fr.’s Altman and Czerwonka. During the week I had met other people connected to the shrine. There were so many wonderfully kind and faithful Catholics. My heart felt at home. The Lord had shown
I had been praying for a healing miracle for quite some time. Ask, seek, knock. Isn’t that what the scripture says. So that’s what I had been doing. I’ve been a good girl all my life. Loved God most of my life. However, taking my Catholic roots for granted, I went from the Catholic church
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This post is a continuation of “Praying for Your Kids.” In the tradition of Judaism, at every Sabbath meal once a week, the father blessed each of his children. Because of this, I believe it was no accident that throughout the millennia, the Jewish people have statistically been the most educated, inventive, and financially successful
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This post is a continuation of “Praying for Your Kids.” Having grown up Catholic but not catechized very well, there is so much about our faith that I just didn’t get. When I married a Protestant, we attended services which consisted primarily of singing and preaching/teaching. In this context, the Bible was a focal point
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Deliverance Prayers for Use by the Laity Written by Fr. Chad Ripperger, F.S.S.P. Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and exorcist, speaker and teacher. This post is a continuation of “Praying for Your Kids.”
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This post is a continuation of “Praying for Your Kids.“ Before I go on, I want to say that for those who require medication to assist in controlling thoughts or emotions, there is no shame in that. There is definite science that supports the use of medications and the Lord has been kind enough to
This post is a continuation of “Praying for Your Kids.” Who doesn’t suffer? The Sorrowful Mysteries go through five stages of the Passion of Jesus. From the emotional impact of the anticipation of His suffering through physical and mental torture, through persevering, through weakness then enduring the last stage of death. Even though it was
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