Subjects regarding the devil or Satan, and spiritual laws.
I recently joined a women’s prayer group which meets every Wednesday to pray the Rosary for all our intentions. The first night I attended, there were a few women who asked for prayers for their grown children who were dealing with depression or other mental/emotional issue or stress. That night in my own prayer time […]
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I suppose it is understandable why most Catholics who go to Mass don’t believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. We are privileged to be able to receive Him every day. Unfortunately, as the saying goes, familiarity breeds contempt—or at least indifference. Just look at our family, those we live with
When people buy houses, generally the location is determined by proximity to work or school district or shopping or some other practical consideration. Usually that consideration has nothing to do with proximity to Church. Fortunately for Catholics, the Mass is the Mass is the Mass, and pastor personality has little to nothing to do with
I continue in honor of Pentecost. The following experience happened in a non-denominational congregation, but more than ever, we Catholics need to have more encounters with Him. In 2007, my husband and I went to a non-denominational service. At the end, people were invited to come up for prayer and anyone in the congregation was
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In honor of Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit helps us, I’d like to share the story of how I was healed of life-long food allergies. From the time I was an infant, I had food allergies. The conventional wisdom when I was born was that formula was better for infants than mother’s milk. So,
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Back in 2001, my husband and I were attending a Pentecostal church whose pastor had been a recovering alcoholic. Like other protestant ecclesial communities, this one was particularly Prohibitionist. Since I was a member, I submitted myself to the rules of the leadership. However, being raised Catholic, I didn’t see any problem with alcohol, unless
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… until you’re dead. Actually, there are plenty of souls in purgatory who might disagree with that. They would say, ‘you don’t arrive until you’re in heaven. When I talk about our lives being steeped in humility, please, don’t misunderstand that I think I’ve arrived. In fact, I’ve been so proud, I was proud of
Genesis 1:26-28 first gripped me in the late 1990’s. I got stung by a wasp and I didn’t feel I deserved it. I didn’t even know the nest was under the banister when I walked past. From that moment, I really didn’t wonder what it would look like if I actually did subdue the earth,
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In one of John Travolta’s earliest movies, he was a teen with an auto immune disease. He couldn’t breathe outside air. He had to live, very literally in a bubble otherwise he would die. Many of us feel this way. We feel like are in a bubble and that nothing bad should ever happen to
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I knew how to handle dogs because I’d had plenty of them. I only remember this story, I think, because, as the youngest of seven, I have always felt the smallest, weakest and dumbest of all. This dynamic endured throughout my life and 20-year marriage. This encounter changed that, if only for a moment. Bear