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Who is the Hardest Person To Love?

For God so Loved the World (the whole world!) that He gave His only Son. What small bit are you willing to contribute to Love? Sunday’s Gospel reading from Matthew 22: 34-40, The Greatest Commandment,...

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6 Reasons to Encourage Your Children to Love Your Ex

You stand in your doorway and watch as children tumble out past you, running in their ever-running childish state. They are enthusiastic and cheerful and running toward the car waiting by the curb....

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Catholic Divorce, Loneliness, & Believing this Christmas

The Christmas season is one of my favorites. The air is crisp. The house is warm. The aroma of pine boughs woven through railings, of fires dancing in the hearth, and of cookies baking in the oven...

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Attraversiamo – 2016, A Time to Cross Over…

The healing process takes time…a long time…a lifetime. Injuries to the body cause physical wounds others can sympathize with, but injuries to the heart and soul are different, hidden, buried. Injuries...

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Not Being Loved on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day may be one of the most dreaded holidays for the divorced and separated, maybe more so for Christians who understand the meaning of Valentine’s Day and what Saint Valentine, a man who...

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Faith Alone Won’t Save You: The Command to Love in Marriage & in Divorce

The Christian woman beamed when I told her I’d accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior but had never heard of the Salvation Prayer. After receiving permission, she put her hands on me and prayed...

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I am the Lost Sheep, the Gold Coin, the Prodigal Son & I am Called to Love...

I grew up Catholic, was Christened in the Catholic Church, made my first Holy Communion and Confirmation in the same Church I was married in. I went to Catholic Mass every Sunday for most of my life...

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Coincidences & Gifts of Marian Consecration Day

I woke early the morning of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. After a long struggle, and what I now see as Satan’s attempt to stop me from loving My Mary, the Light had finally dawned – literally and...

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They Say the Best Place to Pick Up a Man is at the Grocery Store, so That’s...

Dating experts say women should pick up men in the grocery store, or maybe I’m just old-fashioned and that idea’s old school. I guess online dating, speed dating, and such may be more the way to to go...

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Marian Consecration Anniversary – Reflections on Purgatory & Lasting Life...

I know many will scoff at the vision of Purgatory I experienced after Marian Consecration. They will dismiss my experience in Purgatory as a dream. The post Marian Consecration Anniversary –...

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What is a Catholic Marriage?

The word Marriage brings up different images depending on who is doing the imagining. A naive young girl may dream of Prince Charming and living happily ever after while a jaded, under appreciated old...

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I am the Lost Sheep, the Gold Coin, the Prodigal Son & I am Called to Love...

I grew up Catholic, was Christened in the Catholic Church, made my first Holy Communion and Confirmation in the same Church I was married in. I went to Catholic Mass every Sunday for most of my life...

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Coincidences & Gifts of Marian Consecration Day

I woke early the morning of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. After a long struggle, and what I now see as Satan’s attempt to stop me from loving My Mary, the Light had finally dawned – literally and...

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They Say the Best Place to Pick Up a Man is at the Grocery Store, so That’s...

Dating experts say women should pick up men in the grocery store, or maybe I’m just old-fashioned and that idea’s old school. I guess online dating, speed dating, and such may be more the way to to go...

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Marian Consecration Anniversary – Reflections on Purgatory & Lasting Life...

I know many will scoff at the vision of Purgatory I experienced after Marian Consecration. They will dismiss my experience in Purgatory as a dream. The post Marian Consecration Anniversary –...

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What is a Catholic Marriage?

The word Marriage brings up different images depending on who is doing the imagining. A naive young girl may dream of Prince Charming and living happily ever after while a jaded, under appreciated old...

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Idols: Impediments to Love

In Matthew 22: 34-44, the Pharisees continue their quest to trip up the Divine Savior. This time they ask Him a seemingly innocent question. They want to know what He thinks is the greatest...

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