IF YOU’VE BEEN TO A baby shower in the last year, or if you recently had your first child yourself,…
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PRAYING WITH THE POPE
AS WE MOURN THE LOSS of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, it is fitting to give thanks to God for…
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DIVINE MERCY: HEALING OUR FEAR OF THE RISEN JESUS
TODAY, WE CELEBRATE Divine Mercy Sunday. But what is Divine Mercy? In English, “mercy” often means an act of pardon…
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ENTER INTO THE SACRED TRIDUUM
TODAY BEGINS THE MOST solemn week of the Liturgical Year, when we enter deeply into the Passion of our Lord….
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SEVEN LAST WORDS JESUS TEACHES US
THE CATECHISM OF THE Catholic Church teaches that “when Jesus prays, He is already teaching us how to pray…Like a…
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TELL JESUS EVERYTHING
FRIENDSHIP IS A GREAT gift when we can be authentic, sharing our hearts without the need to perform or have…
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THE WOMAN AT THE WELL: DRINKING THE LIVING WATER
WHEN I WAS A CHILD in rural Minnesota, our local water came from wells with a metallic after-taste and a…
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TRUST AND HOPE
HAVE YOU EVER TOSSED a small rock into a tranquil pond? Did you notice the concentric circles spreading outward from…
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HOW TO CHOOSE A LENTEN SACRIFICE YOU’LL ACTUALLY KEEP
DID YOU MAKE ANY New Year’s Resolutions this year? I ask, because studies have shown that only 1 out of…
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A TRUSTFUL HEART FOR LENT
THE SEASON OF LENT will soon be upon us. Our Lenten experience is personally lived out in prayer and acts…