Often it has been suggested that we “offer it up” and unite our sufferings to that of Christ. You know those temptations that you get? The ones about drinking or drugging again, or viewing online porn, or engaging in some impure act? The urge in general to do something sinful? Those are Crosses. The feelings …
Today, January 22nd, is the “anniversary” of the United States Supreme Court’s decision legalizing abortion. You might be wondering why I would bother blogging about it. The fact that I am pro-life should be noticeable if you explore the links in the sidebar. There’s a group of “ProLife Links” in the left sidebar, and “Post-Abortion …
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Today is Day 9 and thus the final one in our Novena of Mary Undoer of Knots. We ask Mary’s intercession for “this knot in my life…You know very well the suffering it has caused me…” So, what knot is it? Is it the same one you may have prayed about daily, or one of …
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Today is Day 8 in our The Novena of Mary Undoer of Knots. We ask Mary’s intercession for us “to practice the virtues of courage, joyfulness, humility and faith…” It has never been easy to be a Christian, even in supposedly Christian countries. The pressing needs of daily living stress us to the point of …
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On Day 7 in our daily walk with The Novena of Mary Undoer of Knots, we request Mary’s intercession to “free us from the snares of Evil….” Evil exists in the World today. Although that might seem to some to be the understatement of all time, it is a reality denied by many. Just see the …
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Today is Day 6 in our daily walk with The Novena of Mary Undoer of Knots and we ask Mary’s intercession for us to “persevere in the living word of Jesus, in the Eucharist, the Sacrament of Confession…” This is pretty straightforward. And for all the simplicity of the apparent intention, probably one of the …
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Today is Day 5 in our daily walk with The Novena of Mary Undoer of Knots and we cover “the bitterness, anger and hatred which this knot has caused me…” This is very close to our third day’s intentions in which we asked Mary’s intercession to help us with “resentment,” the really dangerous character defect …
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Today we cover “this knot which robs the peace of my heart, paralyzes my soul and keeps me from going to my Lord and serving Him with my life…” as we move into Day 4 of our walk through The Novena of Mary Undoer of Knots. Guilt over some grave matter that you did? Other …
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For Day 3 in our daily walk with The Novena of Mary Undoer of Knots we cover “this knot in my life…and all the rancor and resentment it has caused in me…’. All right, resentment. Whether the rancor in life is caused by us or by others, the resentment that results is one character defect …
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The “Catholic Bibles Blog” is “offering a contest where the winner will receive all three volumes of Susan Sink’s The Art of The Saint John’s Bible and a new copy of HarperOne’s The Life With God Bible with the Deuterocanonical Books (NRSV).” Information is here on how to win: Catholic Bibles: Contest for a New …