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The Catholic standpoint on life is grounded in a simple truth — that all human beings are made in the image and likeness of God.
Our Church professes that human life is sacred from the …
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By Bishop W. Shawn McKnight
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8/29/24
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In Luke, Gabriel appears to Mary and announces that she will give birth to one who will be called “Son of God.”
Flummoxed by the news, she probably didn’t recall that …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/29/24
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As a second-career vocation to Priesthood, I often found myself studying with students much younger than I.
They frequently said, “I am spiritual but not religious.”
I was never …
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By Father Matthew Flatley
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8/29/24
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It was one of those early August days — hot and dry, plants drooping under their thermal load, and the ground thirsting for the rain that wouldn’t come.
I was out front, watering …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/16/24
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“If you’re looking for a sign, heeere it is!”
The sisters in white were standing in the concourse of the Indiana Convention Center, surrounded by throngs of people attending …
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By Jay Nies
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8/2/24
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“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Shakespeare’s sonnet asks.
“It all depends,” I insist.
Does he mean a summer day of kids’ play, beach …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/2/24
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“There is your brother, naked and crying. And you stand confused over the choice of an attractive floor covering.”
It sounds like the guilt-riding rant of an activist. In fact, the …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/22/24
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A quick recap.
Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, where he was met by Jairus. This synagogue leader begged Jesus to cure his dying daughter.
In the pressing crowd, a woman …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/6/24
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I wish I knew her better.
She was a peripheral friend — a fellow parishioner, someone I’d always say hello to, but never really got beyond the surface.
Perhaps if I had known …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/21/24
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“How you travel is where you arrive.”
I found that little aphorism in some of my notes. There was no clue where it came from. Google didn’t even know.
I thought it was …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/10/24
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At first, I thought that it was someone out for a walk, but the hill was long and the rise steep, so unless they were in training, they could have picked an easier route.
As I drove closer, I …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/22/24
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Shortly after I arrived as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Jefferson City, a parishioner approached me and asked if I.C. could host an AA meeting at the parish.
Of course, I said yes.
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By Father Matthew Flatley
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5/9/24
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Ann Reeves Jarvis was just another woman in the mountains of West Virginia in the 1800s.
She was a mother, homemaker and Sunday school teacher.
She was also an activist, organizing …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/9/24
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I went for a walk the other day along a portion of the green belt near our house.
It’s a peaceful path, meandering past a football field, a children’s park, tennis courts and open …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/24/24
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I was making a pinhole projector so our granddaughter could experience her first solar eclipse like her grandparents did back when both the sun and the moon were much younger.
While racing …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/11/24
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Frank Silecchia was a New York native and an excavation laborer — a pick-and-shovel guy.
When his city begged for search-and-rescue volunteers after the 9/11 attack, he stepped up.
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By Mark Saucier
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3/28/24
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Editor’s note: Joseph Benevento Ph.D., a member of Mary Immaculate Parish in Kirksville, is the author of My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son, a novel about St. Joseph and the Holy Family. He is …
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By Hosffman Ospino, OSV News
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3/28/24
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“Familiarity breeds contempt.”
That old Roman proverb, echoed in Augustine and Chaucer, stills rings true today.
One exception, though, may be Scripture.
Here, our …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/14/24
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This article centers on the one thing above all else that relates to our Salvation: The Eucharist, the consecrated bread and wine that becomes the Body and Blood of Jesus.
The Eucharist is the …
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By Deacon Thomas Whalen
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3/14/24
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Last Thanksgiving, we visited our son and extended family in California.
“Mom,” my daughter-in-law said, “no little children at the dinner. Young people are not having …
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By Jane Weiland
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3/14/24
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