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A Midwife for Ascension
By Sarah Gottfried -- February 2, 2010
How do we, the living, spiritually support those nearing their transition into the afterlife? Read more.
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  • A Midwife for Ascension A Midwife for Ascension By Sarah Gottfried -- February 2, 2010
    How do we, the living, spiritually support those nearing their transition into the afterlife? Read more.
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  • A Burning Truth about Purgatory A Burning Truth about Purgatory By Curtis Martin -- February 2, 2010
    The doctrine of purgatory is completely reconcilable with a loving God who is a consuming fire. As we are drawn up into His love we begin to burn with the divine fire, and those impurities to which we have clung in this life must be burned away. Read more.     link here
  • Faith & the Gospel of Mark Faith & the Gospel of Mark By James V. Zeitz -- January 20, 2010
    The story of the disciples in Mark's Gospel reminds us to expect our faith to be not static, but dynamic, ever on the move from its beginnings to the end of our lives. Read more.     link here
  • Food, Flesh, and God's Grace Food, Flesh, and God's Grace By Rebecca Lynne Fullan -- January 11, 2010
    When I go to Mass, I eat God. A completely in the flesh God. In my mouth. Down my throat. Into my blood, running all over my body. Read more.
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How to Read Scripture
Like Jesus and the Apostles
By Steven Kellmeyer -- January 28, 2010
It is necessary for us today to search out the four-fold sense of Scripture in order to grasp the fullness of the divinely intended meaning in the Old and New Testaments. Read more.
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  • How to Read Scripture How to Read Scripture Like Jesus and the Apostles
    By Steven Kellmeyer -- January 28, 2010
    It is necessary for us today to search out the four-fold sense of Scripture in order to grasp the fullness of the divinely intended meaning in the Old and New Testaments. Read more.     link here
  • Prepare for February 14 Mass Prepare for February 14 Mass By Fr. Mike Boutin -- February 8, 2010
    Want to get ready for Sunday's Mass? Here is everything you need to know about this week's readings and liturgy, including resources for preaching and prayers. Read here.
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  • Catholics Do This ... #10 Catholics Do This ... #10 By Cynthia Stewart -- November 6, 2009
    In baptisms and solemn Masses, from blessing the fields to curing sick horses, holy water has found its way into many parts of Catholic life. Read more.

     

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  • Downward Mobility, Upward Humanity Downward Mobility, Upward Humanity

    By Tim Muldoon -- December 15, 2009

    What might it mean to live in a world that reflects what Pope Benedict calls for in his new encyclical?  Catholic theologian Tim Muldoon offers four key points. Read More.

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Trusting Jesus with Empty Nets
A Weekly Reflection
By Fr. Mike Boutin -- February 1, 2010
Jesus Christ can turn our lives around. He can stop us from sinking, from dragging in empty nets, from always trying to do it alone. Read more.

 

 

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  • Trusting Jesus with Empty Nets Trusting Jesus with Empty Nets A Weekly Reflection
    By Fr. Mike Boutin -- February 1, 2010
    Jesus Christ can turn our lives around. He can stop us from sinking, from dragging in empty nets, from always trying to do it alone. Read more.

     

     

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  • All Saints/All Souls All Saints/All Souls

    By Cynthia Stewart -- October 30, 2009

    All Saints and All Souls commemorate loss and the common experience of death but also proclaim the community of those still living with those who have gone before. Read more.

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  • What Is a Monk? What Is a Monk? By Christine Valters Paintner -- November 6, 2009
    There is a story from the Desert Fathers where one asks another, "What is a monk?" Read more.
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  • Practicing Centering Prayer Practicing Centering Prayer Fr. Thomas Keating describes the spiritual practice of Centering Prayer in this introductory video. Keating is a Trappist monk and priest and the founder of the Centering Prayer movement and Contemplative Outreach. Watch here
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Sacred Artist Interview
Jan Richardson
By Christine Valters Paintner -- February 1, 2010
Author and artist Christine Valters Paintner talks with fellow artist and kindred spirit Jan Richardson about what inspires her work, art as a spiritual practice, and practicing lectio divina with our lives. Read more.
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  • Sacred Artist Interview Sacred Artist Interview Jan Richardson
    By Christine Valters Paintner -- February 1, 2010
    Author and artist Christine Valters Paintner talks with fellow artist and kindred spirit Jan Richardson about what inspires her work, art as a spiritual practice, and practicing lectio divina with our lives. Read more.
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  • Creating Space Creating Space

    Reviewed by Cynthia Stewart -- December 7, 2009
    Terry Hershey's The Power of Pause invites the reader to weave stillness into the fabric of their days... Read more.

     

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  • New Music: Anne Marie David New Music: Anne Marie David A Patheos Exclusive Interview -- November 17, 2009

    With her newest album, Turning Home, composer and singer Anne Marie David hopes to expand her platform of religious music to embrace a broader audience of all who hold home and family sacred. Read the interview.

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  • Mandalas, Part 2 Mandalas, Part 2 By Christine Valters Paintner -- September 22, 2009
    The ancient Christian mystics often used mandalas to describe their encounters with God... Read more.

     

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