February 2011
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“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not...”
– St. Francis de Sales
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WatchThe Butterfly Circus
Alright, I’ll admit, this made me tear up a little bit. Powerful short film about life’s gifts and struggles, and just how closely intertwined the two really are. Starring Eduardo Verastegui of the movie, Bella, and Nick Vujicic of youtube fame. Take a moment and check it out! Beautiful!
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“When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva
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“The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most...”
– Pope John Paul II (via my-crazy-catholic-life)
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U.S. Catholic Church & Marriage →
Click on the above link to see the USCCB’s website evangelizing marriage, called For Your Marriage.
It’s a great website with some insightful articles and statistics and explanations of how the Church views marriage and just what couples are being invited into. This is exactly the type of resource that we need a lot more of. The sad fact is that in our crazy culture so many people...
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“Mary is the refuge of sinners. She knows what sin is not by the experience of...”
– Archbishop Fulton Sheen (via deigratia21)
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“Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get...”
– Jason Mraz (via justasmalltowngirll)
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“If obedience doesn’t give you peace, it’s because you’re...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva
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“We must not forget that the more we love God and are constant in prayer, the...”
– Pope Benedict XVI (via thecatholicgirl)
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“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more...”
– C.S. Lewis
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“The new technologies allow people to meet each other beyond the confines of...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, 24 January 2011
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“You haven’t been praying? Why, because you haven’t had time? But you...”
– St. Josemaria Escriva
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““If religious freedom is the path to peace, religious education is the...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, World Day of Peace, 1 Jan 2011
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“The true way to gain much is never to desire too gain much.”
– Francis Beaumont.
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“I am a participant in a crime, so long as I have superfluous food and another...”
– Leo Tolstoy
I know it is incredibly hard to actually live a principle like this out. But imagine if every American took it seriously just one day a year. The face of poverty in America and all over the world would dramatically change if enough people, even for one day, cared enough to share what...
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“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about...”
– St. Augustine of Hippo
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Now This is Communion
There is an estimated (at least) 350,000 Catholic Masses celebrated every day on planet Earth. It is celebrated in every nook and cranny on the planet, by every race and nationality, and using every language. And each of these Masses is celebrated (generally) using the same scripture readings and the same prayers.
Every single one of these 350,000 Masses is actually doing exactly what Jesus...
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“Where is the foolish person who would think it in his power to commit a sin more...”
– St. John Marie Vianney
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Sign Petition to Fight Human Trafficking at the... →
The Super Bowl is in my hometown of Dallas this year. Please help us stand up for what is right - fight the trafficking of children! This is a real problem that demands a Christian response; we can all help fight it!
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Fr. Robert Barron: Why Dr. King Still Matters →
“It goes without saying that Dr. Martin Luther King was one of the most pivotal figures in American history, easily ranking in importance with Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. He almost single-handedly affected a social change as significant as the abolition of slavery, and he did so without prompting a civil war. What is perhaps less obvious is that he continues to be an indispensable...
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“How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And...”
– St Elizabeth of Hungary (via my-crazy-catholic-life)
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Do You Have One Foot In and One Foot Out?
by Matthew Warner
It’s sad that most of us only halfway live our faith.
In many instances this means we take only half the teachings of the Church. Or we only live our faith out half the time. That’s typical. And I suppose it means we’re halfway there in a sense – but not really.
But there is a deeper sense of halfway living our faith that is all too common – perhaps far more common. It’s...
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“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite...”
– C.S. Lewis
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