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Don’t Go to the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

How would you feel if you asked Jesus for something and He said that it’s not right to take from the children and give to the dogs? I know I would feel terrible. The woman in this week’s gospel asked Jesus to heal her daughter who was tormented by demons and Jesus basically said she […]

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If You Just Believe

Peter is walking on the water towards Jesus and suddenly he begins to sink. Jesus admonishes him by saying, “O you of little faith.” This admonishment seems a little harsh. After all, Peter was probably the apostle who was closest to Jesus and he most likely had the deepest faith in Jesus at the time. […]

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The Transfiguring Path

It’s impossible to not be changed by our journey through life. Some experiences change us for the better and others change us for the worse, but we should try to use the positive experiences to make us stronger so that we can withstand the bad ones. We also should seek to travel down the path […]

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The Pearl of Great Price

My wife, Elizabeth, and I met each other online and then later met for the first time in person at a Catholic Church where we started our relationship off by saying a rosary together. Before we met in person, we had already developed a good friendship just through online chats and phone calls. After we […]

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The Devil is in the Details

I just watched the movie, “The Sound of Freedom” and it was very moving. I knew that child trafficking was always an issue, but I never knew that it was such a huge problem. There are so many evil people in this world, but most of the evil gets swept under the rug. The Devil […]

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Lies the Seed That With the Son’s Love, in the Spring Becomes a Rose

One thing that I love to do is plant various flowers and bushes in my yard to make it look more beautiful. It’s not always easy to get things to grow. I have to water them regularly and make sure they get enough light. I also have to keep the weeds out of the garden […]

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Come to Me, All You Who Labor and Are Burdened

It seems that we either live to work or work to live. We spend most of our lives working to earn enough money to survive while hoping to save enough so we can one day retire. Even on our days off and when we finally retire, we can often end up working hard enough to […]