Since Behold Your Mother is doing a Mary Moments Carnival on the rosary, I thought that nowmight be a good time to re-post this for those of you who haven’t seen it before.
The husband of one of our members at the Catholic Spitfire Grill (you’re welcome to join us!) has opined that the fact there are more Hail Mary’s than […]

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I’ve been told tonight that what I really need is “The JOY of a personal relationship with the Lord has been denied you due to the Catholic organization they have slipped in-between you and God the Father. Such a DRAG. I am here because I love you and care. Jesus came so you could have […]

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Today's gospel reading for the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul reminded me of this entry and I thought I would re-post it. I just love it when suddenly a scripture passage comes alive for me and this is one that really has since I became Catholic.
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Originally Posted by someone on that […]

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A light for the city of Houston…
(Houston Chronicle)

This building is both the house of God on earth (domus Dei) and a house fit for the prayers of the saints (domus ecclesiae). (from Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship 16)

The dedication of a cathedral is a once-in-lifetime (or several lifetimes) experience. I was privileged […]

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On the Protestant homeschool forum I hang out on I often hear about Catholics who are just “going through the motions.” Now I am not living with any kind of delusion that all Catholics have a deep and vibrant faith and there aren’t those who are indeed “going through the motions” but there are some […]

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Originally Posted by someone on that Protestant homeschooling forum
I don’t really understand where you are going with this.
“Simon son of Jonah”…… “Barjonah” or “son of Jonah”…..it’s just telling you Peter’s surname. I looked at several Catholic Bible Commentaries online looking for the link, but this is all they came up with as well.
I’ve always understood […]

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Originally Posted by Rodalena

For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
Only one of these statements can be correct. I must go with God’s word over anything else.

Let’s talk about the context of Pauls’ remarks in this passage of Sacred Scripture. When an Old Testament scripture is quoted (As Paul […]

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