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(Hint: It’s Not a Necklace) Becky Roach Source You probably have a rosary lying around your house somewhere.  Maybe you received it as a Confirmation gift or picked one up when the sweet old lady was passing them out at church, but you don’t really know what to do with it. &n...

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Marigina Bruno Source It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary, before which a lamp was burning, as is the custom in that holy city. There, these fresh young voices ...

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Source It would be very strange if a child ever whipped out his checkbook to reimburse his parents for bringing him to life. One could try to put a dollar amount on the medical bills, the nursery expenses, the food consumed, the diapers ruined, the hourly rate of the parent. But this is all an ob...

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Source “Endurance is the essence of courage. Endurance is not passivity, for it requires a strong, proactive spirit. In endurance, man’s inmost and deepest strength reveals itself. It can be harder and entail greater courage for a soldier to be pinned down in a cold, damp foxhole...

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Dr. Donald DeMarco Published: May 11, 2021 Source Simon and Garfunkel’s 1968 hit song, Mrs. Robinson, includes the phrase, “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” The question puzzled the Yankee Clipper. “I have not gone anywhere,” he said, “I’ve always be...

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COMMENTARY: At a time when Christians in general are feeling marginalized and the world is trying to pronounce the Church irrelevant, Catholics are still influencing the culture. Father Roger Landry April 27, 2021 Source At the beginning of the year, there was the uplifting news that a new p...

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Robert L. Judge Published: April 27, 2021 Source In the resurrection of Christ the fullness and completion of salvation has been unveiled, and it is marvelous in our eyes. The penances of Lent give way to the climax of Holy Week in which we remember our collective and individual salvation from ...

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Samantha Delfin Source What happens when we enter into the desert of prayer?  While some of us easily walk in the hope and solace of Christ in the sacrifices of the season, others of us wonder whether we’ve wandered from our Guide and question His ongoing Presence. The saints often...

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Elizabeth Slaten Published: April 23, 2021 Source As a diocese spanning over a significant geographical area, the Diocese of Tyler is a home to a great diversity of peoples and cultures. Many people have found a home in East Texas and are blessed to be able to grow in their faith here in the di...

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Dr. Luke Arredondo Published: April 6, 2021 Source If someone asks you to identify the single most important doctrine in Christianity, how would you reply? It’s probably not the principle of double effect. Could it be the fall of Adam and Eve? Creation itself? The infallibility of Scriptu...

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