by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Jesus said, ‘What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.’ …”
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“President Xi Jinping of #China announced this week that he wants to tighten Beijing’s strict government controls on religion in the communist country. In a speech this week during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi said that religions not sufficiently conformed to Communist ideals pose a threat to the country’s government, and therefore must become
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“Eastern meditation techniques are a growing fad to relax and alleviate stress and anxiety. …. But according to an exorcist and an author on A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness, such meditations are contrary to the Catholic faith and neither healthy nor even harmless. …”
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“Prayer offered during the hours of night possesses great power …. That is why all the Saints were in the habit of praying at night, combating the body’s drowsiness and the sweetness of sleep and overcoming their bodily nature. …. For every request for which the Saints desired to importune God they armed themselves with nocturnal prayer and at once
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“At the nation’s oldest Catholic university, a student organization is on trial for promoting Church doctrine on sexuality. Georgetown University student group Love Saxa is battling accusations of “hate” — charges levied against it for its fidelity to Catholic teaching. …”
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“Anthony spent 10 years giving popular missions and retreats, always placing great emphasis on the Eucharist and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was said that his rosary was never out of his hand. At age 42, he founded a religious institute of missionaries …. Anthony was appointed to head the much-neglected archdiocese of Santiago in Cuba. He
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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 22, 2017, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings] Your browser does not support iframes. [featured image is file photo]
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“… ‘Therefore give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.’ We are to give back to each their due. Now this is a saying that is truly full of wisdom and heavenly understanding because it teaches us that there are two sorts of power, one earthly and human, the other heavenly and divine… *
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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Oct. 22, 2017, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin [Click here for Mass Readings]
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