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After the seven demons: The love of Mary of Magdala
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Act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God
Micah 6:8 Legalism or acts of charity? Psalm 50 puts it another way: a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors God, not religious rituals and memorization of prayers. A sacrifice of thanksgiving gives back to God what is already due–everything. In this way, we are “acting justly, loving tenderly (by growing in love for God), and walking…
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Has God abandoned us?
Even if it seems so, God has and never will abandon us. His love is consistent and everlasting. His greatest gift to us is our free will, one of the four inherent components of our souls, which are: imagination, memory, intellect and will (Catechism of the Catholic Church or “CC” 1703-1705). God is the Cause…
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I Called My Son Out of Egypt
“…evil cannot defeat wisdom.” When God is included in every aspect of life, everything is more beautiful, even when it’s not perfect. Therein lies the mystery–the beauty is in the struggle. When God is not shunted away, He is always looking after us, even as we sleep. He was and is always there, even when…
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Natural Law and Saint Maria Goretti
To lower our standards is to commit slow moral suicide. God gives us eternal life (death) at times to protect us–either from ourselves or from other things that could corrupt us. Some, like Maria Gorretti, hold such an immense love of God inside them they would rather give up their earthly lives than their heavenly…
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