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March 1, 2012

Movie Review: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

“Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” offers a positive message about caring for God’s creation while also respecting the needs of others.
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The Body-Mind-Spirit Connection

Everyone wants to feel better. We all want to be healthier in some way. When we decide to make that happen, it usually comes in one of two forms: diet and exercise. And usually we do too much too soon.But that’s not the whole story. During the last couple of
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Transformed by God’s greatest gifts

John 3:16. We see it on T-shirts, bumper stickers, rubber band bracelets, and even across Tim Tebow’s eyeblack. I always knew it’s meaning, “For God so loved the world, he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life,” on
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An open window

John and I always hoped for children. We prayed for a family as we practiced natural family planning. We just didn’t know how long it would take to become parents.I remember talking to one kind, well-intentioned priest. “Pray to St. Gerard,” he told me in his most reassuring voice, echoing
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Fertile Soil: A layman’s view of Catholic culture and family life

The parable of the sower recounts the story of an individual sowing seeds on rocky soil, amid thorns, and on good soil. The seeds that fell on rocky soil died due to their inability to grow roots, the seeds that grew near the thorns were choked by the thorns and
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Focus on love, not worry

It was one more cry for help. Over the years I have literally damaged the cartilage and skin on my right ear from listening to thousands of hours of calls for help on the phone. She was asking for prayers in a very desperate moment of her life.Spontaneously, a prayer
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A dedication

I would like to dedicate this first post to my grandfather who recently passed away. He was very fond of nature and loved watching birds from his window. I took this photograph of a hummingbird from his patio while he watched me from his window last summer. Every time I
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The case for silence

 Brian Williams took time from his nightly newscast earlier this month to announce that comedian Russell Brand had filed for divorce from singer Katy Perry, ending a marriage that had barely cleared the one-year mark.The news was part of a ping-pong pop-culture recap that ended with Williams describing the latest
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Video: Fourth graders talk about their Lenten sacrifice

Watch fourth-graders from St. Michael the Archangel in Overlea talk about what they are giving up for Lent.
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The ‘holy’ finds a way into our life

Father Breighner shares a story about St. Therese of Lisieux.
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