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Pray for the immediate release of the Catholic nuns in India who were arrested for spreading Jesus Christ's gospel
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Pray for the immediate release of the Catholic nuns in India who were arrested for spreading Jesus Christ's gospel:
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Kerala nuns' arrest triggers political slugfest; Chhattisgarh CM justifies action
KOCHI/NEW DELHI: The arrest of two Catholic nuns, hailing from Kerala, in the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conver
The 10-Point Plan to Overcome Hyperactivity...
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An amusing Jewish-mother joke worthy of a Seinfeld episode goes like this: A mother telegraphs her daughter with an urgent message. “Bad news coming tomorrow, begin worrying today.”
The account of Mary and Martha in the Gospel is lovely. The gentle repetition of Martha’s name is a charming example of a loving rebuke of Martha’s hyperactivity. "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, and it will not be taken from her." (Lk. 10:40-42) Martha’s hyperactivity has become the hallmark of modern life, and we could use some guidance.
Electronic gimmicks facilitate hyperactivity. Most of us are married to our smartphones. We can’t leave home without them. We are annoyed when others don’t answer our texts. We are on call 24/7. We are slaves of hyperactivity.
We’ve become hyperactive with our health. Need evidence? Turn on the TV news, and when the first pharmaceutical commercial comes on, immediately pull the plug. You’ll thank me. Except, you’ll probably return to your smartphone (as I do) for the news.
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The account of Mary and Martha in the Gospel is lovely. The gentle repetition of Martha’s name is a charming example of a loving rebuke of Martha’s hyperactivity. "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, and it will not be taken from her." (Lk. 10:40-42) Martha’s hyperactivity has become the hallmark of modern life, and we could use some guidance.
Electronic gimmicks facilitate hyperactivity. Most of us are married to our smartphones. We can’t leave home without them. We are annoyed when others don’t answer our texts. We are on call 24/7. We are slaves of hyperactivity.
We’ve become hyperactive with our health. Need evidence? Turn on the TV news, and when the first pharmaceutical commercial comes on, immediately pull the plug. You’ll thank me. Except, you’ll probably return to your smartphone (as I do) for the news.
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The Ten-Point Plan to Overcome Hyperactivity
We are on call 24/7. We are slaves of hyperactivity.
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Canadian cities keep revoking MAGA singer’s performance permits
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We made it out to the Sean Feucht worship at Catch the Fire church yesterday on July 27, 2025, and IT WAS AWESOME!!!!
Usually his worship is outside but he is glad that this one was in a church.
I am listening to his testimony about how he was profoundly moved by the standing ovation that he got at the beginning and I believe that all of us can think about what it will be like to finally make it to heaven?
I feel that this young American worship leader is standing up for Freedom of Worship here in Canada.
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Usually his worship is outside but he is glad that this one was in a church.
I am listening to his testimony about how he was profoundly moved by the standing ovation that he got at the beginning and I believe that all of us can think about what it will be like to finally make it to heaven?
I feel that this young American worship leader is standing up for Freedom of Worship here in Canada.
Sean Feucht
Sean Feucht. 472,712 likes · 95,246 talking about this. Sean Feucht is a husband, father, missionary, musician, author and founder of global movements
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‘A voice told me not to be afraid’: The story of Lourdes’ 72nd recognized miracle
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Antonia Raco, a 67-year-old Italian woman long affected by an incurable neurodegenerative illness, was officially introduced to the press on July 25 in Lourdes, where her healing was recognized as the 72nd miracle attributed to the intercession of the Virgin Mary since the apparitions of 1858.
Diagnosed in 2006 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — a progressive and fatal condition — Raco experienced a recovery that defied medical explanation.
First announced by the Sanctuary of Lourdes on April 16, the recognition marked the culmination of 16 years of medical, canonical, and pastoral inquiry. Raco, a mother and active parishioner from Basilicata in southern Italy, had been living with the disease for several years when she traveled to Lourdes in 2009.
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Diagnosed in 2006 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — a progressive and fatal condition — Raco experienced a recovery that defied medical explanation.
First announced by the Sanctuary of Lourdes on April 16, the recognition marked the culmination of 16 years of medical, canonical, and pastoral inquiry. Raco, a mother and active parishioner from Basilicata in southern Italy, had been living with the disease for several years when she traveled to Lourdes in 2009.
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‘A voice told me not to be afraid’: Story of Lourdes’ 72nd recognized miracle
Diagnosed in 2006 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — a progressive and fatal condition — Antonia Raco experienced a recovery that defied medical explanation.
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All Praise, Thanks, Glory, Honor, Victory, Joy, Credit to The Holy Spirit for ensuring that Thailand & Cambodia reached a ceasefire agreement
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All Praise, Thanks, Glory, Honor, Victory, Joy, Credit to The Holy Spirit for ensuring that Thailand & Cambodia reached a ceasefire agreement:
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Thailand and Cambodia agree to 'immediate and unconditional ceasefire'
US President Donald Trump threatened to pause tariff negotiations until the hostilities stopped.
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3 Teachings From the Lord on Prayer In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives a trio of prescriptions.
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Sunday, July 27, is the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13.
In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives three prescriptions for prayer.
The Gospel opens in response to a request, “Lord, teach us to pray.” The Lord gives the Our Father. Luke’s version is substantially similar but a little different from Matthew’s.
There are five basic disciplines taught in the Our Father.
We now go on to the next prescription.
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In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives three prescriptions for prayer.
The Gospel opens in response to a request, “Lord, teach us to pray.” The Lord gives the Our Father. Luke’s version is substantially similar but a little different from Matthew’s.
There are five basic disciplines taught in the Our Father.
We are praying to our Father, who loves us, who provides for us, and who sent his only Son to die for us and save us. At the heart of our worship and prayer is a deep and personal experience of God’s love and fatherly care for us.
Praise and love God; praise and thanksgiving make us people of hope and joy.
A basic component and discipline of prayer and the spiritual life is receiving the word and instruction of God, so that his will might be manifest in our obedience.
Allow “bread” to be a symbol of all our needs. Take every opportunity to pray for others.
Sin is understood on two levels: our personal sins and the whole climate of sin, the structures of sin that reinforce and underlie our own sins (referred to here as “evil”).
We now go on to the next prescription.
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3 Teachings From the Lord on Prayer
In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives a trio of prescriptions.
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This Lifelong Friendship Proved Stronger Than Death
- By Michie
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He was the kind of friend who showed up when I needed him most — and stayed with me, even after he was gone.
I’ve always believed there’s something spiritual about an enduring friendship. We all forge friendships in life, but few last a lifetime. Those of us who have had these firm bonds with others have been blessed.
Little did I realize that when I met Gordon in the doctoral history program at Florida State University in the early 1960s, we were taking the first step in developing a firm, caring friendship that would last more than 50 years.
Our backgrounds were different. I was a Polish American Catholic from Florida by way of Massachusetts. He came from Ohio and was Protestant. He was older than I was and had served in the armed forces. He had an intelligent, lovely wife, Joyce, who was pregnant with their first child. I was a scrawny kid in my early 20s who existed on coffee and cigarettes — a habit I kicked when I married my wife, Marita, and she became pregnant with our first child.
It became immediately apparent that Gordon and I shared a passion for history — and a desire to impart that passion someday to college students. We took many of the same courses and often held study sessions where we shared ideas, insights and information. My sense of humor often brought Gordon to hearty laughter, which relieved the stress and tension of intense study in which we were engaged for several years. Sometimes, I’d deliberately say something funny just to hear his unique infectious laughter.
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I’ve always believed there’s something spiritual about an enduring friendship. We all forge friendships in life, but few last a lifetime. Those of us who have had these firm bonds with others have been blessed.
Little did I realize that when I met Gordon in the doctoral history program at Florida State University in the early 1960s, we were taking the first step in developing a firm, caring friendship that would last more than 50 years.
Our backgrounds were different. I was a Polish American Catholic from Florida by way of Massachusetts. He came from Ohio and was Protestant. He was older than I was and had served in the armed forces. He had an intelligent, lovely wife, Joyce, who was pregnant with their first child. I was a scrawny kid in my early 20s who existed on coffee and cigarettes — a habit I kicked when I married my wife, Marita, and she became pregnant with our first child.
It became immediately apparent that Gordon and I shared a passion for history — and a desire to impart that passion someday to college students. We took many of the same courses and often held study sessions where we shared ideas, insights and information. My sense of humor often brought Gordon to hearty laughter, which relieved the stress and tension of intense study in which we were engaged for several years. Sometimes, I’d deliberately say something funny just to hear his unique infectious laughter.
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This Lifelong Friendship Proved Stronger Than Death
COMMENTARY: He was the kind of friend who showed up when I needed him most — and stayed with me, even after he was gone.
Why do so many sacraments involve anointing with oil?
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A man had this question. He watched a priest baptize the man’s infant nephew. Why was the baby ceremonially touched with oil? Why oil, of all things?
Every Catholic has been anointed, oil placed on his or her body at baptism or at confirmation or, if seriously ill or injured, in the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Priests and bishops are anointed when they receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
In days gone by, monarchs were anointed.
Why? It helps to know something about oil as it occurred and was seen in biblical times.
In those days, artificially produced oil was not to be found. The Mediterranean world had many olive trees. Oil could be obtained easily by pressing, or squeezing, olives.
This oil was seen as medicinal. It was applied to wounds. No one knew how it worked, but the wounds usually healed. In scientific reality, the oil created a covering over the wound that bacteria and contaminants could not penetrate.
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Every Catholic has been anointed, oil placed on his or her body at baptism or at confirmation or, if seriously ill or injured, in the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Priests and bishops are anointed when they receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
In days gone by, monarchs were anointed.
Why? It helps to know something about oil as it occurred and was seen in biblical times.
In those days, artificially produced oil was not to be found. The Mediterranean world had many olive trees. Oil could be obtained easily by pressing, or squeezing, olives.
This oil was seen as medicinal. It was applied to wounds. No one knew how it worked, but the wounds usually healed. In scientific reality, the oil created a covering over the wound that bacteria and contaminants could not penetrate.
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Why do so many sacraments involve anointing with oil?
The sacred oil used in baptism, confirmation and other sacraments protects us, strengthens us and sends us on God's mission.
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PHOTOS: Where St. Francis slept on stone, pilgrims still find peace
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Everyone knows the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the burial place of the founder of the Franciscan order, as well as the basilica housing the Portiuncula. But few know the Eremo delle Carceri, a hermitage hidden in the mountains, surrounded by trees — a place of silence where the “Poverello” himself withdrew to pray.
In every season, an unending crowd throngs the majestic entrances of the Upper and Lower Basilicas in Assisi in the Umbrian region of Italy. Thousands of tourists tread the cobblestones of the medieval town with its pale stone façades. Meanwhile, just five kilometers (3.1 miles) from the center, high above the town, the atmosphere is entirely different: Here, silence and solitude reign. This is what Francis and his companions sought in the early 13th century.
At the end of a winding climb, on the slopes of Mount Subasio at an altitude of about 800 meters (about 2,625 feet), the first Franciscan friar erected a small hermitage nestled in the greenery. In this sacred place, there are still no car horns, no souvenir vendors, no restaurants — only birdsong welcoming the souls who come to pray.
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Where St. Francis slept on stone, pilgrims still find peace
The Hermitage of St. Francis is a little known sanctuary in Assisi that still preserves the spirit of St. Francis.
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