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    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas to you too :)
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    Pentecost Sunday - Come, Holy Spirit

    Thankyou Isabella1 :)
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    A hard time liking Catholics

    You only "dislike" Catholics, because you are a product of your environment, which obviously is anti-catholic. You would have been subliminally taught all the anti-catholic cliches, armed with these, you would have spent your life using this information as if it were true, all the while having...
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    I'm becoming Catholic on...

    Congratulations :)
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    Why does the pull of the devil feel stronger than God's omnipotence?

    God is all powerful, more powerful than we can imagine. God also has given us free will, the free will to choose. Choosing to follow God is not always easy, that is why we pray. Our Father........."give us this day our daily bread"..., we ask God for what we need today,....."lead us not into...
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    Conversion Stories

    The diocese is Canberra and Goulburn. I don't have anything to compare it to but I feel very much at home wherever I go. Can't say I have seen Kevin at Mass. My son is only 7 and Autistic, however he really enjoys the structured routine of mass and particularly enjoys the "giving a sign of...
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    Tattoos

    Ok lets not hijack the thread, we are all entitled to our opinions. We all have different taste. In reply to OP, my advice is don't do it, you will regret it for the rest of you life.
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    Tattoos

    oh meeeoooowww! settle down there is no need to be like that. I wasn't born 48, besides I am 48 not dead. And personally when I was a young lad I did find women with tattoos a turn off and still do today. I use the word "turn-off" in this instance not to denote sexual overtones, but simply...
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    Tattoos

    Don't do it ! There is no greater "turn-off" than a girl with a tattoo.
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    Conversion Stories

    I had my confirmation at this past Easter Vigil and am so happy. I have never felt so close to God as I have in the past year. I love the quiet and reflective times spent one on one with God during Mass. This quality time with God is priceless.
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    Confirmation

    Thankyou everyone for your kind words. Col
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    Confirmation

    Its a little after 10pm Saturday Evening here is Australia, and I have just returned from the Easter Vigil Mass and my confirmation. I have never felt closer to God than I have over the last 8 months. Everything feels so right and for the first time in my life I feel a real sense of...
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    what do you love about the Mass?

    I love the quiet times of personal prayer in preparation and within the Mass. Quality one on one time with God. For me, Mass is like an oasis in the desert that is life.
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    Why are Protestants so Anti-Catholic?

    If Luther was right, they why aren't all non-catholics Lutheran? Non-catholics have been "nailing things to doors" in protest and spitting and re-splitting ever since. And Christ's message keeps getting more and more diluted. Talk about selective editing of the Bible. Makes ya think doesn't it.
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    Christians calling other Denominitions "False"

    Selectively editing the Bible to appease a demographic to which you wish to attract, brings in to question, and can cast some doubt on the vailidity of church. A cynic might say that some churches are more focused on taking full advantage of their their tax free status and as such their focus is...
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    What Hillary and Obama both believe

    This may be a little off topic and I know that I don't live in the US, but I have found the consensus here in Australia is, that neither Hilary or Obama will be president, for the obvious gender and race reasons. Also compounded with the fact that voting is not compusory and taking into account...
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    Question

    Non-catholic faiths are also guilty of poor judgement in the past. And both the Catholic church and non-catholic faiths will inevitably make errors again in the future. However despite errors made at times by the church, the original deposit of faith and catholic teaching has not suffered. Which...
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    The Power of One Hail Mary (2)

    For my wife and son. Hail Mary, full of grace, the lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
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    The Power of One Hail Mary (2)

    Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.