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The Shepherd’s Pie: Forgiving Ourselves

April 16, 2025

Antony Barone Kolenc speaks with Doralyn Moore about the importance of learning to forgive ourselves to progress in our own faith journeys.

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Jubilee: A Coming Out of the Wilderness

April 15, 2025

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A jubilee is a time of forgiveness and spiritual renewal. The word jubilee means a time of celebration. We are celebrating God’s merciful love during a jubilee. Everyone is encouraged to participate, whether locally or through a pilgrimage to Rome and to receive the plenary indulgence.

Hannah and Hopalot

April 11, 2025

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Tom Medlar's children's story, "Hannah and Hopalot," reminds us of the value of all living creatures. Celebrate Earth Day this month, on April 22, by reading the story to your children or grandchildren, and thanking God for all that he has made.

Return to the Lord with Thanksgiving

April 10, 2025

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It’s easier to remain faithful when God answers our prayers and heals us or removes suffering. But what about when illness, pain, or dilemma remains? Can we stay faithful even then, steadfast in love and trust in the Lord?

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Hopeful Peace

April 8, 2025

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Do you ever wonder how the saints could serve so many people so joyfully without ever seeming to burn out? Maybe this reflection can shed some light on the reason.

We Are All Pilgrims

April 3, 2025

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Amy Schisler offers an invitation to be a Pilgrim of Hope during this Jubilee year.

Serendipitous Surrender

April 2, 2025

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Devotional writer Lisa Livezey encourages caregivers with an excerpt from her book: "Minding Mom: A Caregiver’s Devotional Story".

Consider The Flowers

March 21, 2025

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In his book, The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass, Father Bonificace Hicks paints a wonderful picture of this sacrificial act. In a chapter devoted to the silence of sacrificial offering, Father Hicks brings light into the purpose of cut flowers in the mass...

The Shepherd’s Pie: Poetry and the Stages of Grief

March 19, 2025

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Antony Barone Kolenc speaks with Dan Mahoney about how he was able to use poetry to help him cope with the death of his father as he worked through the five stages of grief.

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Eternity of Spousal Love

March 18, 2025

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The question which weighs on some hearts, especially those who have lost a spouse to death, is whether the relationship with our spouse ends when their soul leaves this world.