... a Mass of Thanksgiving. Because this is why we have a Catholic diocese. This is why the Church exists: to be a Mother who gives us God’s Son.
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... mind and in your heart throughout the day. In this way it is possible to progress from simply being a person who prays, to being a truly prayerful person.
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... the object of our hope – hope that God’s Providence, His divine plan for you, me and all creation is not only true and good, but also beautiful. Deo gratias.
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... of no easier or better way than to make the Office of Readings your daily guidepost.
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... Matthew Newsome is the Catholic campus minister at Western Carolina University and the regional faith formation coordinator for the Smoky Mountain Vicariate.
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... that’s the ultimate point of any vocation: It’s the narrow road we travel through life as we make our journey to God.
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... orders is the ministry of service. The one we serve above all is Jesus Christ, both in the Blessed Trinity and in the members of His Body, the Church.
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... The world desperately needs holy marriages because the world needs to know God’s love.
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... been invited. Let’s not linger outside, watching through the windows, when we are able to enter and partake of the feast.
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... attitude has always been, “why bother?” But Christ shows us by His example that no effort, no matter how small, is wasted when done with love.
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... previously taught by the law and the prophets. But the new commandment He gives us is even more demanding: “love one another, as I have loved you” (Jn 13:34).
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... the ashes convey to make an inward turn toward God. That’s an invitation we can always accept. Just maybe avoid boar hunts for a while.
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... brought the cosmos into the picture... The cosmos finds its true meaning in the Firstborn of creation, who has now entered history.”
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... it to completion in the life to come.
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... broke as my baby daughter’s heel was being pricked, our Father’s heart longs to take the pain we suffer upon Himself. So He does. Love will do that to you.
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... the great saints was beyond your reach, I encourage you to try something new – and read an old book.
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... is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things” (Phil 4:8). If we do this, he promises, then “the God of peace will be with you” (Phil 4:9).
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... in the years to come.
Deacon Matthew Newsome is the Catholic campus minister at Western Carolina University and the regional faith formation coordinator for the Smoky Mountain Vicariate.
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... of racism, now is a time to listen. Racism is a wound in the Body of Christ. Part of the Body is bleeding; it deserves our attention.
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