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Person of Color, But Child of the Father First
I’m not white and I’m not black. Perhaps I should just shut up and let people sort things out for themselves? What can a Catholic Asian possibly say that would make a difference? I can only give it my best… Continue reading
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Q&A: How should we, as atheist parents, talk to our kids about god and religion?
Answering as a Catholic here. 🙂 Even people raised religious have to own their faiths at some point. Every religious person at some point in their life questions why they believe what they believe, and whether they will continue believing,… Continue reading
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How to Trust Like Mary
Tradition holds that Mary was in the midst of prayer when the Archangel Gabriel came with his message. At that moment, her mind, her soul, her heart, her very body, was prepared to receive. “Hail, full of grace,” he greeted… Continue reading
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Of Suffering, Safety Nets and Kings
Image: Pietro Jeng Over the past few weeks, PinayVoices has been hopping because of our posts on divorce. It can be draining. It’s exhausting to talk to unhappy women who, blinded by anger, can’t get past their own view of things… Continue reading
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Birthing A (Firstborn) Adult
Image: Caroline Hernandez Despite maintaining a fairly public profile, I don’t like writing about personal stuff, especially about current issues that we are dealing with in our family, because I do believe some things are just meant to be private… Continue reading
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If The Shoe Fits (Laudato Si’ )
Laudato Si’ seems to have been buried under all the hubbub from the SCOTUS decision on same sex “marriage”…. so I’m just now catching up with commentaries and reactions to Laudato Si’, after finally finishing the encyclical, which can be… Continue reading
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What Nino Read, September 2014
Corduroy Makes a Cake It’s Milking Time (didn’t like this one that much — maybe he can’t relate since we hardly ever drink cow’s milk here) Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Carnival Prize The Best Kind of Kiss by… Continue reading
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Living Authentic Lives: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
He makes the weak of this world mighty only to the extent that they cooperate with a determined and resolute repentance. Might comes from cooperation with God’s divine will. I’ve found this to be true in confronting venial sin in… Continue reading
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An End-Of-Year Examination of Conscience for the Family
Continued from this post on Raising Pro-Life Children Amid A Culture of Death. There are many versions of an examination of conscience out there. I wrote this for our family, but I share this here in case it might be… Continue reading
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Where I’ve Been
Faith: From Project: Sowing Seeds: 101!! Books to Read in this Year of Faith — includes some of my favorites, some that I’ve been meaning to read, and many that I’ve never heard of before. Poll: Catholics want pastors to… Continue reading
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