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The Easter Love Story

The best definition for love according to St. John is that God is love.If so, as people created in the likeness of God, we are also people of love. We are created to love and receive love also. Perfect love…
Winning FamilyWinning Family
Forgiveness in Marriage Relationships

Marriage relationship is based on love. Love in itself is compassionate and expressive, showing care and understanding of the person we love. Bearing this in mind, one wonders what happens when love in marriage relationships become sour.

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Our FaithOur Faith
The Ascension of Christ and His Glorified Existence

Forty days after his Resurrection, Jesus ascended into heaven. During this period between his Resurrection and Ascension, He actually gave…
Catholic LivingCatholic Living
Christ in the Eucharist

Protestant attacks on the Catholic Church often focus on the Eucharist. This demonstrates that opponents of the Church-mainly Evangelicals and…
Faith & BusinessFaith & Business
The Ethics of Profit, the Profit of Ethics

In many news stories these days, reporters use the words “executive compensation,” “deregulation,” and “profits” in pejorative, unflattering terms. In…
Young & CatholicYoung & Catholic
Honouring the Gift of Children

“Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build…” (Psalm 127:1).

“Children’s children are the crown of the…
Tonic For The SoulTonic For The Soul
A Lesson In Moving On

“Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.”
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While Saint Joseph has his principal feast day on March 19, the feast of Saint Joseph the…

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