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Our Out-of-Control Border is even a Challenge for a Saint
By Larry Peterson From 50 years ago 1973 Sometime during the early summer of 1973, Jesus Gaytan and two friends began making their way north to the United States. They were planning to ”sneak” across the border and find work as farmhands. They did not care where they just wanted to work. Arriving at the…
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One Quiet Birthday among Millions of Unwanted Birthdays
By Larry Peterson Meet a pro-life couple from 1978 This is about a pro-life couple and an incident that took place 46 years ago. The exact date was September 6, 1978. But I cannot preface that story without mentioning the new law taking place in Florida. It is as follows: On May 1, 2024, Florida…
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He died in a Concentration camp—his crime was “being Catholic”
By Larry Peterson He Died for being “Excessively Catholic” Even as a child, Marcel Callo was a bit of a perfectionist. He liked order and displayed natural leadership qualities. He was born in Rennes, France, on December 6, 1921. Marcel, the second of nine children, was just a normal boy with a great…
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Does God send us “signs?” You Decide
This is a test post: –Looking into her eyes, he said, “There is Victory over Death.” I recently attended a funeral Mass and during the few minutes before the Mass started, something extraordinary happened. I believe God sent a messenger to share with all those in attendance an affirmation of what we proclaim to believe;…
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Saint Abel the Just, Feast Day, January 3
By Larry Peterson His was the first recorded death in Human History The holy people from the Old Testament are not usually called saints. We do not say, “St. Abraham” or “St. Moses” as we do for St. Joseph or St John. But the church does allow for them to be called saints one day…
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Marriage— “it unites spouses and binds them to their eternal souls…”
By Larry Peterson As we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Family it seems fitting to repost this article that focuses on the domestic church as described by Pope St. John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation titled, Familiaris Consortia issued on November 22, 1981. St. John Paul II said, “Marriage is an act…
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His Love of Family led him to Martyrdom
He is a patron of married couples and fathers (posted in honor of the Most Holy Family By Larry Peterson Madagascar is a vast island nation located off the east-central coast of Africa. It was here that Lucien Botovasoa was born in the year 1908, the exact day is unknown. He was the oldest of…
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A Joyful Christmas can also harbor a Joyful-Sadness
By Larry Peterson Christmas is much more than just a day I never viewed Christmas as just a “day”. Thanksgiving is a “day”. My birthday is a “day”. Your anniversary is a ‘day”. But Christmas is much more than simply a day. It is a state of mind, an uplifting, spiritually charged season that changes…
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YES! Santa lives in the Hearts of Millions, both Young and Old
By Larry Peterson Most folks do not know much about a man by the name of Francis Pharcellus Church. Heck, most people have never even heard of him. However, to me, he is one of the most excellent newspaper editors of all time. That is because he took on a skeptical world and dared try…
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The Last Christmas Tree (are Angels really Among Us)?
Did Angels bring the Tree? You Decide A Short Story by Larry Peterson Inspired by a true story: It was 6:00 A.M., and she was exhausted. She stood there, unblinking, looking into the mirror at the person staring back at her. Running her hands through her tousled, just-got-out-of-bed hair, she sighed deeply. She leaned forward,…
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