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Sometimes we need a Coach in the Pulpit
By Larry Peterson We Catholics hear much about how we must evangelize. Unfortunately, most Catholics do not know how to do it. Most of us even avoid discussions with each other about controversial topics in the Church. Indeed, few of us are going to stand on a milk crate on a street corner, hold up…
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100 Years Ago Hatred Spawned His Murder—Has Anything Changed Today?
By Larry Peterson Meet Father James E. Coyle What follows is an “American” story about a Catholic priest and a member of the Ku Klux Klan. It is about love and hatred in America. This story is not about the present day. But since it is the way of things in our 21st century, it…
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Meet St. Dymphna—The Patroness of the Emotionally and Mentally Challenged
By Larry Peterson (Before starting I should explain that Marty is my second wife; my first wife, Loretta, died of melanoma in 2003. Marty and I were married for nine years. She had lymphoma and Alzheimer’s Disease and passed away in 2017. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Loretta and I were living in northern New Jersey and had two…
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A Tailor’s Inspiration Brought the World a Pope
By Larry Peterson The influence of St. John of the Cross, the great poet and mystic of the 16th century, reached across the centuries and inspired a simple tailor in Nazi occupied Poland to aspire to sainthood. In turn, this simple man became the catalyst for another man who was not even considering becoming a…
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Blessed Jerzy (Jury) Kashyra–
By Larry Peterson Jerzy (aka Jury) Kashyra was born on April l4, 1914, in a small village outside Dzisna, which was then part of the Russian Empire. His family was native to Belarus and were Orthodox Belarusians. In 1907 his mother discovered the original family faith and embraced the Eastern Orthodox church. Jerzy followed his…
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Snowflakes, Rainbows, & the Twenty-Four Hour Day—Proof there is a Creator
written after seeing a rainbow— By Larry Peterson In 2006, NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft left our humble, little planet and began its voyage to the edges of our solar system and beyond. After traveling 3 billion plus miles New Horizon finally passed the dwarf planet Pluto, the furthest planet from our sun. I don’t…
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What are the origins of Adoration and Benediction ?
By Larry Peterson Growing up and going to Catholic school, we had religion class every day. One thing we all learned about was the “Real Presence.” There was no doubt in our minds that inside the church, Jesus was truly present “body and blood, soul and divinity. He was inside the tabernacle, and He was…
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Sickness, Drought, and Famine had decimated the Region—Our Lady came and Showered the People with Abundance
By Larry Peterson “I have heard their prayers. Assure them that as of this day, their suffering has come to an end”. There is a town located in Italy called Cursi. It is in the Apulia region of southeast Italy, and if you look at the map of the country, it is located on the…
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Confession is the Soul’s Bath; St. Padre Pio
By Larry Peterson Defender of the Seal of Confession; Father Fernando Olmedo Reguera On July 1, 2019, The Vatican issued the Note of the Apostolic Penitentiary (a tribunal in the Roman Curia that deals with mercy and forgiveness) about the inviolability of the Sacramental Seal aka the Seal of Confession. A Sacrament is of God—not…
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