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Can the baby feel anything in an abortion? [Video]

By | January 25, 2012

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“Can the baby feel anything in an abortion?” Brooke Burns, Education Director for Arizona Right to Life, gives the Catholic answer to this question about abortion. She talks about the recent laws regarding fetal pain. She also discusses whether the pain really matters when we talk about the “right” to kill a person.

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Is a fetus in the womb a baby? I’ve heard it’s just tissue. [Video]

By | January 25, 2012

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“Is the fetus in the womb a baby? I’ve heard it’s just tissue.” This is something you hear a lot and Brooke Burns, Education Director for Arizona Right to Life, answers this question. She discusses how the unique DNA every fetus has from the moment of conception makes it a human baby, not just a clump of cells.

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What about if the woman is raped? Shouldn’t she be allowed to have an abortion? [Video]

By | January 25, 2012

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In this video, Brooke Burns, Education Director for Arizona Right to Life, answers the question: “What about if the woman is raped? Shouldn’t she be allowed to have an abortion?” She tells us that the Catholic answer to this common question about abortion is that in these situations, the last thing the woman needs is to experience more violence and pain; she needs love, support, and healing.

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I agree abortion is wrong, but who am I to tell someone else not to have an abortion? [Video]

By | January 25, 2012

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Have you ever heard someone say: “I agree abortion is wrong, but who am I to tell someone else not to have one?” We’ve got the Catholic answer to this question. Brooke Burns, Education Director for Arizona Right to Life, talks about how she felt this way too at one point. She challenges us to not take this “easy way out” of the abortion discussion and to stand up for something as fundamental as life.

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Protect Life From Extinction [Wallpaper]

By | January 20, 2012

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Protect Life From Extinction “I’m pro-life and I believe we should protect all life from extinction . . . even dinosaurs.” Designed by Gabe Telepak Download: 2560×1440, 1600×900, iPhone Wallpaper Read more [...]

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Saint Quotes: St. Gianna Beretta Molla on Abortion

By | January 20, 2012

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“The doctor should not meddle. The right of the child is equal to the right of the mother’s life. The doctor can’t decide; it is a sin to kill in the womb.”

“If you must choose between me and the baby, no hesitation; I choose – and I demand it – the baby. Save her!”

- St. Gianna Beretta Molla

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Christ Crucified [Wallpaper]

By | January 17, 2012

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You Formed Me [Wallpaper]

By | January 17, 2012

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What If I Told You The Truth

By | January 13, 2012

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Editor’s Note: Can you see the truth through the Religion vs. Jesus debate? We’re praying for you as you talk about this issue and the viral video with your friends. We loved how well Peter Kreeft articulates this question about “church” in his book Before I Go: Letters to Our Children about what Really Matters. Here is the truth, boiled down to the basics without any fancy distractions. “What’s the Big Deal about Church? Why is she so important? Because she is how we Read more [...]

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Saint Quotes: St. Paul of the Cross

By | January 7, 2012

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“Celebrate the feast of Christmas every day, even every moment in the interior temple of your spirit, remaining like a baby in the bosom of the heavenly Father, where you will be reborn each moment in the Divine Word, Jesus Christ.”

- St. Paul of the Cross

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Saint Quotes: Blessed JPII on Advent

By | December 24, 2011

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“The liturgy of Advent . . . helps us to understand fully the value and meaning of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical event, which occurred some 2,000 years ago in a little village of Judea.

Instead, it is necessary to understand that the whole of our life must be an ‘advent,’ a vigilant awaiting of the final coming of Christ. To predispose our mind to welcome the Lord who, as we say in the Creed, ‘one day will come to judge the living and the dead,’ we must learn to recognize him as present in the events of daily life.

Therefore, Advent is, so to speak, an intense training that directs us decisively toward him who already came, who will come, and who comes continuously.”

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Life Teen Staff Picks: Deck the Halls [Video]

By | December 23, 2011

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Christmas is so close! Here’s another fun, Christmas music video that we thought you’d enjoy. It involves a great deal of cardboard props (or maybe styrofoam), an old man in a brown turtle-neck being a reindeer, plenty of people in white fuzzy suits, and one of our favorite bands – Tenth Avenue North.

Enjoy, and have a happy second-last day of Advent!

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“I Boldly Beg You to Pray for Our Service Men and Women”

By | December 21, 2011

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I boldly beg you to pray for our servicemen and women, veterans and all their families. Christmas is the occasion when we remember the Gift of the Father to us. Each of us tries to respond by giving something we have received to those in need. Those who serve our country in uniform need and deserve our prayers.

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To God be the Glory: Results from our Matching Gift Challenge

By | December 20, 2011

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For the past two days, thousands of you from around the world collaborated toward a goal of raising $10,000 in 36 hours during our Matching Gift Challenge. Many of you decided to participate, whether it be in the form of a financial gift or prayer. We were amazed to see how everyone used their own stories of how God has worked in your own life through the movement of Life Teen. Many of you were on Facebook and Twitter posting stories and asking people to donate. Our family mission at Camp Covecrest Read more [...]

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Why Do Catholics Pray to Statues?

By | December 15, 2011

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Catholics do not pray to statues.

That would be idolatry and therefore, a violation of the First Commandment. If a person prays to a statue out of superstition, believes that the statue has special powers or is even God – that is idolatry.

However, this is not what Catholics do when they pray in front of a statue. Catholics worship with their whole person and all of the senses. A statue, or any other piece of religious art, is intended to draw the soul deeper into prayer by helping the senses to recall the mystery that it represents.

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Life Teen Staff Picks: Christmas Edition

By | December 9, 2011

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We want to share with you some fun and occasionally outrageous Christmas stuff during this Advent and Christmas season! And to kick it off, check out this video of the David Crowder Band – turned into nutcrackers! Though they don’t do any nut cracking, they do play their instruments very skillfully considering their hands are wooden knobs.

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Radiant Joy: Life Teen’s 2012 Theme

By | December 1, 2011

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Youth Ministry is tiring work, both physically and spiritually. Hours before the teens arrive for a Life Night, Core Teams have been setting up environments and practicing teachings. Long after the Edge kids are picked up, Core Members are sweeping up floors and taking out trash. And then there are the trips. The long bus rides to Camps and Conferences, the paper towel thin blankets and sheets, and, not to mention, the steady diet of pizza and coffee do very little for the middle-aged body. The Read more [...]

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Funny Mass Stories: Stolen Statue at Wedding

By | November 29, 2011

Editor’s Note: This is a true story told by a priest who would prefer to remain anonymous. I was celebrating a wedding, the first wedding in the parish where I was assigned as a newly ordained priest. It was for a couple that was not particularly faithful and whom I had never gotten to know because I had just shown up at the parish. The deacon of the parish was to assist me by preaching since he knew them. We walked in for the entrance procession and everything went just swimmingly well Read more [...]

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Saint Quotes on the Eucharist: Jesus to St. Faustina

By | November 25, 2011

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“… Now you shall consider My love in the Blessed Sacrament. Here, I am entirely yours, soul, body and divinity, as your Bridegroom. You know what love demands: one thing only, reciprocity.” Jesus to St. Faustina

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Why Do Catholics Have to Attend Sunday Mass?

By | November 24, 2011

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When we skip Mass on Sunday, we are violating our covenant with God. We are saying to God, “I don’t need to be united to you. I don’t need to worship you.” It may seem innocent, but we are actually declining His marriage proposal. We are not showing up for our own wedding.

When we make a decision to deny His invitation to covenant we are saying we don’t want a relationship with Him. Because our God loves us and is a gentleman, he allows us to do this.

However, it’s a grave sin to miss Mass.

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