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I’m Not Worthy

By | June 2, 2013

“Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” This is a prayer every practicing catholic should recognize right away. It’s a prayer we pray once a week at Mass, or more often for those who go to daily Mass… But like many of the prayers we recite, do we really PRAY it? Recently, I found myself really praying this prayer in the Mass… well, sort of. For the past year, maybe longer, every time I went to mass and we got to

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Looking for love

By | March 12, 2013

Love… What is it about love that effectuates us so easily? Even in a world filled with war and hate, ‘Love’ is everywhere. Think of the most recent movie you have seen, can you honestly tell me there wasn’t a love plot involved at all? Most recent movie I have seen: Warm Bodies. Great hilarious movie about zombies… One zombie who falls in love with a human… wait…WHAT?!  That’s right, love is everywhere, even in the undead! Since love is everywhere I thought I’d tell you guys

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Your Call of Duty: To Be Fearless

By | January 30, 2013

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Now, this is a challenge! This is a battle that will determine if you are a man or not. Put your controllers down when you enter the world, your schools, your jobs, your friend’s house, the store.

You are in a battlefield. A battle for each and every life that you see. You can’t see your enemies, but you can see what’s at stake. We do face “impossible odds” where everything will be fighting against us. Hordes of media and countless lies will be thrown at you to derail you. This isn’t a life for just anyone, this is the life of a real hero.

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Receiving Christ

By | October 25, 2012

As a Catholic, I think the biggest blessing has to be being able to receive Jesus’s body and blood in the Eucharist. Of course I didn’t always see it this way. For me growing up I saw the Eucharist as just another church thing. As I received my first communion I learned more that this was Jesus. But I am a simple boy, and there was no way I could wrap my head around the fact that this was Christ. Now, I didn’t have an amazing experience when I first realized that Jesus was in the Eucharist, but I

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The Lion’s Den

By | May 20, 2012

So imagine this: you are stranded and lost in the middle of an African jungle. As you travel, you grow weary and tired, not sure exactly which direction to go. Finally you come to a path, which splits off in two directions. to the right the path goes off into an open meadow, which has a stream running through it, and what looks like a possible village in the distance – in other words, Safety. To the left, there are only more trees and behind the trees is a large cave, which you happen to see a lioness

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What Does it Mean to Be an Apostle?

By | February 8, 2012

Most of us know the story of Christ. We have either read it ourselves or have heard it in church. We hear readings every Sunday about Christ’s life, whether it’s His birth, or a miracle He is performing, or showing us just how deep His love is in His passion and death. But, how many of us have taken the time to journey WITH Christ through His life? I know I never took the time, aside from maybe a small prayer here or a reflection there, but never through His whole life. After Christmas break, the

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“The Weak Will Lead The Strong”

By | November 10, 2011

So here’s the picture:  The year is 490 B.C.and there is a war going on between an alliance of Greek cities led by King Leonidas of Sparta and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. As Two two forces meet for the final confrontation, you see a large man standing in front of his small but elite army which started at 300 men and are now slightly depleted. The Persian army stands in front of them with a huge number advantage. The hero, King Leonidas, stands before the enemy with sweat glimmering from his

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Just Say No?

By | October 15, 2011

Have you ever walked through your kitchen and your eyes fell upon the pack of cookies, and instantly your thought is “I know I shouldn’t.” But, then the next set of thoughts come rushing in. Just one cookie, it wont hurt. Then, three cookies later you finally have to pry yourself away from the pack of cookies. What ever happened to mom smacking our hands and telling us “no dessert until after dinner”? What ever happened to listening to that thought? Just a week ago, I got my tooth pulled, and it’s

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