Author: Brandon Kraft
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lenten contract with all
Welcome to the season of Lent! As tradition dictates, this is the time when Catholics all over the world give up various things to help push an inner conversion as we prepare for the Easter mysteries. Since we have sinned and are saved as a community, I want to throw out some of the issues…
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these cookies are going to cost you
Girls sued for delivering cookies Two girls, 17 and 18, of Durango, CO, baked cookies in July, packaged them into little gift sets with cards wishing a good night. Around 10:30 p.m., they visited a neighbor’s house to deliver the cookies. According to the neighbor, she saw shadowy figures and they “banged” on the door.…
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prayers of the state: feb 2-3, 2005
Steve Johnson, pastor of the Family of Faith Church of Nazarene, Waco, starts the House on the 2nd with this prayer: (718 words) God and Father of us all, we thank you for granting us another day. We praise you for your creative and sustaining energy, for the beauty of all that surrounds us each…
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pope thanks us for our prayers
Catholic World News is reporting that Archbishop Franc Rode, the prefect of the Congregation for Consecrated Life, relayed that the Pope thanks everyone who had prayed for him upon his hospitalization yesterday. Archbp. Rode conveyed this during his homily as he celebrated Mass in the Vatican basilica for the annual Day for Consecrated Life. Pope…
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prayers of the state: feb 1, 2005
Today, Bishop Vincent Rizzotto of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston lead the House in prayer (313 words): Good and gracious Lord. At the beginning of this day, we stand before your holy presence and worship you as the source of all grace. We praise and bless you as the God who has been ever faithful to…
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the pope is in the hospital
CNN and Fox News are both reporting that the Pope has been taken to the hospital. Fox is making the story sound much more urgent than CNN with Fox saying that he was “rushed” to the hospital catching his own staff off guard. CNN echoes Vatican reports that the Pope is one of millions who…