Author: Brandon Kraft
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indulgences for the year of the eucharist
As I don’t have class on Friday, I’m using Thursday nights to catch up on e-mails and notes that I’ve flagged for follow-up but hadn’t had time during the week to catch up. During this Year of the Eucharist, the Apostolic Penitentiary published a degree marking certain indulgences for the special period of time. “A…
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a time for conversion
I only have time for a ten-minute post, so I will try to keep this brief. The season of Lent is upon us and, personally, it is one of my favorite times of year. In this season, the Church calls us more so than usual, to a life of conversion. The life of a Catholic…
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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…