Author: Brandon Kraft
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archdiocese of galveston-houston
The Vatican Information Service released today that the Holy Father made some changes involving the various dioceses of Texas. All the dioceses of Texas were “suffragan dioceses” to the Archdiocese of San Antonio. For the most part, that doesn’t mean too much to the average Catholic. More is explained below. The ecclesiastical province of San…
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writing at peace
One of the definite downside to being in Wichita Falls for the break is the detachment from my life, as I now know it. While this is a “vacation” from school, I am not on an actual vacation. So, in the week that I’ve been in Wichita Falls, I have caught up on bills, had…
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random christmas musings
Five thousand one hundred ninety-nine years from the creation of the world, when in the beginning God created heaven and earth; two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven years from the deluge; two thousand and fifteen years from the birth of Abraham; one thousand five hundred and ten years from Moses and the going out of…
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comment spam: what a pain
After being home a few days, I logged onto my website to try to get something out to post. When the splash screen came up and told me that I had 165 new comments to approve, I knew what kind of post this was going to be. First, for the record, since I upgraded my…
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Have You Heard God’s Call?
On Monday evening, while chatting with friends, the question arose of ‘what if you have not heard God’s call in your life?’ First, is God’s calling in our lives necessary? No. We all have received our instruction from God in some way, if nothing else, through the Scripture and Sacred Tradition. Is that comforting and…
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reflecting on the past
Reflection of the past is something that we are, as human beings, unique in doing. I think that is something important that many times we can and do ignore if we look at past events and decisions as things that are invariant. I took, and assume misheard, your point as stating that past events always…