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  • Catholics and the Bible – Raised Catholic episode 6

    Catholics and the Bible – Raised Catholic episode 6

    The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 6 – Catholics and the Bible Well hello friends. If you were born and raised Catholic, your relationship to the Bible just may be limited to the readings you hear or have heard at Mass.  Certainly,…

  • Revive

    Revive

    I was listening to a podcast which addressed the huge drop in church attendance in America this year.  There was a pastor on who explained some of the statistics and the reasons why people aren’t returning to church: fear of getting sick during a pandemic, a break in spiritual habits and patterns, anger at the losses…

  • Oceans

    Oceans

    I am almost afraid to tell this story. It’s a story of promises fulfilled and prayers answered, but mostly it’s a story about the nature of life and the nature of God. Life is unpredictable; it bends and moves in twists and circles, yet, through it all, God is steadfast. Something I know now for…

  • Story

    At mass this morning, we had a guest celebrant. Fr. Kevin had been ordained a priest this past spring, and before that, he studied in Rome, and before that, he entered the seminary, and before that, he was a youth minister, and before that, he was a Spanish teacher, and before that, he was a…

  • Rizpah

    My devotional led me to a scripture I’ve never read, and I can’t seem to let it go. In second Samuel, we hear the story of Rizpah.  She was a concubine of Saul, and by no fault of her own, had her two sons taken from her in repayment for Saul’s bloody deeds. Along with…