Guardian angels and spiritual warfare | Fr Ripperger

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Do you know who Fr Ripperger is? If not, and you’re Catholic, you must be hiding under a rock or hanging out with lukewarm Catholics. Fr Ripperger is a Catholic exorcist who has many, many talks online regarding the spiritual life, more especially spiritual warfare. GUARDIAN ANGEL Video on…

Divine Mercy Sunday: Help My Unbelief

The only time I feel respite from Life’s stressors is when I step into a church. . Immediate peace. . Immense gratitude. . Divine inspiration. . Healing tears. The only person I confide in is the One up above. . He understands. . He listens. . He cares. . He heals. . He empowers. ….

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Good Friday 2019

My husband and I are grateful for our chaplain who avails himself for hours every day this week hearing confession, which made it possible for us to undertake our eleventh-hour confession. We made it despite the flash flood warning! . It was a stressful afternoon persuading our toddler to eat dinner and dress quickly. I drove…

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Departing from self-love, growing in charity

The gospel reading today (4th Sunday of Lent) is about the parable of the prodigal son. Our chaplain preached a homily about how we should move away from self-love, towards charity. The younger son who squandered everything did not return to his father’s because he was contrite, but because he was hungry and lusting after…

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It is who we are, and not what we do, that matters to God

2019 feels overwhelming. My plans include delivering our second child, conducting a cross-continental move, renovating our house, and readjusting to life with a toddler and infant. * Our chaplain’s homily today — on the Baptism of the Lord (January 12) — is very timely. He shared that it is not what we do that matters…

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Catholic homeschooling our toddler

The majority of our toddler’s friends are enrolled in school. I am resisting as I am picky – it is either a Catholic school or none. The nearest Catholic school, however, is far and expensive. The nearest Catholic homeschool co-ops or hybrid schools are affordable but even further. There is no Catechesis of the Good…

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Hope and Humility

My husband and I have been trying to conceive for a few months and by God’s grace, we received news of a bundle of joy a few weeks ago. I conducted home pregnancy tests, followed up with the school’s midwife, and proceeded to book an appointment at the gynecologist as advised. Two weeks later, we…

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Why is objective morality necessary for true charity?

Charity in truth In a world dominated by moral relativism, “what is truth?” According to Patrick Madrid, “the answer, from a Catholic perspective, is Jesus Christ… ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.’” Morality is “objective truth given by God, not to ruin our lives, but to make us truly free”[1]. Charity, on…

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