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Today's Readings
- Monday of the Second Week of Advent
  
  Reading I Is 35:1-10
  Responsorial Psalm 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14
  Gospel Lk 5:17-26
Catholic News Service
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- UPDATE: Pope tells reporters Paris archbishop was hounded out by gossip
  
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- God’s power is revealed in love, pope says at Mass in Athens
  
  ATHENS, Greece (CNS) — God the Almighty almost always chooses the least mighty people and...
National Catholic Register
- As Three More Hostages Released in Haiti, Christian Group Thanks God and Asks for More Prayers
  
  Christian Aid Ministries Rebuilding project in Haiti The abductions come at a time of major political and economic crises for Haiti.
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Bp. Barron's Advent Reflections
- Monday of the Second Week of Advent
  
  Friends, our Gospel for today tells that wonderful story of the healing of the paralytic. People gather by the dozens to hear Jesus, crowding around the doorway of the house. They bring him a...

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  Lord have mercy! Franciscan Friar Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR was arrested and dragged from an abortion facility on Sat., Nov. 27 in The post Police Arrest, Drag Franciscan Priest Out of Abortion...
- Anxious or Depressed? Healthy Ways to Cope from a Catholic Perspective
  
  Do you struggle with anxiety or depression? On this episode of The Catholic Gentleman‘s podcast, John Heinen and Sam Guzman discuss mental The post Anxious or Depressed? Healthy Ways to Cope from a...
- What Parables Mean: How to Understand Jesus’ Parables in the Bible
  
  Do you understand the parables of Jesus in the Bible? On this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan Scheel, Fr. Rich The post What Parables Mean: How to Understand Jesus’ Parables in the Bible...
Catholic Link
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  Forgiveness is so hard, but why? Often, the desire for an eye for an eye overwhelms us, we want the person who hurt us to receive justice and be held accountable. But does holding on to the hurt and...
- The Sacramental World Of Christmas Symbols
  
  On a December afternoon I watched one-year-old grandson Ronan-the-Barbarian crawl around the Christmas tree. He would stop, reach out his arm and dip his fist into the water in the tree stand. And...
- The Wonderful World Of Benjamin Cello: An Innovative Show For Catholic Children
  
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