Prayer & Spiritual Life

Meaning of Sacred and Immaculate Hearts

by Steve Ray on January 25, 2012

My non-Christian brother found two paintings at an art show and asked me, “What in the world are these? They seem to have pagan elements. What do they have to do with Jesus and Mary?” Here is my explanation. If you readers have anything to add, please post it in the Comments below. Thanks. Thanks. [...]

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Teresa Tomeo on “The Year of Faith” in OSV

by Steve Ray on January 6, 2012

Are We Ready for the Year of Faith? Pope Benedict XVI is giving us a great opportunity in this New Year to make a big difference.  In October he announced the “Year of Faith” which according to Vatican statements is designed to help Catholics around the world deepen their relationship with God, better appreciate the [...]

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What a delightful and fun hour! If you have two brain cells that connect and wish to understand God and the world — and if you aren’t afraid of the truth and talk about sex — you will LOVE this. If you aren’t polltically correct about atheism and Islam and other such things, you will [...]

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TIM TEBOW: GOD’S QUARTERBACK By PATTON DODD “On a brisk Thursday evening in mid-November, I sat high in the stands at a Denver Broncos home game, covering the ears of my 4-year-old son as the fans around us launched f-bombs at Tim Tebow, the Broncos’ struggling second-year quarterback. Mr. Tebow was ineffective and off-target for [...]

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Greetings from Loved Ones Already in Heaven

by Steve Ray on December 6, 2011

Nice song to comfort those with loved ones already in heaven. Read the comments added below the YouTube Video too.

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Vatican Exorcist Calls Yoga “Satanic”

by Steve Ray on December 6, 2011

Interesting comments from a man who has performed over 50,000 exorcisms. You can read the article here.

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I was on Drew Mariani’s show on Relevant Radio Friday (archived show here) and had an amazing call from a woman with an honest and questioning heart. Here is her e-mail sent later to me: (Picture: Mary of Nazareth from Church of Annunciation in Nazareth) “It was absolutely providential that I called in to Drew’s [...]

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A True Story: The “Hail Mary” is a Powerful Prayer

by Steve Ray on November 19, 2011

The “Hail Mary” of a Protestant is powerful!—( A True Story) A little six-year-old Protestant boy had often heard his Catholic companion reciting the prayer ‘Hail Mary.’ He liked it so much that he copied it, memorized it and would recite it every day. ‘Look, Mummy, what a beautiful prayer,’ he said to his mother [...]

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Reverant, Enthusiastic Mass in Rome

by Steve Ray on November 6, 2011

Today is Sunday so we went to one of the 800+ churches in Rome. it was the Gregorio VII Catholic Church. It was full at 11:30 AM but there were five other Masses today. Imagine that there are an similar number of Masses at the other churches. That is 800 churches x 6 Masses = [...]

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Did Jesus Ever Run?

by Steve Ray on November 5, 2011

I’ve run a lot around Israel in the last year — along the shore of Galilee, from Nazareth to Sepphoris and back (click hyperlink to see on YouTube video), around the walls of the Old City and then back through the Stations of the Cross, from Jerusalem to Bethany and much more — I love [...]

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Wearing the Rosary as a Necklace

by Steve Ray on July 16, 2011

ROME, JUNE 14, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university. Q: I have seen people wear the rosary as a necklace and, in fact, I had a fifth-grader ask me during CCD if that was a sin. I told her that I didn’t believe [...]

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Gay Catholic and Doing Fine

by Steve Ray on July 14, 2011

This is an excellent testimony from a man who deals with homosexuality. What a great story! Read the blog post here and pass it along.

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Love of Rosary; Distracted while Praying

by Steve Ray on July 14, 2011

From a Sister in Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor Michigan. Incredible group of holy sisters. This order is growing by leaps and bounds. SISTER MARY KATE, 18: We pray the rosary at the same time every day at the Dominican Sisters of Mary, [...]

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Tears welled up in my eyes — again — at Mass last Sunday. It was not always so. As a former Baptist I used to think the Catholic Mass was a sacrilege and an abomination. How could anyone worship a piece of bread? Really! However, last Sunday I was overcome with emotion while sitting in [...]

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105,000 Christians Martyred per Year

by Steve Ray on June 7, 2011

http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=113734 “And they have conquered him [the Devil] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death” (Revelation 12:11). Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. The martyr bears witness [...]

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Was He Ready to Die?

by Steve Ray on May 18, 2011

It was just a normal morning — alarm clock, shower, espresso, dress and a saunter down the sidewalk to work. For Paul is was another day with a whole lifetime ahead of him. But today was different. Someone else got up this morning too. They had their coffee dressed and jumped in the car. They [...]

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