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2024-11-12T18:55:10-07:00

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A Few Catholic Priests Go Full Frontal Oggidy-Bogiddity.

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 6:55 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come. Jesus Christ. It had to happen. The lure of things that go bump in the night runs strong in humankind. I believe — don’t know, just believe — that we are all born with supernatural receivers that are supposed to be tuned to God, were tuned to God before the Fall, and I would guess, will be tuned to Him once again after the Second Coming.... Read more

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2020-04-13T09:52:49-06:00

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Have You Felt the Power of the Virtual Eucharist?

Last updated on: April 13, 2020 at 9:52 am By Rebecca Hamilton

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. St Paul God supplies the lacks. That sentence is a foundational belief of mine. It is a lived experience of grace formed into an understanding of the reliability of God’s love and... Read more

2020-04-10T21:48:58-06:00

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Jesus was not God on Good Friday. He was us. That is the Scandal of the Cross.

Last updated on: April 10, 2020 at 9:48 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

My colleague Mary Pezzulo routinely writes posts of galvanizing courage. She is not afraid to step over the invisible line of what women may say, what we may talk about, without being accused of being failed Christians. One of the things that women are tacitly pushed to overlook is attacks on the dignity and humanity of women themselves. We’re not supposed to talk about sexual assault and rape, and if we do, we’ll be labeled “feminist” as if feminist was... Read more

2020-04-09T10:19:00-06:00

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I Will Spend Good Friday in Fasting and Prayer for an End to the Plague that Besets Us. Join Me.

Last updated on: April 9, 2020 at 10:19 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Tomorrow is the day we remember that the Lord of all Life gave up His life that we might live. He paid our debt to eternity with His own blood and humiliation, by suffering an ignoble and scandalous death and consenting to suffer and die while wholly human, wholly alone and separated from God for our sins. He felt it all, knew it all, endured it all. For us. There is no humiliation we have known that He did not... Read more

Good Friday

2020-04-09T08:55:10-06:00

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This is the night He was taken. It is satan’s hour.

Last updated on: April 9, 2020 at 8:55 am By Rebecca Hamilton

It’s Holy Thursday. Jesus gave us the priesthood and the Eucharist. He took three of his friends and went to the garden to pray. He asked God for a way out. He begged for a way out. Jesus was facing what He had known since the beginning was His fate. For this reason I was born He told Pilate, to testify to the truth. Woman what does that have to do with me? He told his mother at the wedding... Read more

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2020-04-08T16:58:04-06:00

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What Do You Do if You’re in Mortal Sin and Can’t Go to Confession? It’s Pretty Simple.

Last updated on: April 8, 2020 at 4:58 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

I’ve been reading internet discussions of what people who are in mortal sin should do if COVID-19 restrictions are keeping them from confession. These discussions are full of scary and even life-endangering advice. Most of it appears to be coming from people who are trying to use this situation to bully and terrorize the unfortunates who will listen to them. I guess they do it to amuse themselves. Or maybe they enjoy the sense of power it gives them to... Read more

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2020-04-08T12:13:00-06:00

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America is Running Smoothly, Right Through a Pendemic. We Owe our Working People a Thank You.

Last updated on: April 8, 2020 at 12:13 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

America is running smoothly, right through a pandemic. We owe a debt to the working people of this nation who have kept the electricity, gas and water coming into our homes, the grocery shelves stocked, the gas pumps pumping, and the streets safe from crime. Many of us owe our lives to nurses, phlebotomists, x-ray techs, doctors, nursing assistants, physician assistants, techs and aides who are risking their lives to save those who are infected with COVID-19. If medical people... Read more

Coronavirus

2020-04-08T17:03:29-06:00

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Christian Religious Leaders are Saving Lives in this Crisis. Here’s the List.

Last updated on: April 8, 2020 at 5:03 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

I’ve been reading about the nutso preachers who are insisting on holding church services right in the middle of a pandemic. I’ve also seen the claims by a few television preachers that they’ve issued some sort of hocus pocus plague prevention rebuke to the virus. I believe completely that God answers prayers. But I also believe without doubt that God is not at the service of charlatans and hucksters who are using people’s faith in Christ to feed their egos... Read more

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2020-04-07T11:33:25-06:00

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How COVID-19 Kills. Great Video Explaining the Virus We’re Fighting and Who is Most at Risk.

Last updated on: April 7, 2020 at 11:33 am By Rebecca Hamilton

This is a detailed, understandable and very informative video made by a bariatric surgeon for his patients. It explain COVID-19 in terms that even I can understand. It has a bit of mild profanity and crude jokes that I wish it didn’t have and would not normally post. But this is an extraordinary moment in history and I’m breaking a few of my own rules because lives are at stake and that always takes first place in my list of... Read more

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2024-11-12T20:12:49-07:00

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Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for April

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 8:12 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for April is that those suffering from addiction may be properly helped and accompanied. From Vatican News: The full text of his intention is below: Surely, you’ve heard about the drama of addiction. And… have you also thought about the addiction to gambling, to pornography, to the internet… and the dangers of virtual space?. Supported by the “Gospel of Mercy” we can alleviate, care for and heal the suffering associated with new kinds of addiction. We... Read more

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