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2024-11-19T09:05:35-07:00

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We are Not Qualified. We’re Forgiven.

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 9:05 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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God makes unlikely choices to do His work. God can use you. And me. I’ve often thought that the thing that separates the saints from the rest of us is that when God asked them to do the hard thing, the saints said “yes.” Of course, there is that other thing. The saints knew their righteousness is as filthy rags. God has no use for the ambitious. He has no use for the self-righteous. He has no use for the... Read more

2024-11-19T09:11:04-07:00

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It’s President Trump. What Does That Mean?

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 9:11 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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What a night. I sat up late, watching the election returns, along with a lot of other people all around the globe. At the end of the evening, it was clear that America’s president elect is Donald J Trump. Mr Trump was the clear winner in the electoral college, but if this morning’s vote trend continues, Secretary Clinton may end up winning the popular vote. The margin is razor thin, signifying a sharply divided electorate. Mr Trump signaled a hard... Read more

2024-11-19T09:15:23-07:00

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Today We Pick Our Prez. Tomorrow We Move Forward.

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 9:15 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Today, We the People engage in the sacred rite of electing those from among us who will temporarily take the reins of government on our behalf. Their charge, should they win, is to defend the Constitution. The question of whether or not government of the people, by the people, and for the people will survive will rest partly in their hands. Notice that I did not say that this question will rest entirely in their hands. It does not. We... Read more

2016-11-07T07:36:24-07:00

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The G.O.S.P.E.L. Never Gets Old

Last updated on: November 7, 2016 at 7:36 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I’ve posted this before, but I think we could all use it once again. The truth doesn’t get old and our need for Christ and His Mercy never end. We need that message now and always. Christian life is a life of hope built on the certainty of purpose and meaning that is the Way that leads to eternal life. We have found the Pearl of Great Price, and it is the person of Jesus Christ. Enjoy. Read more

2024-11-19T09:23:35-07:00

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Choose Sanity. Choose Christ.

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 9:23 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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We the People have been battered into a kind of emotional and mental breakdown by the constant driving and flogging we have been subjected to by the various power brokers in this country. I am absolutely appalled by the press characterizations of the people who support Mr Trump as crazy and stupid. They are neither. They are people who have just grievances which have been ignored for far too long. They are people who have repeatedly overturned Congress from one... Read more

2024-11-19T09:31:54-07:00

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Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for November

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 9:31 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Pope Francis shares his prayer intention for November. Read more

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2024-11-19T09:33:20-07:00

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Voting is a Moral Act

Last updated on: November 19, 2024 at 9:33 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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My personal religious leader, Archbishop Paul Coakley, gave Oklahoma Catholics one of the few balanced and honest assessments of this upcoming election that I have read from any religious leader. I am grateful to him for both his courage in saying the truth at this time when people have become so partisan and enraged that they won’t hear the truth, and for his courage in speaking out against sexual assault and violence against women. Here is Archbishop Coakley’s letter. Voting... Read more

2016-08-25T19:17:48-06:00

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New Study on ‘Sexuality and Gender’ Shakes Assumptions About Transgenderism

Last updated on: August 25, 2016 at 7:17 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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A new study calls into question the political narratives surrounding trendy treatments for people who say they are transgendered, in particular the unethical practice of dosing children with powerful hormones to suppress their normal physical development. I wrote this post about it for CatholicVote. The New Atlantis recently published a study, Sexuality and Gender, that is sure to earn its authors a place on the secular media hit list. The study and paper weren’t produced by amateurs, but by Lawrence S.... Read more

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2016-08-24T08:09:09-06:00

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They’re Opening an Abortion Clinic Next to My Parish Church

Last updated on: August 24, 2016 at 8:09 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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An abortion clinic is opening just a couple of blocks from my church. I wrote about it for the National Catholic Register. An abortion clinic is opening two blocks from the parish where I go to encounter the Risen Lord in the Holy Eucharist. Parents will drive the children who attend our parish school past the abortion clinic on their way to class. I will drive past the abortion clinic on my way to Mass, as will most of my fellow parishioners.... Read more

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2016-08-18T12:48:17-06:00

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Cancer has Taught Me the Cure: We Have to Follow Christ.

Last updated on: August 18, 2016 at 12:48 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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I wrote this last week for the National Catholic Register. I’ve been trying to find my way back into writing for quite a while. It isn’t easy. Every time I think I’m moving forward, I fall down. I get sick again; not cancer sick, but too sick to do anything. I get colds, kidney infections, gastrointestinal thingies, then I get another cold, and so on and so forth. Each little illness — and these things come at me like... Read more

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