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Jesus Christ and Human Freedom

May 6, 2018 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Jesus is for us a model of holiness (CCC, 459). In and through and with Christ, we begin to understand the real meaning of authentic human freedom, as well as how it is properly exercised. Through faith in Christ and belief in the teaching of his Church, true freedom is unveiled as we begin to see and live by the light of God.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Attaining The Divine Dream

January 5, 2018 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Happy New Year 2018

Making New Year’s resolutions? If you don’t have God factored in, then you’ve factored out The Divine Dream and the Divine Person upon Whom everything hinges.

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An Advent Story: Discovering Christ on a Deserted Country Road

December 3, 2017 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Advent and Discovering Christ on a Deserted Country Road

As a teenager, my best friend had come to visit for about a week. We were enjoying the unusually still evening, sitting on the side of a deserted country road, looking off at the sunset and not saying much. At that moment, something inexplicable happened.

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Children: The Crowning Glory of Marriage

October 20, 2017 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Family and Marriage, Christian home

The American cultural lens of late has warped the way in which children are viewed to the point that they are seen not as gifts but as burdens. However, they’re much more. The “crowning glory” of marriage (CCC 1652), children are a permanent testament to the love of their father and mother, whose lives echo this love throughout eternity.

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Let Me Love You

October 16, 2017 by Lauren Heaton Leave a Comment

God is love

“Let me love you,” I heard Jesus softly say last Saturday night after receiving Him in Holy Communion. I knew in an instant I was going to cry; He was extending His hand to me and offering His peace to replace the pain I had been avoiding all week long.

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