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What I Wore Sunday – Second Sunday of Advent
Greetings, fellow Catholic fashionistas! Before I go further, I want to send a thank you to my fellow #Cathman Thomas over at Identified Catholic for taking part in last week’s link-up, and for...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 19) – Love That Hurts and Other Marvels
— 1 — This is the most beautiful photo that I have seen this entire year. Image Credits: Noel Marcantel Photography “The Mystery of Vocations” Sister Marie Protectrice de la Foi (formerly Angelique...
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Pray For Newtown
On Friday morning, the evil that pervades our fallen world, yet in the US prefers normally to conceal itself within the shadows, thrust itself with horrific cruelty into the light of day, into the very...
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What I Wore Sunday – Gaudete Sunday
Welcome to another week of What I Wore Sunday! Before I get going, I want to extend an apology regarding last week’s edition. Several of you posted comments and unfortunately WordPress directed them...
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Some Days, My Vocation Seems Obvious
As of this writing, it is nearly 1:30 PM. I’ve already been to Mass this morning, and I have tonight off from work. So unless I decide to go to the Advent Penance service this evening, I really don’t...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 20) – Pessimism and Love
— 1 — Two prayer requests: First, please pray for Ireland. The longstanding legal protection for the unborn in that famously Catholic nation is in grave danger of collapsing, as the governing Fine...
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Merry Christmas!
Adoration of the Shepherds, by Antonio Balestra, c. 1707 The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to Saint Luke, Chapter 2, Verses 1-20 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 21) – Christmas Edition
— 1 — Merry Christmas, Quick Take readers! I hope everyone is enjoying a blessed holiday and experiencing the warmth and love of Christ Jesus. Remember that Christmas doesn’t end until January 6, with...
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Holy Family Sunday – The Example of Saint Joseph
Flight into Egypt, by Fra Angelico, 1451 – 1452 Merry Christmas, readers! Today, on the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas, Holy Mother Church observes the Feast of the Holy Family. In honor of this...
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What I Wore Sunday – Holy Family Sunday
Greetings, Catholic fashionistas! I hope that everyone is enjoying a blessed and festive season celebrating the birth of Our Lord Jesus “at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold,” as the prayer of...
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Happy New Year 2013
Come, I will conceal nothing from you: I don’t get terribly excited about New Year’s. It’s an arbitrary and purely secular holiday, and as such it lacks the transcendent joy and mystery of the great...
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Solemnity of Mary, The Mother of God
Pietà, by Giovanni Bellini, 1505 Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, who is not only the mother of Our Lord Christ Jesus, but by adoption is our spiritual mother as...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 22) – In Which I Try Not To Freak Out
— 1 — To lead off with, my thoughts and prayers are with Jennifer Fulwiler of Conversion Diary, and her family. Jen was hospitalized yesterday due to pulmonary embolisms in both her lungs. As of last...
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Marian Monday (Vol. 1) – Pilgrimage!
Hey there, readers! Thank you for stopping by; if this is your first time here, my name is Mike and I am the Distracted Catholic. Today is the first installment of a new weekly feature: Marian...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 23) – Back To School
— 1 — It’s a new semester! First week of classes is over and done with, and I am back in the swing of things. My school isn’t offering very many lower-level computer classes this semester, so this...
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Marian Monday (Vol. 2) – The Little Crown
. For this week’s Marian Monday, I want to highlight one of my favorite Marian devotions, The Little Crown of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In its simplest form (the one I tend to pray), the Little Crown...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 24) – Vocations Week
Happy National Vocations Awareness Week! As you know, vocations discernment and promotion is a particular passion of the Distracted Catholic, so I am devoting this week’s 7 Quick Takes to all things...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 25) – March for Life!
— 1 — If you are hurting because you are the mother or father of a child who has been lost to abortion, don’t despair. God still loves you, more than you can imagine. You can find hope and healing...
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 26) – A Trust That Springs From Love
— 1 — Having known about this for a while, I am thrilled beyond belief to be able to announce in these pages some absolutely fantastic news: my wonderful friend and fellow Catholic blogger/podcaster...
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Happy Candlemas!
The Presentation of the Temple, by Philippe de Champaigne Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas, which falls forty days after Christmas and commemorates the...
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