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How Do You “Keep Holy the Sabbath Day” When You’re Stuck Working? (6 Tips)

We are called to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy (and as Catholics we have a moral obligation to attend Sunday Mass). For many of us, however, our job or station in life may mean that Sundays...

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9 Things I Would Like To Have Known Before Getting Married

This past November 7th, Solemnity of Mary Mediatrix of All Graces, my wife and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary. Seventeen blissful years that I would not trade with any other stage in my...

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That One Time Jesus Got Lost…and What It Taught Me About Parenting

Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were...

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8 Questions That Every Good Boyfriend Should Be Able To Answer

  Dating is a beautiful time. A time when we feel anxiety for meeting with the other person, when some of us show our sweetest side, which can have terrible manifestations, depending on the...

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Outstanding Initiatives: “Faces of Mercy” 2016 Catholic Conference 4 Moms

As a mom, I truly know how hard it is to find time to meet with God on daily basis. Yearly retreats are even more difficult to fit in, but so necessary to help me grow in holiness and my vocation as a...

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Meet the Monk who says “I often thank God that he let me be blinded…”

Poor Oedipus. If you don’t know the classic story of the king who accidentally married his mother and blinds himself, I’d be surprised. Many deep ponderings can be taken out of this story about fate,...

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5 Catholic Websites Every Mom Must Visit (Updated!)

“We used to talk on the phone ALL the time.” This is my favorite quote from the WhatsUpMoms  “Friends Without Kids” video.  I stopped talking on the phone once unlimited texting was made available....

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9 Inspiring Quotes on Chastity to Help You In Your Battle for Sexual Purity

One of the most difficult aspects of the Christian life is to master the virtue of chastity.  It seems that everywhere we turn the world is pulling us away from the ideals God calls us to.  Some people...

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The Day I Realized I was 40 and Had No Idea How I Got There

Let’s start with some frank admissions: My name is Samuel. I’m a white, British male in my early forties, a teacher in a provincial town, somewhere near London that you’ve never heard of. I’ve been...

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Dear Future Wife: A Young Man Shares A Beautiful Love Letter to the Wife He...

Dear Future Wife, It’s funny to write this letter, and yet not know if you will ever read it… Because where should I send it? I have no address for you. No phone number on which to contact you....

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7 Things You Need to Know About Infidelity in Marriage

Esther Perel is a prominent Belgian psychotherapist who lives in New York. She has dedicated 30 years to couples therapy and to the study of infidelity; and she has been traveling around the World for...

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A Single Twenty-Something Shares Her Most Intimate Concerns About Dating,...

A single twenty-something intimately and honestly shares with Catholic Link her personal thoughts on dating, chastity, and the single life.  We invite you to enter into the heart and mind of a young...

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8 Ways To Find Your Soul Mate

The time spent waiting to meet “the one” can be difficult, lonely, and slow moving.  Yet, it doesn’t have to be.  You have a choice.  You can choose to sit around and wait for love to come to you or...

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Should You Get Married in the Church? 7 Couples Share Their Experience

With so many options nowadays, the humble church building can be the last place that is considered for a wedding. We asked 7 couples why they chose to get married in a Catholic Church. These answers,...

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Four Benefits of Growing in Patience During Your Single Years

Waiting for the person whom we will love into eternity can sometimes be daunting. At times, the longing can seem unbearable and impatience can set in.  While being single can at times be difficult,...

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5 Truths A Married Man Wants Every Single Person To Know About Marriage

I recently read Catholic-Link’s  ‘A Single Twenty-Something Shares Her Most Intimate Concerns About Dating, Relationships, and Chastity’  article and my heart went out to the writer and her situation....

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7 Reasons You Can’t Figure Out What Vocation You’re Called To

One of the great joys of being a teacher is watching my students’ growing awareness of who or what they want to become. When they finally voice that decision for ‘engineer’, ‘designer’, ‘university...

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11 Innovative Priests Who Are Sharing the Gospel in Unique Ways

There are so many wonderful priests throughout the world coming up with innovative ways to share the Gospel.  They are serving the poor, standing for life, evangelizing through social media, and much...

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17 Things Every Woman Should Know About a Man

Recently I received a recommendation from a reader who said he appreciated my post about chivalry, but frankly was kind of sick of hearing about how only men (or so it seemed to him) are instructed how...

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A Letter to God from a Dying Priest

José Luis Martín Descalzo is a priest, a journalist, and a Spanish writer from a profoundly Christian family in which he was the youngest of four siblings. He completed degrees in History and Theology...

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