Issue #154     
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Daily Bread
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Aneel Aranha
Edward P Sri
Fr. Erasto Fernandez
Fr. Francis Jamieson
Fr. Jack McArdle
Fr. John McCloskey
Fr. Jude Botelho
Fr. Peter deSousa
Fr. Robert D Smith
Fr. Rufus Pereira
Fr. William Saunders
Mark Shea
Steven R Hemler
Tom Frankenfield

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Fostering Vocations: Learning from Tom Sawyer by Anthony Esolen
I have to grind out the words every time I am asked to pray for priestly vocations. It’s not that I don’t want to see more young men enter the priesthood. I do, very much so. But I wonder whether I am joined in this desire by those whose responsibility it is to foster the vocations. These seem to practice what I’d call a podiopathic philosophy: You shoot yourself in the foot, and then pray that the Holy Spirit will come and bear you away on His wings. More


Life's Little Learnings #19
Feeling Loved by Steven R Hemler


Knowing Mary #3
Mary’s Question - A Vow? by Edward P Sri


Led By the Spirit #60
You Are Our Letter by Fr. Rufus Pereira

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Introducing: Bringing Back Wandering Sheep
Francis de Sales Brings Back 60,000 by Aneel Aranha


The Word #5
Learning the Secrets by Fr. Erasto Fernandez


Straight Answers #126
The Catechism by Fr. William Saunders


Psalms for Kids: Psalm 15
Questions #80: Why Does God Let Wars Happen?
Things To Make #44: Seaside Plate
Aesop's Fables #70: The Crow and the Pitcher
Storybook #37: The Bluebird Gets Lost