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Mary’s Christmas Dream

“I had a dream, Joseph. I don’t understand it, not really, but I think it was about a birthday celebration for our Son.
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Twins Threatened With Abortion Become Priests

Santiago, Chile, Aug 16, 2013 / 12:12 pm MT ().- Two twin brothers in Chile say that their mother’s determination in protecting them from abortion despite the advice of doctors helped to foster their vocations to the priesthood. “How can …
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TAKING UP OF THE CROSS IN MARRIAGE

TAKING UP OF THE CROSS IN MARRIAGE According to Croatian tradition, when a couple gets married, the priest doesn’t tell them that they have found the perfect person. On the contrary! Instead, he says to them: “You have found your …
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The Sounds of Heaven

‘Those birds singing were the most beautiful noise I’ve ever heard.’ Nancy said.
‘Birds? I didn’t hear any birds.’
Nancy faltered in her step.
‘What do you mean?’
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When Jesus Comes

The great Shah Abbas, who reigned magnificently in Persia, loved to mingle with the people in disguise. Once dressed as a poor man, he descended the long flight of stairs, to the tiny cellar where the fireman was tending the …
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The Christmas Truce of 1914

British and German troops meet in no man’s land. Boxing Day, 1914. Photographed by 2nd Lt Cyril Drummand, RFA. You will probably have seen the Sainsbury’s advert this Christmas capturing the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. It is …
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THE THREE TREES – A Christian Fable

Once upon a time, three little trees stood in a forest high on a mountain, dreaming of what they would be when they were grown. The first little tree looked up at the stars twinkling like diamonds in the night …
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A Story Of Compassion

It was a bitter cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago. An old man waited on the path by a river, hoping for someone on a horse to carry him across. The old man’s beard was glazed by winter’s …
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Someone is Waiting – A story of Dying

John Todd was born in Rutledge, Vermont into a family of several children. They later moved to the village of Killingsworth back in the early 1800s. And there, at a very early age, John’s mother and father both died, and …
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Doctor gave Mother chance to terminate baby without risk to her health

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: ‘Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together. So …
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