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The Assumption: Bringing Mary Close

August 15th, 2011 · 4 Comments · guest post, Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Mary Moment Mondays

A special Mary Moment Monday guest post by Brandon Vogt When I first became Catholic, I had a lot of issues with Mary. How could she hear and answer our prayers? How could the Church describe her as the Mother of God? How in the world could we believe that she never sinned? But one [...]

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Praying for Him through Her

August 7th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Inspired by the Virgin Mary, prayers

My husband has a job. Right now, in his industry and in the economic climate, that is a HUGE blessing. But it takes a toll on all of us. There’s a lot of extra work involved, because of a shortage of people (but at least he has work). There’s a lot of extra stress, because [...]

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A Bouquet for Mary

August 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Inspired by the Virgin Mary

Wear Blue A while back, I came across something that suggested wearing blue on Marian feast days. So let’s all wear blue today, in honor of a great feast day for Mama Mary. It’s not an overtly crazy thing to do, but maybe when you look down at your shirt (or your jeans or your [...]

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The Assumption This Year

August 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments · family, Inspired by the Virgin Mary

On Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. It’s a Holy Day of Obligation here in the United States, and one that I’ve always struggled to understand and internalize. I’ve written about it at Faith and Family Live, but it remains something strange to me, something I’m just not used to. It’s hard to [...]

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