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Your Faith Story: Always be ready, part 2

Was God calling me to evangelize with the story of my initial conversion and so many descriptions of how he manifested his presence in my life? As I prayed for guidance, I kept coming across two verses from the First Letter of Peter on the radio or a website, in a homily or a book. I kept hearing and reading: “Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence” (1 Peter 3:15-16, NABRE), until I knew it by heart.

What does “always be ready” mean?

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CWG: Always be Ready

Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com The Preface of Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story: Tools, Tips, and Testimonies, which made its debut April 30 on Amazon.com, JoyAlive.net and CatholicMom.com. AS A CONVERT, I’ve always loved stories about conversion and renewing our faith. Whenever I’ve heard such stories, the speakers always seem to bubble over with the presence of God. The witness of their...

Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR

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Friars Corner: May the light of Jesus Christ surround and fill us

By Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR Ezekiel 34:1-12, 15-17; Psalm 23:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:20-6, 28; Matthew 25:31-46 Dear Holy Spirit, please help us understand the significance of this solemn feast. We are now at the last Sunday of our Liturgical Year of 2017, the thirty-fourth of Ordinary Time. There is much that can be said about...

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Touch Jesus

by Sr. Linda Koontz Be close to the poor and to those in need, so as to touch in their flesh the wounded flesh of Jesus. Please draw near to them. —Pope Francis “The spirit of the Lord is upon me; therefore he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor!” (Lk 4:18). This...