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Pope Leo XIII on Marriage and Family

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Michael

Pope Leo XIII provided some important teachings in his Encyclical Rerum Novarum (“of new things” or “condition of labor”) on the natural origin of marriage and family life, an area in which he warns civil government intrusion would be “a … Continue reading →

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To Courting God

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Michael

Prayer, a time set aside to engage and know God and for God to engage and know us.  Throughout the Old and New Testaments God represents His relationship with His people as a spousal relationship.  Prayer can be viewed as … Continue reading →

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Marriage, Abortion, the Holy Spirit, and the Church

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Michael

The Bible begins with a wedding and ends with a wedding reception.  Genesis, the first book of the Bible opens with a marriage, the wedding of Adam and Eve and God’s command to the couple to be fruitful and multiply.  … Continue reading →

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Attacking Our Humanity and Our Relationship with God

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Michael

After creating man and woman, “God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air … Continue reading →

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The Fall of Adam and Eve as a Prototype to the Eucharist

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Michael

The story of Adam and Eve involves three covenants: God’s covenant with humanity; the marital covenant between man and woman; and the breaking of the covenant between humanity and God through an act of eating. On the seventh day God … Continue reading →

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