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Need your heart lifted? Watch this.
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jmcgee
Further proof that there are angels among us. A train door separated a three-year-old toddler from his father — and a woman was there to take the child’s hand and wait with him until his dad made it back. Watch what happened below. No hug was ever more heartfelt.
“Now Thank We All Our God”: the story behind the hymn
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jmcgee
I suspect most Catholics don’t know the name Martin Rinkart. But this Lutheran deacon and composer left us a beautiful testament to faith and thanksgiving: he composed the hymn “Now Thank We All Our God.” Some details about his life and times shed new light on this familiar hymn: German pastor Martin Rinkart served in…
Thanksgiving 1789: “With grateful hearts…”
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jmcgee
This is a holiday tradition I love. At my in-laws, someone (usually the youngest at the table) always reads George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation at the dinner table. To put us all in the mood, here it is: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His…
Meet the 90-year-old scuba diving, speedboating, skiing priest
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jmcgee
In this Year for Priests, few stories could be more surprising, or inspiring, than this one, about a priest named Msgr. Leon Dobosiewicz, from Florida Catholic: At 90, the monsignor, who is parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Parish in Lake Wales and celebrates Mass at the Mission of St. Leo the Great in Nalcrest, doesn’t…
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