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		<title>The Rapture of the Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A  few Christians believe in what they call the &#34;Rapture&#34;. They have accepted  this as a Biblical truth and believe it is a teaching that is found in Scripture.  Consequently they think that if we do not believe in the &#34;Rapture,&#34;  we do not believe the Scripture and therefore are lost, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2008/10/18/the-rapture-of-the-church/</link>
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		<title>The New Testament and the Eucharist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I started  growing in 
the faith  something 
strange  happened. I found 
out  more and more that I  
am wrong and the  Church 
is right. This is  true in her 
moral  teachings but also in  
her doctrines. I have  
stopped now reading  what 
people or the  media say 
the Church  teachings are. 
It's very  simple really, we 
need  to read the Church  
documents for  ourselves. 
The pope's  encyclicals are 
usually  not hard to read 
and
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2007/12/22/the-new-testament-and-the-eucharist/</link>
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		<title>Communion and Non-Catholics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Communion and Non- 
Catholics Those who  
are not Catholic  
should not take  
communion at a  
Catholic Mass.  
Unfortunately I have  
seen family members  
who are not Catholic  
go to communion  
anyway. The Church  
explains that the belief  
in the presence of  
Christ in the Eucharist  
is our faith and those  
who do not share our  
faith, those who are  
not in communion  
with us, should not  
take Holy Communion  
with us. If it is a sign  
of communion we  
should be in  
communion first. If we  
are not in communion  
we cannot show a  
sign of communion.  
This would be a  
contradiction.[1] This  
is a hard subject to  
talk about. We do  
want
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2007/08/26/communion-and-non-catholics/</link>
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		<title>The Catholic Church and World War II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Church  
and World War II A lot  
of nonsense is being  
perpetrated against  
the Catholic Church  
and World War II.  
What were the roles  
of Pius XI and Pius  
XII? Was the Church  
in collaboration with  
the Nazis? When so  
many contradictory  
statements are made  
how do we know the  
truth? When someone  
accuses your mother  
shouldn&#8217;t you  
first research what  
really happened  
before accepting  
accusations? Where  
do we find evidence of  
the
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2007/07/25/the-catholic-church-and-world-war-ii/</link>
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		<title>Consistent Life Ethic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Consistent Life 
Ethic The Catholic 
Church has 
developed what we 
call the "Social 
Teachings" [1]. Every 
human person is 
created in the image 
and likeness of God. 
Therefore, each 
person&#8217;s life 
and dignity must be 
respected, whether 
that person is an 
innocent unborn child 
in a mother&#8217;s 
womb, whether that 
person worked in the 
World Trade Center 
or a market in 
Baghdad, or even 
whether that person 
is a convicted 
criminal on
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2007/04/02/consistent-life-ethic/</link>
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		<title>Abraham and Ishmael</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Abraham and 
Ishmael Finding the 
anti-Christ or naming 
his religion has been 
the pastime of many 
"Christians." Whether 
it is the Catholic 
Church, Freemasonry 
or Communism, the 
European Economic 
Union, Russia or 
North Korea, people 
demonize others and 
like to populate the 
Axis of Evil as if it 
was a God given 
commission to piece 
together the End 
Times puzzle. Today 
it seems that Islam 
has become the 
archenemy of some 
Christians. To 
support
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2007/02/26/abraham-and-ishmael/</link>
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		<title>Women and the Priesthood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often the question is  
asked why women  
cannot be priests in  
the Catholic Church.  
The answer has a  
multitude of reasons.  
As Tom said, at our  
faith formation  
program, this is such  
a vast subject that  
people
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2007/02/03/women-and-the-priesthood-2/</link>
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		<title>Immanuel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[True meaning of          
Christmas We have          
all learned history          
from most dedicated          
teachers. We have          
learned about all the          
great events of our          
world: the Roman          
Empire, the          
American Revolution,          
Napoleon, the 1st          
and 2nd World Wars
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2007/01/01/immanuel-2/</link>
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		<title>Homosexuality - Marriage and Divorce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dennis' email: Below    
is a link to an    
interview with my    
niece Karen and her    
partner Marcye. They    
and their kids are a    
wonderful part of our    
family. They have    
been litigants for    
equal treatment of    
gay couples
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/11/11/80/</link>
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		<title>The Barque of Peter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To my brothers and    
sisters in Christ who    
are separated from    
the Church. I love    
you and more    
importantly Jesus    
loves you. Your faith    
is great and you do    
powerful works. But    
there is a difference    
between the
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/11/03/the-barque-of-peter-2/</link>
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		<title>Reading Scriptures in Context</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was speaking with  
a dear Catholic sister  
of mine and as we  
were talking we  
spoke of the Bible  
being the living word  
of God and I was  
having a hard time  
explaining that the  
Eucharist is THE  
Living Word
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/10/30/reading-scriptures-in-context-2/</link>
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		<title>Mary and the Saints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: because we   
did not finish the   
presentation about   
the Sacrifice of the   
Mass last week, I   
have summarized it   
below in section 1   
and 2. Section 3 and   
4 are more   
specifically about   
Mary and the Saints.
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/10/14/mary-and-the-saints-2/</link>
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		<title>The Sacrifice of the Mass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sacrifice  of the  
Mass The  Mass   
Tonigh's  subject is  
the Mass.  One of the  
key texts  about the  
mass is  1Co 11:23- 
29. To  explain the  
scripture  I would like  
to read  the  
Catechism  definition
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/10/03/the-sacrifice-of-the-mass-2/</link>
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		<title>Secularism (Part III - Wars and Religion)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the major     
claims of secularism     
is that we should     
have separation of     
church and state.     
The reason being     
that religion imposes     
constraints to human     
freedom and sparks     
intolerance. They     
claim religion is a     
matter of opinion and
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/06/25/secularism-part-iii-wars-and-religion/</link>
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		<title>Secularism (Part II - Condom Distribution)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote   
about secularism I   
was trying to make   
three points:   
secularism views   
faith as a matter of   
subjective opinion   
and therefore has no   
place in the political   
and social debate   
secularism views   
itself as rational and   
basing its
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/06/18/secularism-part-ii-condom-distribution/</link>
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		<title>Secularism (Part I - Schools and Science)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our little niece,       
Savannah, came       
home the other day       
and said God does       
not exist because the       
Big Bang created the       
world. How did she       
come up with the       
idea? Who told her?       
What does a
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2006/06/11/secularism-part-i-schools-and-science-2/</link>
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		<title>Homesexuality - the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Senator Rick Santorum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day, at    
lunch, some    
comments were    
made regarding Jon    
Stewart&#8217;s    
interview with    
Senator Rick    
Santorum. As they    
were discussing    
homosexuality it    
came to the following    
point (to review the    
video go to    
http://www.comedyc   
entral.com/sitewide/   
media_player/play
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		<link>http://catholicnotebook.com/blog/2005/08/20/homesexuality-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-and-senator-rick-santorum-2/</link>
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