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Can these really be "the good old days?"

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Bill and Monica Dodds - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:17:34 +0000

When our children were young, making our lives hectic and financially fragile, the song refrain "these are the good old days" seemed like a joke in an ironic sort of way.

Now that our little kids are big kids and there's yet another generation of little kids romping through the house when grandkids come visiting, it's easier to realize the song was right in a melancholy sort of way.

Do you believe in angels?

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Father John Catoir - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:47:27 +0000

Sometimes God intervenes in our lives in the strangest ways.

Do you believe in angels?

Drop laziness and pick up motivation to achieve your dreams

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Karen Osborne - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:33:48 +0000

Eminem is definitely not my favorite rapper, so it surprised me when I listened to his contribution to the recent pop song "Airplanes" and found myself agreeing with him wholeheartedly.

"Let's pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen," Eminem raps about himself. "Let's pretend things would've been no different. Pretend he procrastinated, had no motivation. Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper-thin they could blow away with the wind."

The Ten Commandments for ruining your family reunion

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Bill and Monica Dodds - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:01:41 +0000

After working hard all year, you were really looking forward to your little summer vacation. Then the extended family had the nerve to suggest some big get-together!

Fortunately, it's easy to sabotage their event if you follow the Ten Commandments for Ruining Your Family Reunion.

Anonymous gift allows teacher to pay off debt and enter religious life

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Sean Gallagher - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:48:47 +0000

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- At the start of June, Jennifer Prickel was still wondering when God might allow her to follow her call into religious life.

More than $50,000 in student loan debt stood in the way of the 23-year-old Indiana teacher fulfilling her desire to serve God and the church as a member of the Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, based in Steubenville, Ohio.

Six guidelines for living a fulfilling life

community@thecatholicspirit.com (TheCatholicSpirit.com) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:17:57 +0000

In his commencement address to St. Agnes High School’s class of 2010, teacher Fred Blonigen presented six guidelines to live by — advice all Catholics would do well to follow.

Staying together (despite the kids)

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Therese J. Borchard - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:08:28 +0000

A while back my friend Michelle said to the congregation at her husband’s funeral service: “He never spoke an unkind word to me.” Another girlfriend and I looked at each other, jaws dropped. And then she whispered, “They didn’t have kids.” We nodded and felt better about ourselves.

Last Words of the Executed

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Nancy Roberts - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:52:27 +0000

"Last Words of the Executed" by Robert K. Elder, with a foreword by Studs Terkel. University of Chicago Press (Chicago, 2010). 280 pp., $20.

Movie Review - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

community@thecatholicspirit.com (John P. McCarthy - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:40:05 +0000

NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Prince of Inertia" might be a more fitting moniker for "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (Disney), the big-screen adaptation of a popular video game series. Although there's ample movement, thanks to hyperactive camerawork and frenetic special effects, those titular grains do not pass quickly enough through the hourglass.

Our courageous priests

community@thecatholicspirit.com (Father John Catoir - Catholic News Service) — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:10:09 +0000

Every year priests all over the world gather to celebrate the anniversary of their ordination. This is my 50th, and I appreciate my brother priests more than ever. We pray for those who are no longer with us.