Entries for 2021

What Do The Saints Say About Suffering? “Sometimes, we may have to suffer along the way that leads to the holy mountain of perfection, but we will not be discouraged, because whoever ignores the purpose of Christian suffering does not recognize and know what is great and wonderful in her ...

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Gretchen Siegel/CNA Nation July 28, 2021 Father Rother was assassinated on July 28, 1981. Not much is popularly known about Blessed Stanley Rother, the small-town Oklahoma native who was declared “Blessed” in September 2017 by the Catholic Church.  One of the newest...

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CET Staff Diocese of Tyler The Diocese recognizes the importance of forming all married couples, from newlyweds to empty nesters, to live out their vocation in holiness and joy! As St. John Paul II famously said, “As goes the family, so goes the nation, and so goes the entire world in whic...

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Maybe, you’ve seen our posts about the benefits of Adoration or heard some of your Catholic friends talk about “going to Adoration,” but you still don’t really understand what that means. That’s ok! Though the practice of Adoration has been a part of the Catho...

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What Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati Teaches About Our Duty to Our Country Sonja Morin Published: July 2, 2021 Source July 4th holds great significance for me – on one end, the celebration of Independence Day, and on the other, the feast of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, my confirmation sain...

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Missionaries of the New Evangelization Bring Deliverance Conference to Diocese, Aug. 6-7, 2021 CET Staff Published: July 8, 2021 Source In August of 2020, Fr. Greg Bramlage brought the Missionaries of the New Evangelization to the Diocese of Tyler to teach, evangelize and help people find he...

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What Is The Importance Of Using Incense In The Catholic Church? by Will Wright Source Incense – A Long History Incense has been used in sacred worship for over five thousand years. Long before Christian worship began burning fragrant aromas in liturgy, the Egyptians began using incen...

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July 6, 2021 Source So many men today walk around as if they have it all figured out and they don’t have a problem in the world. The “strong” silent type, if you will.  I know this for a fact. I used to do the same thing. So much of my life was spent walking like a one-...

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Mark Your Calendar! by Genevieve Perkins Source Did you know that each month has a traditional Catholic devotion? This year, let’s focus on each devotion month-by-month to grow in our faith and traditions! Make yourself notes, write it on your calendar, and pray a specific prayer each d...

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Robert L. Judge Published: July 13, 2021 Source Now that we are out of the whirlwind of Advent, Christmas, (Mardi-Gras) Lent, Easter, and Pentecost, we find ourselves in Ordinary Time, which on the surface seems so, well, ordinary.  But maybe there is more to the ordinary than simply a cha...

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