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Addiction overcome	Matt Talbot Fr John Corapi Noel Kenny Cenacolo Communities
Advent	Waiting...waiting...waiting Where are you?
Anticlericalism	Eating Bread tastes Better than Eating a Priest
Anxiety	Death Legend of the Mouse
Baptism	President Mikhail Gorbachev
Beatitudes	See reversals below
Bible	Romanian Prison Valley of the Kwai
Birth	Twins
Change	Openness see also addition overcome above see also conversion below
Charismatic Gifts	Speaking in Tongues
Children	Raising Children Be like little Children (Kevin) Children Bringing Peace Rearing Children - nature vs. nurture
Christian Living	My New Coat The Week
Christmas	Mary’s Dream Keeping Jesus Warm You are invited The Language of God Baby Jesus’ Journey to the Crib Jesus is better than Santa Claus Christmas 1972 in Juarez A Christmas Parable Infant Jesus of Prague see also stories on the Incarnation below
Church	St John Bosco’s dream
Commandments	Indicator Panel Dog on a leash
Community	Only One Letter
Confession of Sin	I stole a rope! The Hapsburg Family Jesus’ description to St Faustina The Electric Chair
Conversion	Fr John Corapi Fr Steven Scheier Jacques Fesch Kitty, apostle of God’s Mercy See also Addiction Overcome above
Conversion to Catholicism	Cardinal Lustiger Malcolm Muggeridge
Creation	The Cosmos
Cross (of Jesus)	Do You Love Me? Lamb of God Jesus paid the price for our sins
Cross (our cross)	Footprints in the Sand The Flea Biosphere 2 Don’t Quit Not What They Seem The Ant and the Contact Lens Your Cross too heavy? Tea-Cup
Death	St Malachy and his sister Twins could be used Not separated by death Joke about Heavenly Reward The Heart (baby’s death) All equal before death (Hapsburgs) Prayer for the One I Miss I feel your sorrow Death Experience by Fr Steven Scheier See also Next Life below
Death Row	Cardinal Swiatek St Margaret of York, Eucharistic Martyr Jacques Fesch
Deception	The devil is kinda cute!
Devil	The devil teaches us to sin The devil is kinda cute! BUSY - Being Under Satan's Yoke
Dialogue Stories	The Beatitudes The Parable of the Sower The Parable of the Weeds and Wheat Joseph’s Struggle The Lord’s Prayer - Our Father
Division	The Lustiger Family
Drug addiction overcome	see addiction above
Encouraging Others	Little Teddy Stoddard Frogs in Milk Shaya
Equality	Passenger changes seat
Evil	Prayer Overcomes Evil Good in the Midst of Evil
Eucharist	Eucharistic Miracles Camera blinded by the Eucharist Alexandrina lived only on the Eucharist for 13 years Little Nellie of Holy God St John Bosco’s dream St Margaret of York, Eucharistic Martyr The Bread of Life - Why I became a Catholic Priests Celebrated the Eucharist secretly in Dachau
Execution	see death row above
Faith	Heroic Faith of St Thérèse of Lisieux I believe in the sun even when it is not shining Faith is Caught, not Taught
Faithful Departed	Not separated by death Stories on death above
Family	Prayer for Family Life The TV Not separated by death Raising Children No More TV Rearing Children - nature vs. nurture United in Love
Fear	see anxiety above
Forgiveness (human)	Maria Goretti forgives I have forgiven my father’s killers (Gavin Power) Eating Bread tastes Better than Eating a Priest Write your Hurts in Sand and Carve your Blessings in Stone
Divine Forgiveness	see God’s Mercy below
Generosity Rewarded	Food Multiplied in Juarez
God Looks at the Heart	The Old Fisherman Your Value The Fern and the Bamboo
God as Trinity	St. Augustine and the Mystery of the Trinity
God our Father	Doris’ Story God waiting for us
God our Friend	Come Play With God
God our Protector	As a Hen Gathers Chicks Footprints in the Sand
God our Provider	Food for the Hungry
God’s Forgiveness	see God’s Mercy
God’s Gifts	Seven Wonders of the World
God’s Love	Do You Love Me?
God’s Mercy	Videocassette Blanks Pancakes Windscreen Wipers Our value in spite of our sinfulness Kitty, apostle of God’s Mercy The Monkey and the Coconut
God’s Perfection	Reaching God’s Perfection
Handicap	Kevin Shaya
Healing	Doris’ Story Healing through the Sacraments
Hell	The devil is kinda cute!
Helping Others	Arms and Legs for Others Four Sons Good Corn Miracle St. Damien of Molokai The Samaritans Beatitudes for Carers Mother Teresa of Calcutta Meditation by Mother Teresa of Calcutta Miraculous Light in Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying St Francis see also Seeing God in others below See also Service below
Holy Spirit	Speaking in Tongues
Human Weakness	Padre Pio’s Ill Health Are you weak enough to be a priest?
Humility	Man, Dog and Cat (Gen 2) Live for your country Litany of Humility see also stories on pride below
Incarnation	A Christmas Parable stories on Christmas above
Individualism	Only One Letter
Jesus in first place	Our country just came together!
Jokes	Heavenly Reward Email Error Grace Before Meals The Mop (Trust in Jesus) Easter Bunny We Have the Majority Noah’s Angry Words Marriage Counseling Jesus Saves Have You Found Jesus? Moses and the Burning Bush Repaint Get behind me Satan! The Perfect Pastor
Joy	Celibate or Celebrate? Slow Down and Enjoy Life!
Lent	Repaint (a joke) Fast from...feed on...
Life	see Pro-Life below
Light	Miraculous Light in Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying Light of the Eucharist City on hill-top Light of Jesus Inexplicable light in form of embryo in Guadalupe
Marriage	Old Love
Martyrs	Široki Brijeg Franciscan martyrs St Maria Goretti St Thomas More St Margaret, Pearl of York
Mercy (Divine) Mercy (human)	see God’s Mercy above see Forgiveness above
Mind	see thoughts below
Miracles	St Thérèse saves child’s life Miracle in the Philippines Multiplication of food in Juarez Eucharistic Miracles Camera blinded by the Eucharist Miraculous Light in Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying Fr. Stang healed of cancer during Ordination
Money	Richest man in the valley Aaron the Fisherman Fr John Corapi St Francis Meeting in Chicago Restaurant
Mother	Research Associate No Charge
Mother’s Good Influence	on a communist on Fr John Corapi St Monica Rearing Children - nature vs. nurture
Next Life	Keep the Fork What God Won’t Ask No time for God Grub Becomes a Dragonfly Child questioning in Cemetery Judgment Fr Steven Scheier’s near death experience See also Death above
Non-violence	Gandhi Carl Children Bringing Peace
Openness to New Ideas	Openness
Our Lady	The Mary Prayer Statue Survives Blaze Miraculous Medal Our Lady of Perpetual Help Her house in Ephesus St John Bosco’s dream Messages in Akita Ireland’s Queen Mary’s Intercession for us also see Rosary below Inexplicable light in form of embryo in Guadalupe
Parents	Faith is Caught, not Taught See children above See Family above See Mother above
Peace	Children Bringing Peace
Peaceful Resistance	See non-violence above
Pentecost	Speaking in Tongues Sr Emmanuel renewed by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
Persistence	Never Give Up St Monica
Pope	St John Bosco’s dream Papal Conclave First Conclave 1978
Positive Thinking	Each Day’s Choices Good Mood or Bad Mood A Different Perspective Something to Think About Our Thinking Versus God’s Cherylynn Tell Them Before Its Too Late Count Your Blessings The Wise Donkey
Prayer	When Life is Difficult "Start each day with an hour of Prayer" Distractions St. Bernard and Distractions in Prayer Prayer Overcomes Evil Miracle in the Philippines Addiction overcome through prayer Prayer is good for your health see also Rosary below
Presence of God	God Speaks Where God Ain’t God’s Photographs
Pride	Passenger changes Seat
Priesthood	The Beautiful Hands of a Priest Fr John Corapi Fr Scheier’s near death experience Curé of Ars St Margaret of York, Eucharistic Martyr Eating Bread tastes Better than Eating a Priest Jesus High Priest of the New Testament Fr. Stang healed of cancer during Ordination The Perfect Pastor
Pro-Life	Baby saved Another baby saved Resting on God’s chest All I Ask Inexplicable light in form of embryo in Guadalupe
Providence	see above God our provider
Reconciliation	Tom Kelly
Repentance	Jacques Fesch Repaint (a joke)
Reversals	Cardinal Swiatek Last becoming first: Curé of Ars The Fern and the Bamboo Tree splits a tomb in Hannover
Rosary	Power of the Rosary More on the power of the Rosary Hilaire Belloc
Sacred Scripture	See Bible above
Saints and Holy People	Lives of the Saints and Frank McCourt St Agnes St Augustine St Catherine Labouré St. Damien of Molokai St Faustina St Francis St Ignatius of Loyola St John Mary Vianney, the Curé of Ars St Joseph St Luke St Monica St. Pio St Thérèse of Lisieux St Thérèse saves child’s life St. Thomas More Blessed Alexandrina Venerable Matt Talbot Mother Teresa of Calcutta Little Nellie of Holy God Jacques Fesch Pope John Paul II also see martyrs above
Satan	see devil above
Seeing God in Others	Letter from Jesus Meditation by Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Service	Mother Teresa of Calcutta Miraculous Light in Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying Three Nurses Prayer of St Francis (allegedly) St Francis See also Helping Others above
Sin	A poor sinner, your brother Jacques Fesch on sin Kitty, apostle of God’s Mercy Do You Love Me? see also confession above
Snobbery	Passenger changes seat
Standing up for Jesus	Aaron Lustiger
Suffering	Stories on the Cross above
Surrender to God	Holding out empty hands to God Prayer of Abandonment The Tea-Cup See Saints and Holy People above
Teaching	Teaching the Beatitudes A Teacher’s Work
Television	The TV No More TV The TV is my shepherd I shall not want
Temptation	Alessandro Serenelli and Maria Goretti
Thoughts	Distractions in prayer control of bad thoughts
Time	Value of Time Slow Down Time for God Time for God your Friend Time for everything
Transformation	Noel Kenny
Trials	Stories on the Cross above
Trust	Prayer of Abandonment Holding out empty hands to God In God we Trust - the Penny
Truthfulness	The Gravy Ladle I stole a rope! The Electric Chair
Violence	see non-violence above
Vocation	Tom Kelly Aaron Lustiger Fr John Corapi The Thirteenth Apostle Jesus does not call the ready but the willing Seminary Formation
Weakness	see human weakness above
Wisdom	Words of Wisdom Wisdom The Paradox
Witnessing to Jesus	In prison for saying the Rosary Cardinal Lustiger St. Thomas More Hilaire Belloc First they came for the Communists see also martyrs above
Your Worth and Value	Your Value The Fern and the Bamboo
Worry	See Anxiety above