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  • abuse,  Catholics Do What?,  Contraception,  Culture of Death,  current events,  Parenting,  prayer,  scandal,  sin,  spiritual warfare,  Suffering

    What’s a faithful Catholic to do?

    By Jenny Uebbing

    There is a tremendous – and warranted – outcry of rage and betrayal in the Church right now. I’m not talking about the usual suspects in the media and the voices coming from the cafeteria line, either.…

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  • benedict option,  Catholic Spirituality,  sin,  spiritual warfare,  Suffering

    I will never leave her

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I have wrestled competing emotions these past few weeks over the scandals coming to light in the Catholic Church in America, and elsewhere. Fear and anger mixed with a profound grief that feels something like abandonment. Abandonment…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  deliverance,  Evangelization,  prayer,  spiritual warfare

    I must confess: building a habit of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

    By Jenny Uebbing

    When I was a Catholic kid growing up, like most Catholic kids I’ve ever known, I hated going to confession. I hated the sinking feeling in my stomach as I stood in line, palms sweating and heart…

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  • Culture of Death,  mental health,  Pornography,  Sex,  sin,  spiritual warfare,  technology,  Theology of the Body

    Sex, violence, and the internet: every parent’s battle

    By Jenny Uebbing

    My boss brought to my attention a startling and, frankly, disturbing piece of research that surfaced last week correlating the age of a boy’s first exposure to pornography and his resultant attitude towards women. In results that…

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  • benedict option,  Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  Evangelization,  Family Life,  motherhood,  prayer,  spiritual warfare

    Make America *good* again (with Mary)

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Lately (as in the past 6 months or so) I’ve been feeling nudged?shoved?pushed? to start praying a daily rosary as a family. I have a whole laundry list of reasons why this is a terrible idea, but…

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  • About Me,  Catholic Spirituality,  deliverance,  spiritual warfare,  yoga

    Yoga: a cautionary tale

    By Jenny Uebbing

    (If you’re reading in a feed reader, you may need to click through to the actual site to access links) A caveat and a bit of a personal anecdote to kick things off in what I am certain will…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  deliverance,  prayer,  spiritual warfare

    When the devil gets you down (and why Christians need to talk about him)

    By Jenny Uebbing

    The most annoying thing about the Devil – aside from the “rebellion against God and all that is good and holy” part – is that, for the most part, he is invisible. His fingerprints are all over this broken…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  deliverance,  Evangelization,  prayer,  spiritual warfare

    Weapons for battle: the use of sacramentals (holy water, blessed salt, crucifixes) in the Christian life

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Maybe the thought of doing spiritual battle against demonic forces conjures up Hollywood images from The Exorcist, with an outstretched crucifix and dramatic exchanges of liquids, both holy and not. Maybe it strikes you as hokey or superstitious.…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  Culture of Death,  deliverance,  Evangelization,  Family Life,  prayer,  sin,  spiritual warfare

    Spiritual Warfare 101: prayers of protection

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Before our biggest little people scurry out the door on school mornings, there is a prayer we gather to pray as a family apart from the morning offering and the basic “love you, be safe.” We started…

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  • About Me,  Catholics Do What?,  deliverance,  house reno,  spiritual warfare

    Life lately

    By Jenny Uebbing

    It’s hump day so why not toss together a random assortment of items on the more personal side of the spectrum, lest I go a full week without enthralling you with something in this space. The week after…

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