The incorruptible St. Bernadette

She put Lourdes on the map. Bernadette Soubirous died 134 years ago today, which the Catholic Church celebrates as a feast day. You may know her better as St. Bernadette. Her life and death rocks the faith of atheists to this very day.

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Life is the key to happiness

The man who imagined “there’s no heaven” didn’t understand happiness. That catchphrase invoked by John Lennon, that happiness is the key to life, is backwards. Rather, LIFE is the key to happiness.

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Oh, to die of joy

The Catholic Mass exceeds my feeble understanding. Christ is there. All the angels. All the saints. The New Jerusalem joins earth in singing praise to God Almighty.

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What’s your mission?

Jack Sullivan was in agony. Mr. Sullivan is a Massachusetts Deacon in the Catholic Church. While undergoing deaconate training, he battled severe back problems. They required surgery. The pain was unbearable. He struggled to breathe. The surgery revealed horrendous spinal damage with ruptures so severe, fluids had leaked out.

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