Catholic Faith - Saints articles by Bob and Penny Lord http://www.ideamarketers.com/library/profile.cfm?writerid=75467 In the Catholic Church, the Mystical Body of Christ consists of three Churches The Church Militant - we the faithful who dwell on earth, The Church Triumphant - the elect who are in the presence of the Beatific Vision in Heaven, and The Church Suffe http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2923389 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2923389 A rainbow is a promise God our Father reaffirmed the promise He made about our Redemption in the Garden of Eden (Gen 315) when Noah landed on the rock after having spent forty days and forty nights in the ark during the flood The Lord stopped the http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2919654 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2919654 Hell is mentioned one hundred and forty-six times in the Bible If we add Gehenna to the configuration, its another twelve times So, I think we are standing on good authority, when we speak of the existence of Hell We hear Jesus Himself saying to http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2898207 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2898207 Saint Padre Pio had an overwhelming devotion to the Child Jesus Throughout his life, we see photos of the Saintly Franciscan and images of the Child Jesus In all these photos, it is very obvious from the way he holds these little statues, how much http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2848550 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2848550 Over the years, I have wondered how the Little Flower, another title of the great and yet humble Doctor of the Church, St Theacute;regrave;se of Lisieux, got the name Theacute;regrave;se of the Child Jesus Visiting Les Buissonnets, home of the http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2835457 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2835457 Here before us was a tiny Baby with curly hair, a chubby Baby, a carefree Baby, a joy to behold, with a tiny bird in His plump little Hands From a distance He had looked like an ordinary baby, so sweet, so peaceful, so adorable, so untouched Then w http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2814100 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2814100 Family, God is so good We have been racking our brains trying to give you some really meaningful gifts from the Lord for this Christmas season As it turns out, we read Conversations With God, a meditation book by Francisco Fernandez, of Opus Dei, f http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2799177 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2799177 For those of you who do not know our story, Bob was born in the Bronx and I in Brooklyn We were city children who lived in a small town called a neighborhood Customs from different parts of the world filled and permeated our little world Often http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2794245 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2794245 Two strong anti-Christ movements have been insidiously polluting our society and sadly at times our parish churches One, Take Christ off the Cross and Two, Remove the Creche and the Baby Jesus http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2744031 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2744031 One day, while praying in the garden of the Convent with the other religious, Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi became enraptured in ecstasy and saw before her the pits of Purgatory opening She later shared that she heard a voice, beckoning her to follo http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2667808 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=2667808