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	<title>Busted Halo &#187; Mike Hayes</title>
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		<title>Why doesn&#8217;t God seem to fulfill my human needs for intimacy?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/why-doesnt-god-seem-to-fulfill-my-human-needs-for-intimacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God fulfilling our needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's love for us]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual direction]]></category>

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My question:
My Spiritual Director says that if I am in touch with Jesus and keep a regular and good relationship with Him (through personal prayer, Word of God, mass etc), I can receive all I need from Him i.e. all my needs can be satisfied from Him. However, I personally feel that there are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Catholics Celebrate Halloween?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/can-catholics-celebrate-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Can Catholics believe in halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can catholics go trick or treating?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can catholics trick or treat?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholics and halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. James Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halloween traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the saints on Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[witches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of course they can!  The name Halloween comes from All Hallow&#8217;s Eve, meaning the day before All Saints Day&#8211;those we call hallowed or holy as we hear in the Our Father.
However, we obviously want to steer people away from things like dabbling with the occult, or seances, or other kinds of &#8220;black magic&#8221; that would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve been dating a woman for a few months who doesn&#8217;t appreciate Catholicism and I&#8217;m looking to be told what to do in regards to marrying her, I just want to know if I don&#8217;t marry her will that make me a bad person?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/ive-been-dating-a-woman-for-a-few-months-who-doesnt-appreciate-catholicism-and-im-looking-to-be-told-what-to-do-in-regards-to-marrying-her-i-just-want-to-know-if-i-dont-marry-her-will-that-ma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/ive-been-dating-a-woman-for-a-few-months-who-doesnt-appreciate-catholicism-and-im-looking-to-be-told-what-to-do-in-regards-to-marrying-her-i-just-want-to-know-if-i-dont-marry-her-will-that-ma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annulments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholic wedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cold feet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compatibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counselor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encounter weekend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good reason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[household]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sports team]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since you&#8217;ve only known this girl a few months I would be very cautious about jumping into marriage too quickly. It&#8217;s the number one reason that annulments and divorces happen. Let&#8217;s put that out there first of all.
I think you need to explore the reasons as to why you have cold feet. It also sounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the Love of Saint Francis!</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/for-the-love-of-saint-francis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/for-the-love-of-saint-francis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homepage Flash Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coming of christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eccentricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feast of st francis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ferrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[francis of assisi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends birthdays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever seen dog owners walking to church   with their  pooches in ridiculous outfits,  sprayed with  doggie perfume and a bow in their fur you&#8217;ve stumbled upon the annual &#8220;blessing of the animals&#8221; on the Feast Day of St Francis, October 4. In years past I witnessed one woman&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why did my parish cover the monstrance on the altar?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/why-did-my-parish-cover-the-monstrance-on-the-altar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/why-did-my-parish-cover-the-monstrance-on-the-altar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eucharist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eucharistic adoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monstrance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Question:  I dropped by a local parish recently to visit the Lord in their perpetual adoration chapel. When I got there, however, there were no other &#8220;adorers&#8221; there and the Precious Body was covered by a cloth. My question is this: Why cover Him up? It doesn&#8217;t make the host cease to be the Body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a National orgnaization that I can contact for information about young adult ministry groups in my area?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/is-there-a-national-orgnaization-that-i-can-contact-for-information-about-young-adult-ministry-groups-in-my-area/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/is-there-a-national-orgnaization-that-i-can-contact-for-information-about-young-adult-ministry-groups-in-my-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[board of directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholic young adult ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ministry groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ministry outreach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young adult ministries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young adult ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young adults]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few.  BustedHalo.com is a sub-division of a larger ministry outreach called Paulist Young Adult Ministries, a national ministry for young adults.  If you check out our Church Search and Events sections (under faith guides) you should find some good places to go.
Secondly, NCYAMA is the National Catholic Young Adult Ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recently at a church I was visiting the priest had everyone sit down before the precious body was returned to the tabernacle and then closed. Is this okay?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/recently-at-a-church-i-was-visiting-the-priest-had-everyone-sit-down-before-the-precious-body-was-returned-to-the-tabernacle-and-then-closed-is-this-okay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/recently-at-a-church-i-was-visiting-the-priest-had-everyone-sit-down-before-the-precious-body-was-returned-to-the-tabernacle-and-then-closed-is-this-okay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[after communion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deacons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kneeling after communion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postures at mass]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[priests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[returning the eucharist to the tabernacle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer, simply put, is &#8220;yes,&#8221; but it is also not merely up to the priest to decide.  If by your question you mean that the priest sits before the eucharist is reserved by the deacon to the tabernacle than yes, that is OK.  There is no prescription that states that he cannot sit and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 words (give or take) on&#8230; Bishops</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-bishops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-bishops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Googling God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apostles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archbishops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auxiliary bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bishop of rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bishops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dioceses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanctifier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st peter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bishop is a priest who receives &#8220;the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders&#8221; (CCC, 1557) and is the visible head of a particular local church. Their first task is to be a teacher of the faith, &#8220;preaching the gospel to all&#8221; (CCC, 888). Bishops are also &#8220;sanctifiers,&#8221; meaning they are the ones who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it a sin to listen to mass on podcast and not go to church?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/is-it-a-sin-to-listen-to-mass-on-podcast-and-not-go-to-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/is-it-a-sin-to-listen-to-mass-on-podcast-and-not-go-to-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can I just listen to a podcast rather than go to mass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Is not going to mass a sin?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mass on Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mass on Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mass on TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Substituting media for mass attendance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday obligation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your question is an interesting one and one we&#8217;ve talked about before.  While you have good intentions in trying to keep your Sunday obligation to God by listening to the podcast of mass, you&#8217;re missing one of the main elements that we have at mass which is the community.
Mass is not just about our own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is dreaming about committing a sin the same as committing a sin?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/dreams-and-sin-catholic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/dreams-and-sin-catholic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Are dreams sinful?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sinful]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dreams are simply manifestations of one&#8217;s UNCONSCIOUS mind.  For sin to be considered sin we have to CONSCIOUSLY choose them.  So no, your sin in your dream is not something you need to confess.
However&#8230;(there&#8217;s always a however) you may be pushing down some of your innate desires and they are manifesting themselves in your dreams.  Dreams [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why hasn&#8217;t my house been sold if I buried a statue of St. Joseph upside down in my backyard?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/house-sale-st-joseph-statue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/house-sale-st-joseph-statue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic superstitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st joseph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Why hasn't my house been sold if I buried a statue of St. Joseph upside down in my backyard?]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9774</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burying the statue of St Joseph in your backyard offers no guarantee of the house actually being sold.  What it does offer is that St Joseph will pray for a successful sale of your home.
That sale may just take some time.  Perhaps he is looking for the right buyer, or the right time, or when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 words (give or take) on&#8230; Confirmation</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-confirmation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Googling God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chrism oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confirmation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confirmation name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sacrament of confirmation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Baptism is the first sacrament of initiation, confirmation imparts what the name implies: it “confirms” baptismal promises and calls believers into living a bolder faith.  “Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace” (CCC, 1300) and calls upon the Holy Spirit to impart the gifts that the spirit offers. 
“Although Confirmation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What part did Mary&#8217;s biology play in the making of the person of Jesus Christ?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/biology-and-marys-pregnancy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/biology-and-marys-pregnancy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology and Mary's pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How did God make Mary pregnant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virgin birth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since Jesus has both divine and human natures the church has taught that Jesus is both &#8220;Son of God&#8221; and &#8220;Son of Mary.&#8221;  Your question as to how this could be was one that also puzzled Mary as she asks &#8220;How can this be since I do not know man?&#8221; (Luke 1:34) 
The angel&#8217;s response tells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 words (give or take) on&#8230; Resurrection</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-resurrection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-resurrection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Googling God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1 Corinthians 15:3-4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection of christ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Catholics believe that Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified, that this is a real event in history and has been verified by sacred scripture. Later, St. Paul would also write about the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
However, Resurrection does not mean only the resuscitation of a dead human body back to its previous form, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a property be haunted if someone was playing with witchcraft, sacrifices and pentagrams? If so, how can one get rid of it?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/questionbox/can-a-property-be-haunted-if-someone-was-playing-with-witchcraft-sacrifices-and-pentagrams-if-so-how-can-one-get-rid-of-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[demons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exorcism]]></category>
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Every diocese has an exorcist on staff.  You can feel free to call your local diocese and ask for the exorcist&#8217;s office.  You can explain the situation to him and then he can conduct an investigation to see if there is anything to your claim with regard to demonic possession. There is an excellent book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways To Vacation During The Summer Economic Meltdown</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/5-ways-to-vacation-during-the-summer-economic-meltdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/5-ways-to-vacation-during-the-summer-economic-meltdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 04:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[yosemite]]></category>

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The unofficial start of summer usually begins with barbecues, a long weekend away, visiting relatives, or heading to a beach town to visit your summer share cottage. Whatever your choice has been in the past, this year&#8217;s dreadful economy is bound to make at least some, if not most, of us reevaluate our summer vacation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 words (give or take) on&#8230; Virgin Birth</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-virgin-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/100-words-give-or-take-on-virgin-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Googling God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gospel of mark]]></category>
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Catholics believe that Mary, the mother of Jesus, became pregnant not through a sexual encounter with a man, but by the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph was betrothed to a woman who was pregnant and he knew he was not the father. He was troubled. God spoke to Joseph in a dream telling him, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Our Comfort Zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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I love rocking chairs. Whenever I go on retreat, as I did last week, I hope that they have a rocking chair at the retreat house. Generally, when I am rocking away I do not have a care in the world. But during my recent retreat my soothing rocking chair experience was ruined when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Without Getting a Hangover</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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As the son of an Irish immigrant, I always found it odd that my American mother looked forward to the big holiday more than my Irish father did.
&#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is a big deal now  in Ireland,&#8221; he told me on the phone recently, &#8220;but it never used to be anything to write home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Trinity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Googling God]]></category>
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The Trinity is the manner in which Catholics believe God is revealed to the world.   The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us, &#8220;The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of the Christian life.&#8221; (CCC, #261)
The Church shows that because God is &#8220;mystery,&#8221; meaning that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Deacon?</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/what-is-a-deacon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/what-is-a-deacon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever looked up at the altar at church and wondered who the adult male was on the altar with a diagonal stole that made him look like Star Trek&#8217;s Lt. Worf?
This person is what the Catholic Church calls a Deacon. At the Second Vatican Council, the Church decided to restore the ministerial role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does the Church Teach about Oral Sex?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/what-does-the-church-teach-about-oral-sex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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One of the most common (and frequent) questions Busted Halo gets from people is, What exactly does the Catholic Church teach about oral sex? It is an understandable question that is not easily answered with a simple yes or no response. The fact is, the Church&#8217;s teachings can&#8217;t be compartmentalized into questions on only one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faithful Departed—Emilie Lemmons</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/faithful-departed-emilie-lemmons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/faithful-departed-emilie-lemmons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emilie Lemmons]]></category>
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Emilie Lemmons, a writer and mother of two (although as she would say &#8220;not necessarily in that order&#8221;), is someone few people outside of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area probably know. If you read her blog, Lemmondrops, however, you had a window into the daily struggle and heart-wrenching experience of a woman who shuddered at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faithful Departed—Yankee &amp; Shea Stadiums</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yankee Stadium (1923-2008)

The champagne was all over my shirt and Derek Jeter stood there laughing. I had just played his accomplice by interviewing Darryl Strawberry in the corner of the locker room so that Jeter could spray him in the face with champagne moments after the Yankees had clinched the American League&#8217;s Eastern Division in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faithful Departed—Jim McKay</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/faithful-departed-jim-mckay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/faithful-departed-jim-mckay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports&#8230; the thrill of victory&#8230; and the agony of defeat&#8230; the human drama of athletic competition&#8230; This is ABC&#8217;s Wide World of Sports!&#8221;

That voice, heard each and every weekend for over 40 years, was the voice of James Kenneth McManus, better known to most as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faithful Departed—Tim Russert</title>
		<link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/faithful-departed-tim-russert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/faithful-departed-tim-russert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
A young political operative who charmed a beautiful woman to marry him for his intellect despite his dough-boy appearance, Tim Russert ended up hitting it big as the moderator of a struggling Sunday morning talk show that most people considered fodder for softball questions.
That was before Russert came along and made a trip to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Evolution Making a Monkey out of the Catholic Church?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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Father George Coyne, SJ, former director of the Vatican Observatory, talks with host Mike Hayes about the Catholic Church&#8217;s official view on evolution with regards to scientific theories and religious interpretations of the origin of the world. As part of our ongoing series &#8220;Googling God: Resources for the Spiritual Seeker,&#8221; Fr. Coyne covers topics like:

Is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bleacher Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Little League team ended their season with a trip to go see the pros in action. My parents were never ones for traveling outside our suburban city limits and so this would be my first Major League Baseball game. Growing up as a Mets fan, I was upset that my first game would be at the hated Yankee Stadium...]]></description>
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		<title>Magis &amp; Mother Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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This morning I traveled to Riverview for a Catechesis (teaching) session along with some young adults from Chicago who are active with Charis Ministries in Chicago&#8212;an organization that does retreats for people in their 20s and 30s (BustedHalo Retreats is essentially an affiliate of this organization). &#160;Riverview is the site of a Jesuit High [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lord&#8217;s Call &amp;  the Booty Calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Hayes</dc:creator>
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I woke up this morning in my nice cozy hotel room thinking about my companions sleeping out in the dewy cold air at Randwick Racetrack and awaiting the Papal Mass amidst 150,000 young pilgrims. When I left them the place was packed and kissy-faced teens were starting to huddle together, others were breaking out footballs [...]]]></description>
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