Horror
These are lessons about intense, scary, terrifying, or extremely sad stories that help us understand some of the difficult issues in life that can shake our faith.
By Kimberly Baker on May 18, 2009
When the news broke last month that the captain of an American cargo ship had been captured by pirates, it is likely that many people didn’t realize how dangerous and terrifying that really was.
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By Fr. Ernest Daly, LC on December 12, 2008
Sometimes life brings tragedy. Pain and loss can surprise us, coming out of nowhere. In this lesson we will look at one tragedy that happened this past August. Even though this story is sad, it is a story that can help us.
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By Fr. John Bartunek, LC on May 15, 2007
Ever since the Garden of Eden, the human heart has been a battleground between good and evil. In situations like the Virginia Tech massacre, we see how deeply evil tendencies can affect the human heart, and how much damage they can cause.
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By Elias Crim on April 15, 2007
Some official estimates say that 27 million people live in slavery worldwide today. Ten million are in India alone. In fact, there are more people in slavery today — in 2007 — than in any time in recorded history!
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By Ellen Farrel on November 7, 2006
On October 2 a little after 10 a.m. Charles C. Roberts IV entered the 1 room school holding a 9mm handgun, and dismissed the boys and some adults with small children. Roberts bound the girls by the ankles and lined them up before the blackboard before barricading the doors…
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By Genevieve Yep-Pollack on June 7, 2006
On May 13th Zacarias Moussaoui was sent to the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” prison, where the most dangerous federal criminals are kept. He narrowly escaped the death sentence for plotting to kill Americans in the September 11th terrorist attacks.
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By Genevieve Yep-Pollack on April 5, 2006
A doubt can be powerful. The devil used it against Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. He tried to make them doubt that God loved them. It worked. We’re paying for it. The Da Vinci Code, written by Dan Brown, may not be as smart a hoax as the devil’s lie in the garden, but it has confused many people.
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By Fr. Ernest Daly, LC on March 8, 2006
Father Andrea Sontoro knelt down to pray. He had just finished celebrating Mass in his church in Trabzon, Turkey. A 16 year-old came into the church and approached him from behind. The young man pulled out a gun and shot Father Andrea in the back, crying, “Allah (God) is great!” Fr. Andrea died instantly.
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By Genevieve Yep-Pollack on November 6, 2005
“But praise be to Jesus, for I defended myself by saying to him repeatedly: “your wounds are my merit.” St. Pio knew that the Devil was more afraid than he was , and was frustrated that this holy priest was saving many souls by prayer and hard work in the Confessional. Holiness scares the Devil.
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By Carlos Briseño on April 7, 2005
Often times, a family’s love is in expressed in simple, unnoticed ways. Sometimes, however, something so unexpected occurs that causes a family to express its love in public. And one such case involves a 41-year-old brain-damaged Florida woman named Terri Schindler-Schiavo.
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