Catherine Nagle's Writings
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Short Story
Feb.22.2009
“It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and pain of pursuing truth, love, and goodness, that we drift into a life of emptiness, in which there may be almost no pain, but the dark sensation of meaninglessness and abandonment is all the greater.” - Pope Benedict...
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Short Story
Feb.22.2009
Chapter Two
Nine Boys and Eight Girls
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother. This is the first commandment with a promise, that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on earth.
‒Ephesians 6, 1
I believed in God as a child who was raised Catholic, and our mother spoke about Him as...
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For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says
the Lord. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are My ways above
your ways and My thoughts above your thoughts.
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—Isaiah 55: 8-9
About Catherine
Catherine Nagle grew up in Philadelphia with
16 brothers and sisters, reared by loving, old-school
Italian parents. Catherine’s artist father’s
works graced locations from churches to public
buildings; her mother was a full-time homemaker.
A professional...
Connections
Causes Catherine Nagle Supports
Church, Single Parents, Orphans, The Homeless, The emotional and physical health care and rights of children.
Catherine’s Favorite Books
The Bible, A Course in Miracles, Return to Love, Felicity & Barbara Pym, The Human Person, Sermon on the Mount , My Daily Bread, God Calling, and many many...
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