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The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group.

"A sword will pierce your own soul too, so that the thoughts of many might be revealed." Have you ever wondered what it would be like if people's real motives could be on public display? Some people who aren't usually well thought of could be shown to have pure hearts, wanting good for everyone, envy, wanting others to lose the good things they have, for no one. This is called "simplicity"."I don't need all that, I can handle things on my own." But what would you do if you ever got to the point of "how could it have...

So I'm watching a rerun of the Big Bang Theory, one of the first with the Bernadette character. She is wearing a crucifix around her neck. Then I caught a more recent episode. No crucifix. It has been replaced by some sort of pendant. I don't watch the Big Bang Theory very often, but that did strike me as curious.

Novena toOur Lady of Lourdes PrayerBe blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest your shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes, saying to the child, St. Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception." A thousand times we congratulate you upon your Immaculate Conception. And now, O ever Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, you know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings deign to cast upon us a look of mercy. By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it...

IT'S a miracle! A four-hour miniseries on Lourdes — the French shrine-town famous for its mysterious ability to cure disease and infirmity— is about to go into production. A&E, the cable channel, is underwriting the project. "Lourdes" will follow the true story of a terminally ill surgeon who is healed after taking the waters at Lourdes. The doctor returns later to investigate the miraculous power of the site. The series' producer, Paul Lussier, who also did ABC's "Blackout," has been granted access to the Lourdes archives. The archives supposedly contain details of the 68 cases that have been classified as...

The world is hearing much these days about "prophets." Was Moses a prophet? Was Jesus a prophet? Was Mohammed a prophet? Interestingly, Moses, the man credited with leading the children of Israel out of Egypt is considered a great prophet by followers of Islam. Moses, or Musa, is mentioned often in the Quran. Much of the Quran is based on the teachings of Moses as opposed to the teaching of Jesus. Jesus is considered by Christians to be the Son of God. He was the Messiah all prophets before him, including Moses, had predicted changing them from mere "predictors" into...

The body of my son Vincent died today. His soul like a small child was taken into the arms of Christ Jesus the Lord.At the time of the death of his body our friend the Maronite priest was present and we all witnessed a great shining from within him. I held him as he breathed his last breath in this world, and I trust Our Lord Jesut Christ held him as he breathed his first breath in that land where there is no crying or grief but life everlasting. I thank all of you for your prayers. I beg your...

February 11, 2003Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday Week 9 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I Gn 1:20–2:4a God said,"Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures,and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky."And so it happened:God created the great sea monstersand all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems,and all kinds of winged birds.God saw how good it was, and God blessed them, saying,"Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas;and let the birds multiply on the earth."Evening came, and morning followed–the fifth...